Access, Pricing, and Community
Access to The Storytellers Summit educational library is provided on a digital, on-demand basis. All purchases are final. Pricing is subject to change and may be offered at promotional or discounted rates for a limited time. Purchases made prior to a promotion are not eligible for refunds, credits, or price adjustments.
By completing your purchase, you acknowledge and accept these terms. All questions regarding access or use of the educational library should be directed to the Summit organizers.
To maintain a respectful and professional learning environment, please do not contact guest speakers or participating publishing professionals through personal or private email addresses or social media channels.
About This Educational Library
The Storytellers Summit was created as a curated series of expert-led educational sessions designed to support authors in their creative and professional development. While the original Summit included additional interactive components, the educational sessions remain available as a complete learning experience.
These sessions are presented as part of an ongoing educational library and reflect the insights of publishing professionals working within the children’s publishing landscape.
Community Access
Access to the private Summit Discord community for this event has concluded and will reopen with a future Summit. Writers interested in community engagement are welcome to join our broader Discord space for authors, illustrators, and publishing professionals.
Inside the Storytellers Summit
The Storytellers Summit is presented as an on-demand educational library, thoughtfully curated to support authors, illustrators, and publishing professionals at every stage of their creative and professional journey.
This library was intentionally designed to be flexible and accessible. You can engage with the sessions on your own schedule, revisit key topics as needed, and apply what you learn in real time. The value of this experience is not tied to a specific week or release window. It lives in the insight shared by professionals who actively work within children’s publishing and understand the realities of the industry.
Inside the Summit, speakers offer honest, practical guidance on storytelling craft, creative confidence, marketing, community building, collaboration, and long-term career growth. These sessions move beyond inspiration to focus on clarity, informed decision-making, and sustainable creative development.
As a participant, you receive on-demand access to the full collection of sessions and may return to the material as often as you like, engaging with it at your own pace.
As The Storytellers Summit continues to grow, future Summit events will be released as their own standalone educational experiences. Over time, selected Summit sessions may also be expanded into independent masterclasses with additional supplemental materials. These expanded masterclasses will live on a separate masterclass page and will be offered independently from Summit access. Purchasing this Summit provides access to this educational library only and does not include future Summits or standalone masterclasses.
This Summit stands on its own as a complete learning experience while also serving as an entry point into a growing ecosystem of publishing education designed to support the writing community.
Sessions and Presenters
How to Harness Your Inner Child Wonder to Write for Kids
Donna Galanti
An exploration of curiosity, wonder, and emotional truth in children’s storytelling, drawing from work across middle grade and young adult fiction.
All About Community
The KidLit411 Team featuring Sylvia Liu
A candid look at how community functions within children’s publishing and how writers can engage professionally and sustainably.
The Agent–Author Relationship
Shifa Saltagi Safadi
A thoughtful examination of long-term creative partnerships, expectations, and communication from an award-winning author’s perspective.
To Podcast or Not to Podcast: What You Need to Decide Before Starting
Valerie Fentress
Guidance on whether podcasting aligns with your creative goals, platform strategy, and capacity as an author.
How Creative Confidence Grows Before Structure and Why Representation Makes It Possible
Paula Banks
A session focused on nurturing voice, imagination, and confidence before formal structure, with attention to representation and lived experience.
How Authors and Illustrators Work Together
Dave Perry
A behind-the-scenes look at collaboration, workflow, and creative alignment between writers and illustrators.
Publishing Insight and Agent Perspective
Syrone Harvey
An educational session offering insight into agent wish lists, submission expectations, and how agents evaluate projects and authors. This session is informational in nature and does not guarantee representation.
Email Marketing 101
Karen Ferreira
Foundational strategies for building reader relationships, growing an email list, and using email as a sustainable marketing tool.
Why Start Here
This educational library is for writers who want more than inspiration. It is for creatives who want to understand the publishing landscape, strengthen their craft, and move forward with clarity and confidence.
Watch on demand. Learn at your own pace. Return anytime.
