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  • Mindy
    • Blog
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  • 2025 PBParty Showcase
    • 2025 PBParty Contest
    • PBParty Success Stories
    • What is PBParty?
      • Past Finalists
        • PBParty 2024 Finalists
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        • 2022 PBParty Finalists
        • 2021 PBParty Finalists
  • Critique Train
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Huge congrats to the talented 2025 PBParty finalists. We received over 1000 entries and there were so many we loved. The PBParty Dream Team of Judges and I worked hard to showcase our 55 favorites in a variety of genres…plus the incredible Illustration Showcase at the end. We can’t wait for you to view them all. 💗

Agents, PAL editors, and art directors can request the full manuscript (or whatever materials you’d like) in the comment section of each entry. *Entries 46-55 say {Art} next to the title and include two illustrations in addition to everything the writer entries include.

Happy reading! We hope you’ll find tons of gems.

NOTE: Comments are ONLY for agents, editors, and art directors. The finalists may reply, if they’d like. Please save all other comments for social media shout outs.

PBParty Entry #1 : Yechu and The Sacred Frog

GENRE: **Diverse, Character Driven WORDS: 510 ...
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PBParty Entry #2 : Sleep Voyages

GENRE: STEM/STEAM, Non-Fiction WORDS: 422 ...
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PBParty Entry #3 : A Knight To Remember

GENRE: Humor, STEM/STEAM WORDS: 550 ...
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PBParty Entry #4 : Welcome Home

GENRE: *Diverse, Contemporary WORDS: 558 ...
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PBParty Entry #5 : Mail Hugs: How One Little Boy Inspired A Community

GENRE: Character Driven, Contemporary, Informational Fiction WORDS: 532 ...
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PBParty Entry #6 : Beauregard’s Books and Brains

GENRE: Humor, Character Driven, SEL WORDS: 460 ...
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PBParty Entry #7 : Girlhood Is…

GENRE: SEL, Lyrical, Concept WORDS: 245 ...
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PBParty Entry #8 : A Delicious Dozen: A Celebration of Cookies From Around the World

GENRE: **Diverse, Holiday, Expository Non-Fiction WORDS: 700 ...
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PBParty Entry #9 : Book’s Story

GENRE: *Character Driven, Lyrical WORDS: 538 ...
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PBParty Entry #10 : The Shaktis Within Us

GENRE: **Diverse, SEL, Lyrical WORDS: 570 ...
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PBParty Entry #11 : Maple’s Mirror Family

GENRE: **Diverse, SEL, Adoption WORDS: 577 ...
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PBParty Entry #12 : Who Comes Out Under Full Moon’s Light

GENRE: Character Driven, Lyrical, Non-Fiction WORDS: 554 ...
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PBParty Entry #13 : Flight!

GENRE: Humor, STEM/STEAM, Informational Fiction WORDS: 533 ...
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PBParty Entry #14 : Walking for Sissy

GENRE: SEL, Informational Fiction WORDS: 659 ...
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PBParty Entry #15 : The Miracle Toilet: How Reverend Henry Moule Invented a Loo That Saved Lives, Protected Rivers, and Made Compost

GENRE: STEM/STEAM, Non-Fiction, Biography WORDS: 1115 ...
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PBParty Entry #16 : Ick! Eww! Ahh!

GENRE: Humor, Character Driven, STEM/STEAM WORDS: 366 ...
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PBParty Entry #17 : The Edgecomb Jar

GENRE: *Diverse, Lyrical, Historical Fiction WORDS: 276 ...
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PBParty Entry #18 : Tracking Santa: The Gift of NORAD’s Holiday Tradition

GENRE: STEM/STEAM, Holiday, Informational Fiction WORDS: 834 ...
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PBParty Entry #19 : Building a Better Wheelchair

GENRE: Diverse, STEM/STEAM, Non-Fiction WORDS: 950 ...
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PBParty Entry #20 : The Violinist of 9/11

GENRE: Lyrical, Informational Fiction WORDS: 613 ...
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PBParty Entry #21 : Morris and Buddy Strut Their Stuff

GENRE: Non-Fiction, Biography WORDS: 770 ...
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PBParty Entry #22 : Pest Problem

GENRE: Humor, Character Driven, Lyrical WORDS: 438 ...
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PBParty Entry #23 : Palm Tree Passover

GENRE: *Diverse, Holiday, Historical Fiction WORDS: 796 ...
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PBParty Entry #24 : Bookaneers

GENRE: Humor, Rhyming WORDS: 510 ...
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PBParty Entry #25 : Koi Joy

GENRE: **Diverse, Humor, Character Driven WORDS: 602 ...
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PBParty Entry #26 : City of Murals

GENRE: **Diverse, STEM/STEAM, Informational Fiction WORDS: 710 ...
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PBParty Entry #27 : The Story Tree

GENRE: Contemporary, Lyrical, Fantasy WORDS: 401 ...
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PBParty Entry #28 : I Swim For Freedom

GENRE: **Diverse, Character Driven, Historical Fiction WORDS: 400 ...
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PBParty Entry #29 : A Forest is Just a Forest Until. . .

GENRE: Lyrical WORDS: 402 ...
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PBParty Entry #30 : Pepito Park’s Perfect Game

GENRE: **Diverse, Humor, Character Driven WORDS: 583 ...
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PBParty Entry #31 : Free From Hunger-Yuan Longping and His Incredible Rice

GENRE: **STEM/STEAM, Diverse, Biography WORDS: 780 ...
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PBParty Entry #32 : The Masqued Tea Party

GENRE: *Character Driven, SEL WORDS: 580 ...
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PBParty Entry #33 : Smarty Plants: Wonderful Ways Plants are Smarter than We Think

GENRE: Humor, STEM/STEAM, Non-Fiction WORDS: 588 ...
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PBParty Entry #34 : Mission In Space: Saving The Hubble Space Telescope

GENRE: **STEM/STEAM, SEL, Non-Fiction WORDS: 850 ...
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PBParty Entry #35 : Between

GENRE: Diverse, SEL, Lyrical WORDS: 308 ...
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PBParty Entry #36 : Alicia Pérez Will Absolutely, Positively Not Read Today!

GENRE: **Humor, Character Driven, Contemporary WORDS: 580 ...
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PBParty Entry #37 : Karen Kept Swimming

GENRE: Diverse, Character Driven, Biography WORDS: 574 ...
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PBParty Entry #38 : Growing up Blueberry

GENRE: *Lyrical WORDS: 480 ...
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PBParty Entry #39 : Hidden Lens: The Secret Photographs of the Lodz Ghetto

GENRE: *Diverse, Non-Fiction WORDS: 668 ...
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PBParty Entry #40 : Goldihooks and the Three Buccaneers

GENRE: Humor, Rhyming, Fractured Fairy Tale WORDS: 604 ...
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PBParty Entry #41 : A Termite Ate My Homework

GENRE: Humor, STEM/STEAM, Interactive WORDS: 230 ...
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PBParty Entry #42 : Nonno’s Gnocchi

GENRE: Character Driven, SEL, Lyrical WORDS: 486 ...
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PBParty Entry #43 : Dear Math

GENRE: Humor, Character Driven, STEM/STEAM WORDS: 516 ...
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PBParty Entry #44 : Cloud’s Stormy Mood

GENRE: *Character Driven, SEL WORDS: 462 ...
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PBParty Entry #45 : Words As Wings

GENRE: **Diverse, Character Driven WORDS: 492 ...
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PBParty Entry #46 : What Are You? {ART}

GENRE: **Diverse, Lyrical, Concept WORDS: 383 ...
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PBParty Entry #47 : Brody Dreams of Pizza {ART}

GENRE: Humor, Character Driven WORDS: 200 ...
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PBParty Entry #48 : Moss {ART}

GENRE: STEM/STEAM, Lyrical, Non-Fiction WORDS: 576 ...
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PBParty Entry #49 : For Now, Home {ART}

GENRE: *Diverse, Character Driven, SEL WORDS: 500 ...
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PBParty Entry #50 : Herb’s Garden {ART}

GENRE: *Humor, Character Driven, SEL WORDS: 432 ...
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PBParty Entry #51 : The Watchtower of the Savanna {ART}

GENRE: Humor, Character Driven, SEL WORDS: 412 ...
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PBParty Entry #52 : Summer Folk {ART}

GENRE: Humor, SEL, Fantasy WORDS: 238 ...
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PBParty Entry #53 : Honey Tea for Alice {ART}

GENRE: Diverse, Character Driven, SEL WORDS: 530 ...
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PBParty Entry #54 : The Flamingo House {ART}

GENRE: Humor, STEM/STEAM, SEL WORDS: 232 ...
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PBParty Entry #55 : Yumiko’s Wish {ART}

GENRE: **Diverse, Character Driven WORDS: 472 ...
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PBParty Illustration Showcase 2025

I'm thrilled to share the 2025 PBParty Illustration Showcase! Agents, editors and art directors can request which author/illustrators they'd like ...
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