Lisa Billa
@lisasbilla.bsky.social
writer of picture books and poetry, teacher, traveler, mom of boys and dogs
#12x12PB #scbwi #InkedVoices #50PreciousWords winner '23 HM '24
#amquerying
#12x12PB #scbwi #InkedVoices #50PreciousWords winner '23 HM '24
#amquerying
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Wanted to submit to Issue 12: Better Together but ran short on time? Good news, we’re extending our submission window through October 6th!
Send us your #kidlit writing & artwork celebrating community & the power of working together!
#litmag #callforsubmission
www.littlethoughtspress.com/theme
Send us your #kidlit writing & artwork celebrating community & the power of working together!
#litmag #callforsubmission
www.littlethoughtspress.com/theme
September 22, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Wanted to submit to Issue 12: Better Together but ran short on time? Good news, we’re extending our submission window through October 6th!
Send us your #kidlit writing & artwork celebrating community & the power of working together!
#litmag #callforsubmission
www.littlethoughtspress.com/theme
Send us your #kidlit writing & artwork celebrating community & the power of working together!
#litmag #callforsubmission
www.littlethoughtspress.com/theme
Picture Book Giveaway Alert! 🚨Interview and giveaway of "There's Something Odd About the Babysitter" over at #picturebookplaces with @hdtorresauthor.bsky.social! (Thank you for hosting, Heather! So nice to meet you!)
#PictureBookPlaces with Elayne Crain — Heather Dawn Torres
Join me today on #PictureBookPlaces as we chat with author Elayne Crain about her newest picture book There’s Something Odd About the Babysitter!
heatherdawntorres.com
September 19, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Honored to have a poem included in Stirring Words!
What a fun issue- "capturing the magic of language in all its quirky, stupendous, and surprising forms"!
#kidlit #writingcommunity #poetry #poetryforkids
www.littlethoughtspress.com/issues
What a fun issue- "capturing the magic of language in all its quirky, stupendous, and surprising forms"!
#kidlit #writingcommunity #poetry #poetryforkids
www.littlethoughtspress.com/issues
September 18, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Honored to have a poem included in Stirring Words!
What a fun issue- "capturing the magic of language in all its quirky, stupendous, and surprising forms"!
#kidlit #writingcommunity #poetry #poetryforkids
www.littlethoughtspress.com/issues
What a fun issue- "capturing the magic of language in all its quirky, stupendous, and surprising forms"!
#kidlit #writingcommunity #poetry #poetryforkids
www.littlethoughtspress.com/issues
the blazing heat
over miles of interstate
roadside sunflowers
#haikuSaturday #haiku #heatwave
(Photo by Delphine Beausoleil on Unsplash)
over miles of interstate
roadside sunflowers
#haikuSaturday #haiku #heatwave
(Photo by Delphine Beausoleil on Unsplash)
August 9, 2025 at 7:49 PM
the blazing heat
over miles of interstate
roadside sunflowers
#haikuSaturday #haiku #heatwave
(Photo by Delphine Beausoleil on Unsplash)
over miles of interstate
roadside sunflowers
#haikuSaturday #haiku #heatwave
(Photo by Delphine Beausoleil on Unsplash)
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Wow, so much wonderful art! Now open for public viewing: SCBWI Summer 2025 Portfolio Showcase - www.scbwi.org/submissions/... #scbwisummer25 #KidLit #SCBWI @scbwi.bsky.social
Pls show your support for *human* artists by boosting? It's a challenging time for illustrators to find work. Thank you! 🩷
Pls show your support for *human* artists by boosting? It's a challenging time for illustrators to find work. Thank you! 🩷
August 1, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Wow, so much wonderful art! Now open for public viewing: SCBWI Summer 2025 Portfolio Showcase - www.scbwi.org/submissions/... #scbwisummer25 #KidLit #SCBWI @scbwi.bsky.social
Pls show your support for *human* artists by boosting? It's a challenging time for illustrators to find work. Thank you! 🩷
Pls show your support for *human* artists by boosting? It's a challenging time for illustrators to find work. Thank you! 🩷
at the library
golden harvest
ripe for picking
or
outside
the library
sweet harvest
Feel free to add a version!
Next to our library is a community orchard where local residents may pick. Just decades ago, orchards covered much of the area, but now only a few are left.
#haiku #haikuSaturday
golden harvest
ripe for picking
or
outside
the library
sweet harvest
Feel free to add a version!
Next to our library is a community orchard where local residents may pick. Just decades ago, orchards covered much of the area, but now only a few are left.
#haiku #haikuSaturday
June 28, 2025 at 3:44 PM
at the library
golden harvest
ripe for picking
or
outside
the library
sweet harvest
Feel free to add a version!
Next to our library is a community orchard where local residents may pick. Just decades ago, orchards covered much of the area, but now only a few are left.
#haiku #haikuSaturday
golden harvest
ripe for picking
or
outside
the library
sweet harvest
Feel free to add a version!
Next to our library is a community orchard where local residents may pick. Just decades ago, orchards covered much of the area, but now only a few are left.
#haiku #haikuSaturday
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There's still time to enter the #PBSummit 2025 TICKET GIVEAWAY!
Just share our reveal posts with your writer friends on social media and tell us about it at:
www.picturebooksummi...
Enter today! Ends 6/9/25.
#amwriting #picturebook #kidlit #PBSummit #booksky
Just share our reveal posts with your writer friends on social media and tell us about it at:
www.picturebooksummi...
Enter today! Ends 6/9/25.
#amwriting #picturebook #kidlit #PBSummit #booksky
June 8, 2025 at 10:37 PM
There's still time to enter the #PBSummit 2025 TICKET GIVEAWAY!
Just share our reveal posts with your writer friends on social media and tell us about it at:
www.picturebooksummi...
Enter today! Ends 6/9/25.
#amwriting #picturebook #kidlit #PBSummit #booksky
Just share our reveal posts with your writer friends on social media and tell us about it at:
www.picturebooksummi...
Enter today! Ends 6/9/25.
#amwriting #picturebook #kidlit #PBSummit #booksky
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It's ba-ack.
Dunh, dunh, DUNH!
Hey, #KidLit #WritingCommunity! #kidlitzombieweek hosted by @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social & Co has moved right here to BlueSky.
Check it out:
sites.google.com/view/kidlit-...
#WIP #PB #MG #YA #kidlitart
Dunh, dunh, DUNH!
Hey, #KidLit #WritingCommunity! #kidlitzombieweek hosted by @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social & Co has moved right here to BlueSky.
Check it out:
sites.google.com/view/kidlit-...
#WIP #PB #MG #YA #kidlitart
June 2, 2025 at 2:20 PM
It's ba-ack.
Dunh, dunh, DUNH!
Hey, #KidLit #WritingCommunity! #kidlitzombieweek hosted by @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social & Co has moved right here to BlueSky.
Check it out:
sites.google.com/view/kidlit-...
#WIP #PB #MG #YA #kidlitart
Dunh, dunh, DUNH!
Hey, #KidLit #WritingCommunity! #kidlitzombieweek hosted by @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social & Co has moved right here to BlueSky.
Check it out:
sites.google.com/view/kidlit-...
#WIP #PB #MG #YA #kidlitart
Happy to be part of Haiku Girl Summer! Thanks, Allyson Whipple! @teatimehaiku.bsky.social #haiku
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haikugirlsummer.substack.com/p/full-in-th...
Full in the Sky
Haiku by Diana Raab, Lisa Billa, Laila B, Kelly Sargent, and Joanna Ashwell
haikugirlsummer.substack.com
June 4, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Happy to be part of Haiku Girl Summer! Thanks, Allyson Whipple! @teatimehaiku.bsky.social #haiku
haikugirlsummer.substack.com/p/full-in-th...
haikugirlsummer.substack.com/p/full-in-th...
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It's a BIG day at Picture Book Summit as we reveal the theme of this year's online #writingconference for #picturebook creators. Join us on Oct 4, 2025, for:
BIG, BOLD, & BRAVE: SUPERCHARGE YOUR PICTURE BOOKS!
Early Bird registration begins 6/12!
#amwriting #kidlit #PBSummit #booksky
BIG, BOLD, & BRAVE: SUPERCHARGE YOUR PICTURE BOOKS!
Early Bird registration begins 6/12!
#amwriting #kidlit #PBSummit #booksky
May 31, 2025 at 1:31 AM
It's a BIG day at Picture Book Summit as we reveal the theme of this year's online #writingconference for #picturebook creators. Join us on Oct 4, 2025, for:
BIG, BOLD, & BRAVE: SUPERCHARGE YOUR PICTURE BOOKS!
Early Bird registration begins 6/12!
#amwriting #kidlit #PBSummit #booksky
BIG, BOLD, & BRAVE: SUPERCHARGE YOUR PICTURE BOOKS!
Early Bird registration begins 6/12!
#amwriting #kidlit #PBSummit #booksky
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Happy Book Birthday to PLIGHT OF THE PELICAN written by Jessica Stremer, illus by Gordy Wright, published by Holiday House. THIS BOOK WAS A #50PreciousWrods Honorable Mention in 2022! And now it's a real book! A gorgeous Book. Read all about how Jessica did it!! viviankirkfield.com/2025/04/01/h...
Happy Book Birthday: PLIGHT OF THE PELICAN: How Science Saved a Species
YES! YES! YES! It’s time to sing Happy Birthday to another beautiful new book! And this book has a VERY SPECIAL back story…this book was an Honorable Mention in the 2022 #50PreciousWord…
viviankirkfield.com
April 2, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Happy Book Birthday to PLIGHT OF THE PELICAN written by Jessica Stremer, illus by Gordy Wright, published by Holiday House. THIS BOOK WAS A #50PreciousWrods Honorable Mention in 2022! And now it's a real book! A gorgeous Book. Read all about how Jessica did it!! viviankirkfield.com/2025/04/01/h...
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To celebrate Poetry Month, I suggest the anthology IF I COULD CHOOSE A BEST DAY: POEMS OF POSSIBILITY.
If you'd like to hear a few of us read & discuss our work, join us for a FREE @highlightsfound.bsky.social Gather on April 1. Learn more here:
www.highlightsfoundation.org/workshop/fre...
If you'd like to hear a few of us read & discuss our work, join us for a FREE @highlightsfound.bsky.social Gather on April 1. Learn more here:
www.highlightsfoundation.org/workshop/fre...
March 26, 2025 at 10:34 PM
To celebrate Poetry Month, I suggest the anthology IF I COULD CHOOSE A BEST DAY: POEMS OF POSSIBILITY.
If you'd like to hear a few of us read & discuss our work, join us for a FREE @highlightsfound.bsky.social Gather on April 1. Learn more here:
www.highlightsfoundation.org/workshop/fre...
If you'd like to hear a few of us read & discuss our work, join us for a FREE @highlightsfound.bsky.social Gather on April 1. Learn more here:
www.highlightsfoundation.org/workshop/fre...
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What a great idea!
Two fun, informal events:
#HaikuSaturday, all day Saturday, anyone can post haiku, brainchild of @andrewssusanm, lovely community
#LimerickSunday, every Sunday, anyone can post limericks, fun community
Two fun, informal events:
#HaikuSaturday, all day Saturday, anyone can post haiku, brainchild of @andrewssusanm, lovely community
#LimerickSunday, every Sunday, anyone can post limericks, fun community
March 15, 2025 at 4:56 PM
What a great idea!
Two fun, informal events:
#HaikuSaturday, all day Saturday, anyone can post haiku, brainchild of @andrewssusanm, lovely community
#LimerickSunday, every Sunday, anyone can post limericks, fun community
Two fun, informal events:
#HaikuSaturday, all day Saturday, anyone can post haiku, brainchild of @andrewssusanm, lovely community
#LimerickSunday, every Sunday, anyone can post limericks, fun community
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#50PreciousWords UPDATE! Toadstool Bookshop in Keene NH says there are only 25 books in the pile for the literacy nonprofit we are supporting this year, but we had 585 contest entries. Books are the best vehicle to spread the message of #kindness & #equality. toadbooks.com/store/2 (603) 352-8815.
March 6, 2025 at 8:46 PM
#50PreciousWords UPDATE! Toadstool Bookshop in Keene NH says there are only 25 books in the pile for the literacy nonprofit we are supporting this year, but we had 585 contest entries. Books are the best vehicle to spread the message of #kindness & #equality. toadbooks.com/store/2 (603) 352-8815.
So exciting! Look at all the amazing prizes! Who's getting ready? #kidlit #writingcommunity #PB #poetry
Jumping for joy! I hope you will be, too! Please check out & share the HEADS-UP-The-#50PreciousWords CONTEST-IS-COMING-SOON post! Find DATES, GUIDELINES, and a list of fabulous PRIZES! And I hope you love my updated website thanks to @thebooklinksllc.bsky.social viviankirkfield.com/2025/02/01/h...
February 24, 2025 at 3:13 AM
So exciting! Look at all the amazing prizes! Who's getting ready? #kidlit #writingcommunity #PB #poetry
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Join us next Thursday at 8pm for our February Storytime Sprint with Carol A. Foote🐶
Listen in! Review! Win!
Sign up here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
@carolafoote.bsky.social @ryannjones117.bsky.social @storytimesprint.bsky.social #kidlit #storytime
Listen in! Review! Win!
Sign up here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
@carolafoote.bsky.social @ryannjones117.bsky.social @storytimesprint.bsky.social #kidlit #storytime
February 22, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Join us next Thursday at 8pm for our February Storytime Sprint with Carol A. Foote🐶
Listen in! Review! Win!
Sign up here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
@carolafoote.bsky.social @ryannjones117.bsky.social @storytimesprint.bsky.social #kidlit #storytime
Listen in! Review! Win!
Sign up here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
@carolafoote.bsky.social @ryannjones117.bsky.social @storytimesprint.bsky.social #kidlit #storytime
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#poetry Pea wants your imaginative & futuristic scifaiku dealing with advanced science & technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel universes, and extraterrestrial life. Oh yes please! #Submit by the 15th February ➡️ poetrypea.com/submissions-...
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February 7, 2025 at 3:44 PM
#poetry Pea wants your imaginative & futuristic scifaiku dealing with advanced science & technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel universes, and extraterrestrial life. Oh yes please! #Submit by the 15th February ➡️ poetrypea.com/submissions-...
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❤️ & huge thanks to everyone who purchased a copy, or paid to download our Pride issue last year. With your help, we were able to donate $150 to The Trevor Project.
If you're a teacher or school librarian & want a free copy of our Pride issue to share with your students, please message me!
If you're a teacher or school librarian & want a free copy of our Pride issue to share with your students, please message me!
January 30, 2025 at 6:57 PM
❤️ & huge thanks to everyone who purchased a copy, or paid to download our Pride issue last year. With your help, we were able to donate $150 to The Trevor Project.
If you're a teacher or school librarian & want a free copy of our Pride issue to share with your students, please message me!
If you're a teacher or school librarian & want a free copy of our Pride issue to share with your students, please message me!
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This new regime is attacking information in every way they can. Please join me in making a donation to the Internet Archive to preserve some of what we currently have.
The Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...
End of Term Web Archive – Preserving the Transition of a Nation | Internet Archive Blogs
blog.archive.org
February 1, 2025 at 6:48 PM
This new regime is attacking information in every way they can. Please join me in making a donation to the Internet Archive to preserve some of what we currently have.
What a whirlwind of PB ideas! Huge thanks to @taralazar.bsky.social and all the #Storystorm guest bloggers!
#PB #writingcommunity #amwriting #amquerying
#PB #writingcommunity #amwriting #amquerying
February 1, 2025 at 9:15 PM
What a whirlwind of PB ideas! Huge thanks to @taralazar.bsky.social and all the #Storystorm guest bloggers!
#PB #writingcommunity #amwriting #amquerying
#PB #writingcommunity #amwriting #amquerying
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February 1, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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🚨 #Teachers and #librarians! Have you seen all the fantastic school visits up for grabs???🚨
There are 34 visits from NYT bestselling & award-winning authors and illustrators across the grade levels. Even a few in-person visits! Go bid!
#booksky #teachersky #libsky #skybrarians #kidlit #librarysky
There are 34 visits from NYT bestselling & award-winning authors and illustrators across the grade levels. Even a few in-person visits! Go bid!
#booksky #teachersky #libsky #skybrarians #kidlit #librarysky
January 24, 2025 at 3:31 PM
🚨 #Teachers and #librarians! Have you seen all the fantastic school visits up for grabs???🚨
There are 34 visits from NYT bestselling & award-winning authors and illustrators across the grade levels. Even a few in-person visits! Go bid!
#booksky #teachersky #libsky #skybrarians #kidlit #librarysky
There are 34 visits from NYT bestselling & award-winning authors and illustrators across the grade levels. Even a few in-person visits! Go bid!
#booksky #teachersky #libsky #skybrarians #kidlit #librarysky
Excited to be back! #12x12PB is called the friendliest writing community on Earth, and it is! (Also, the most fun and overflowing with resources and support.)
See for yourself at www.12x12challenge.com! @12x12challenge.bsky.social
#kidlit #amwriting #amquerying #writingcommunity
See for yourself at www.12x12challenge.com! @12x12challenge.bsky.social
#kidlit #amwriting #amquerying #writingcommunity
January 24, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Excited to be back! #12x12PB is called the friendliest writing community on Earth, and it is! (Also, the most fun and overflowing with resources and support.)
See for yourself at www.12x12challenge.com! @12x12challenge.bsky.social
#kidlit #amwriting #amquerying #writingcommunity
See for yourself at www.12x12challenge.com! @12x12challenge.bsky.social
#kidlit #amwriting #amquerying #writingcommunity
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Tui T. Sutherland has two items up for bid!
A 30-minute virtual Zoom Q&A and a COMPLETE set of the Wings of Fire series signed by the Tui.
Tui T. Sutherland is the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Wings of Fire series and co-author of the Menagerie trilogy with her sister Kari. #kidlit
A 30-minute virtual Zoom Q&A and a COMPLETE set of the Wings of Fire series signed by the Tui.
Tui T. Sutherland is the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Wings of Fire series and co-author of the Menagerie trilogy with her sister Kari. #kidlit
January 23, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Tui T. Sutherland has two items up for bid!
A 30-minute virtual Zoom Q&A and a COMPLETE set of the Wings of Fire series signed by the Tui.
Tui T. Sutherland is the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Wings of Fire series and co-author of the Menagerie trilogy with her sister Kari. #kidlit
A 30-minute virtual Zoom Q&A and a COMPLETE set of the Wings of Fire series signed by the Tui.
Tui T. Sutherland is the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Wings of Fire series and co-author of the Menagerie trilogy with her sister Kari. #kidlit
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