![]() ![]() To continue the picture book discussion, please join our Storystorm Facebook group. ![]() Critiques from published authors & editors.Feedback from literary agents and editors.Writers who register and complete the challenge will be eligible for prizes: Participants do not have to post their ideas. On January 31, participants who completed the challenge are asked to take the Storystorm Winner’s Pledge stating they ended the month with 30 or more ideas. Storystorm registration begins every year in late December and continues into the first week of January. On this blog, daily posts by authors, illustrators, editors and other publishing professionals will help inspire you. By the end of the month, you’ll have a fat file of ideas to spark new stories. Eventually, you will have a list of ideas to flesh out into concepts, premises and manuscripts in the coming year. ![]() Your list of potential stories will grow stronger as the days pass. Or just a silly thing like “purple polka-dot pony.” The object is to heighten your idea-generating senses. You don’t need potential best-seller ideas. You don’t have to write a manuscript (but you can if the mood strikes). The Storystorm challenge is to create 30 story ideas in 30 days. Any writer eager to brainstorm ideas can now participate-professionals, amateurs, teachers and students. PiBoIdMo began in 2009 and was held annually every November.īut In 2017, PiBoIdMo was moved to January and the name changed to Storystorm to reflect a broader scope. Tired of watching novelists have all the fun in November with NaNoWriMo, I created Picture Book Idea Month (PiBoIdMo) as a free 30-day challenge for picture book writers. What is Storystorm? It’s a month-long story brainstorming event. You can still participate by reading the daily blog posts and jotting down ideas, but unregistered participants aren’t eligible for prizes. STORYSTORM 2023 registration begins in December. ![]()
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