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The Highlights Foundation @highlightsfound.bsky.social · 1d

Now Open: Winter 2026 Personal Retreat Dates!
Come stay on campus this winter! Enjoy uninterrupted time to focus, reflect, and create. Take a break from everyday stresses and reconnect with your creativity this winter!

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The Highlights Foundation @highlightsfound.bsky.social · 8d

Inspiration is in the air here…along with the smell of perfectly toasted (or burnt) marshmallows!

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The Highlights Foundation @highlightsfound.bsky.social · 14d

𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁’𝘀 𝗧𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗶𝗻 #kidlit 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴!

Join Editor Harold Underdown for a two-night online workshop, where he’ll guide you through the different kinds of changes in the publishing world and show you how to position yourself to respond effectively.

www.highlightsfoundation.org/workshop/pub...

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The Highlights Foundation @highlightsfound.bsky.social · 16d

We can't wait!!

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The Highlights Foundation @highlightsfound.bsky.social · 16d

Join Cynthia, Jasmine, and Anne! Learn how to create your own graphic novel!
Sign up: www.highlightsfoundation.org/workshop/fro...

cynthia @ NYCC C-33 @cynthiaycheng.bsky.social · 16d

I'll be co-teaching an introductory course on graphic novels this fall via @highlightsfound.bsky.social! If you've wanted to make a GN but don't know where to start, this might be the workshop for you.

I'm honored to teach alongside @mythjae.bsky.social & @anneappert.bsky.social for this course! 💞

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The Highlights Foundation @highlightsfound.bsky.social · 23d

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the Picture Book Authors and Illustrators: Working Retreat!

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The Highlights Foundation @highlightsfound.bsky.social · Sep 15

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the Middle Grade Writers: A Generative Retreat!

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The Highlights Foundation @highlightsfound.bsky.social · Sep 12

What kind of picture book are you writing?

With @nikkishannonsmith.bsky.social concept, it’s easy to distinguish the difference between the two!

To learn all things picture books, join Nikki and special guest Esther in the 𝗗𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗣𝗶𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀: 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁, 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 Online Workshop

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The Highlights Foundation @highlightsfound.bsky.social · Sep 10

Great blog post! Thank you for retreating with us! We hope to see you back on campus soon!!

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The Highlights Foundation @highlightsfound.bsky.social · Sep 10

Congratulations! See you soon!

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The Highlights Foundation @highlightsfound.bsky.social · Sep 9

🔉 Sound on! 🔉

You can hear the bees busy at work, buzzing through the bushes!

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The Highlights Foundation @highlightsfound.bsky.social · Sep 8

September & October Minis are here! 🍂

Two-night online workshops for just $59!
Head to the link in our bio for more details.

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The Highlights Foundation @highlightsfound.bsky.social · Sep 5

Check out this blog written by Jennifer Swanson: "5 Ways to Make Your Nonfiction Manuscript Capture an Editor or Agent’s Attention"

🗓️ Join Jennifer online this October for Intro to Writing Nonfiction: History, Biography, STEAM, and Much More!

www.highlightsfoundation.org/2025/08/06/5...

5 Ways to Make Your Nonfiction Manuscript Capture an Editor or Agent's Attention - Highlights Foundation

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Sarah Aronson @saraharonson.bsky.social · Aug 25

Registration is open! This is the class for you if you are looking for accountability, community, and opportunity! We will help you get words on the page!
www.highlightsfoundation.org/workshop/jus...

Just Do It! Your Collaborative Support Group for Finishing Your Draft (Fall) - Highlights Foundation

This workshop takes all creatives from goal to finished draft. Find support via live sessions, writing prompts, studio dates, and more!

www.highlightsfoundation.org

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Lee Wind @leewind.bsky.social · Aug 28

helpful article for #kidlit peeps working on picture book manuscripts: How do you know if you've written a picture book? smart #craft tips! Thanks @darcypattison.bsky.social @lesliehelakoski.bsky.social and @highlightsfound.bsky.social www.highlightsfoundation.org/2018/03/08/h...

How Do You Know If You've Written a Picture Book? - Highlights Foundation

So you have an idea for a children’s story. Great! Many times, our thoughts rush to PICTURE BOOK. Picture books are warm and dear to many of our hearts, harkening […]

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Hanley Brady @hanleybrady.bsky.social · Aug 25

Attended the @highlightsfound.bsky.social Whole Novel writing retreat last week in Pennsylvania, and it was LIFE CHANGING! #amwriting #writingcommunity #amediting you need to check this out for next fall (scholarships available)! The braintrust groups and mentors are amazing! (blog post to follow!)

Small, individual cabin in a verdant, misty setting for writing

Interior of a very large, rustic "barn" made for meetings and writing

Two empty green chairs facing a small creek, surrounded by lush greenery

View from inside a tall lodge building looking through many windows onto a lovely porch setting surrounded by trees and greenery

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The Highlights Foundation @highlightsfound.bsky.social · Aug 25

Thank you for retreating with us! We hope to see you back on campus soon!

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The Highlights Foundation @highlightsfound.bsky.social · Aug 22

We can't wait!

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Sarah Aronson @saraharonson.bsky.social · Aug 18

I'm at @highlightsfound.bsky.social and my brain is swirling! saraharonson.substack.com/p/a-place-fo...

A place for creativity.

Greetings from the Whole Novel Retreat!

saraharonson.substack.com

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The Highlights Foundation @highlightsfound.bsky.social · Aug 20

Welcome to campus! We are so happy you are here!

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Allyson Jacob @allysonjacob.bsky.social · Aug 17

Centerville -> CVG -> IAD -> Scranton -> Milanville

Grateful to @highlightsfound.bsky.social for the gift of a week to write and be in community
#amwriting
#booksky