Comments on: Query Contest: Second Place

By: amanda smith

amanda smith — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 01:27:28 +0000

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By: BJ Anderson

BJ Anderson — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:48:23 +0000

Congrats to the second place winners of the contest! And it’s so great to see these query letters dissected like this. Such valuable information!

By: Patricia Puddle

Patricia Puddle — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:18:24 +0000

Wow! Two great queries. Congratulations Lynn & Siski. I’m learning so much about how to write a better query. Thanks Mary, this contest is fantastic.

By: Karen Collum

Karen Collum — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:01:09 +0000

Congratulations, Lynn & Siski! Your queries are awesome and your books sound just divine. Siski, as a lover of picture books you have given me some new ideas on how to present my manuscripts. Thank you so much!

And Mary, you have interrupted my sleep patterns for the past week. With the time difference these posts appear in the wee hours of the morning for me, but every morning when I wake up they are literally the first thing I think of!! I will be somewhat relieved when the Grand Prize Winner is announced Can’t wait to see the first place query next week…

By: Beth Carter

Beth Carter — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:39:13 +0000

I am really enjoying reading the query letters and your comments. I’ve just finished my debut novel (women’s fiction) and have also recently written two picture books. I giggled the entire time I wrote them. So fun!

This is the first time I’ve seen a query letter for a picture book–so helpful, I might add. I’ll start working on mine! Thanks.

P.S. I see the word both ways–picture book and picturebook. Is one spelling preferred over another?

By: Lacey Boldyrev

Lacey Boldyrev — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:04:21 +0000

I remember reading parts of Ms. Green’s picture book on the SCBWI boards. Great job!

By: Ashley Cooper

Ashley Cooper — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:39:16 +0000

Congratulations to the very talented winners! Mary, thanks again for the thoughtful notes on these queries.

By: Siski Green

Siski Green — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:19:22 +0000

Oh-oh-oh! I am so happy! Thanks, Mary, so much. (And thank you, The Dreamlings, for being the best critique group in the entire universe.) Okay, enough gushing, apologies, couldn’t help myself! So, so happy…

By: Susan James

Susan James — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:05:52 +0000

Congrats to Lynn and Siski! Mary, I can see why the judging was so difficult-so many interesting stories.

By: Samantha Clark

Samantha Clark — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:45:34 +0000

Great queries and they sound like great books. And thanks again for all the analysis, Mary. It’s very interesting.