Rumor has it that I’m helping to organize Kidlitosphere Conference this year. Whatever else you may have heard about me, this rumor is entirely true. My coconspirators are Brian Farrey of Flux and Ben Barnhart of Milkweed, and we’re looking forward to hosting the best and the brightest in kidlit blogging at Open Book in Minneapolis.

If you’re reading this blog, you should consider coming. If you’re reading this blog in lieu of writing in your own blog, then you should consider submitting a proposal. No, really, I mean it. We want to hear from you soon. This conference is a terrific opportunity to participate in decidedly uncrappy “discourse” (a word I suddenly think of this as John Green® word) at the bleeding edge of kidlit blogging.

As the one picture book guy in the hosting troika, I also want to say this is not a YA-only conference by any stretch. I want proposals from picture book writers and illustrators!

In the next day or two, we’ll also be announcing the keynote speaker, and there will be much rejoicing, so make sure you’ve got the conference blog in your RSS reader and that you’re following @kidlitcon2010 on Twitter.

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