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October 2023

2023 Judges

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Picture Book Judge Kaitlyn Sanchez

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Middle Grade Judge Karly Dizon

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Young Adult Judge Anjanette Barr

Each entry will receive two judging sheets from anonymous Southern Breeze published members (each of these volunteer judges is an expert in his or her category but we have chosen to keep them anonymous just as your entries are anonymous to them).

These author-judges will then decide which entries in each category are among the best 15, and those 15 will be sent to our professional judges.

The professional judges will provide judging sheets with ratings and feedback for the manuscripts they receive, and will determine which receive first, second and third place, plus any honorable mentions.

# Below are the bios for the professional judges for 2023

**Illustrated text (fiction and non-fiction picture books):**
**Kaitlyn Sanchez**

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[Kaitlyn Sanchez](https://kaitlynleannsanchez.com/) is a mom, wife, agent with Bradford Literary Agency, and middle school math teacher. She’s also the proud co-creator and co-host of the Spring Fling Kidlit Contest and Kidlit Zombie Week as well as creator and co-host of the Kidlit Fall Writing Frenzy Contest. In her free time, she loves to play soccer, binge-watch TV shows, and, of course, read. Especially when she’s all cozied up with her husband and daughter reading together. Find her on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/KaitlynLeann17) and [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/KaitlynLeann17). Please follow my clients on social media: [https://kaitlynleannsanchez.com/literary-clients/](https://kaitlynleannsanchez.com/literary-clients/)
 
**Middle Grade novels, including chapter books:**
**Karly Dizon**

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Karly is an agent at Fuse Literary building KidLit universes with stories that matter. She first joined the agency in 2016 as a reader for Tricia Skinner and then promoted to Literary Assistant soon after. In 2019, she was promoted to associate agent. Karly is aggressively building her client list to boost and give visibility to marginalized voices, experiences, history, culture, folklore, and mythology. She believes that children should be able to see themselves reflected and celebrated within the pages of a book, from contemporary to fantastical adventures. Karly loves stories with grand adventures, imperfect characters, but most importantly, a strong voice that hooks a reader within the first page. If you can make her cry or laugh out loud, bonus points! She represents Picture Books, Graphic Novels, Middle Grade, Young Adult & Illustrators.
 
**Young Adult novels:**
**Anjanette Barr**

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Anjanette Barr is a literary agent at Dunham Literary, Inc. When she's not reading (to herself or to her four children), she's walking the trail system in Juneau, Alaska with her goldendoodle named Dobby, snuggling with her cat Totoro, or caring for her chickens. Her favorite stories center on beauty - but that doesn't mean they need to be sweet and mild. She appreciates works that show a path to hope in real-life circumstances, however difficult. Anjanette represents books for children and adults in most genres. She's known around the internet as @BookBarrista.

Writing Contest 2023 Judges

2023 Judges

2023 Judges

Picture Book Judge Kaitlyn Sanchez

Middle Grade Judge Karly Dizon

Young Adult Judge Anjanette Barr

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