Choosing Competitions - video

Children’s author and illustrator Kathryn Otoshi describes how to choose writing competitions and how she leveraged competitions when first starting out as a writer. When considering a writing contest, look at the organization behind who's running the competition. Consider local awards first, then state awards, then nationwide. Don't hold back on going after the big awards, but don't overlook the smaller awards either. Everything has the potential to help boost your author career when you are getting