Finally, here they are. The Grand Prize Winners of Storystorm!
These stormers registered, completed the challenge, and were randomly selected with the help of Urania Smith of Kidlit Nation.
Each winner has been paired with a kidlit literary agent to receive feedback on their best 5 story ideas, helping them decide which ideas to pursue as manuscripts. I also added one additional prize of an idea consult with yours truly.
If you didn’t win a Grand Prize, please hold on tight. Winners of the individual daily prizes will be announced soon!
Steve Jankousky → Ammi-Joan Paquette of Erin Murphy Literary Agency
Elizabeth W Saba → Tara Gonzalez of Erin Murphy Literary Agency
Jess Burbank → Sean McCarthy of Sean McCarthy Literary Agency
Alison Ferguson → Kelly Sonnack of Andrea Brown Literary Agency
Cristina Ergunay → Charlotte Wenger of Prospect Agency
Midge Smith → Lisa Fleissig & Ginger Harris-Dontzin of Liza Royce Agency
Jen Anyong → Maeve MacLysaght of Copps Literary Services
Zoraida Rivera → Susan Hawk of Upstart Crow Literary
Candace Spizzirri → Tara Lazar of This Here Blog
These winners should start polishing their ideas and fleshing them out into concise pitches. I’ll be emailing you shortly with details!
Congratulations to all!
Writing for Kids (While Raising Them) 
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March 14, 2022 at 7:45 am
Eileen Saunders
Congratulations everyone. I’m looking forward to next year. See y’all then.
March 14, 2022 at 7:51 am
Suzanne Lewis
Yay for the Grand Prize winners! Wishing you all the best in your discussions with the agents and our fantastic creator of Storystorm!
March 14, 2022 at 7:54 am
yangmommy
Congrats to all the GP winners! What a terrific way to begin the week!!
March 14, 2022 at 8:06 am
mdk45
Hooray for all Grand Prize Storystorm winners! Fantastic news and good luck to everyone.
March 14, 2022 at 8:06 am
melissamiles1
Yay! Congrats on winning these sessions! And thanks to Tara for all her hard work and dedication to pulling this off every year, and the prize donors. It’s clear how much work goes into this and it’s much appreciated!
March 14, 2022 at 8:28 am
lavern15
Congratulations Storystorm winners!!! Wishing you all the best in your pitches and writing journey.
March 14, 2022 at 8:28 am
conlombardo
Congratulations to all the winners! What an amazing opportunity!
March 14, 2022 at 8:46 am
Andrea Mack
Congratulations! Thanks to Tara for putting this all together — so inspiring to collect all the ideas!
March 14, 2022 at 8:51 am
srkckass
Congratulations everyone! Best wishes for all the grand prize winners!
March 14, 2022 at 8:54 am
Donna Rossman
Congratulations to all the Grand Prize Winners! And thank you to Tara and all the bloggers!
March 14, 2022 at 9:04 am
seschipper
Congratulations to the Grand Prize winners!
Thank you Tara for all of the time and effort you exert to make storystorm an amazing experience for us❣️
March 14, 2022 at 9:11 am
NC Karuzis
Congratulations Winners! And thank you Tara for hosting Storystorm. Your guest bloggers had wonderful suggestions for priming our imaginations. My list keeps growing.
March 14, 2022 at 9:17 am
Mary Zychowicz
Congratulations to all! What an exciting opportunity. Best wishes and happy writing!
March 14, 2022 at 9:27 am
Laura Rackham
Congratulations!
March 14, 2022 at 9:41 am
Janice Woods
Congratulations!
March 14, 2022 at 10:09 am
Sylvia Mary Grech
Congrats everyone! And a big thank you to Tara!
March 14, 2022 at 10:14 am
Marci Whitehurst
Congrats to the grand prize winners & a shout out to all who donated time & talent! What a great community.
March 14, 2022 at 10:21 am
andreesantini
Thank you and Congrats to all!
March 14, 2022 at 10:35 am
Joyce Uglow
This is absolutely grand! Congratulations!
March 14, 2022 at 10:50 am
Sue Heavenrich
Congratulations to all the grand prize winners. What fantastic opportunities. And a huge thanks to the folks donating their time & talent to support and encourage writers.
March 14, 2022 at 10:56 am
Angie
Hip-hip-hooray! Congrats to all!
March 14, 2022 at 11:09 am
Writer on the run
Congratulations everyone!
March 14, 2022 at 11:18 am
Trine Grillo
Congratulations, All!! Thank you Tara and Agents. Another great year.
March 14, 2022 at 11:28 am
judyrubin13
Congratulations to all of the winners. Actually, all of us won, once again. Thank you, Tara.
March 14, 2022 at 11:30 am
marcia d. williams
Congratulations to all the winners. Even those of us who didn’t win a prize have our new story ideas to work on throughout the year. A win-win.
March 14, 2022 at 11:32 am
Lucy Staugler
Congrats to all the winners!! Best of luck!!
Thanks again, Tara!! What a fabulous adventure StoryStorm is!!
March 14, 2022 at 11:41 am
danielledufayet
Congrats to all! Thank you, Tara, for another great year! 🙂
March 14, 2022 at 11:51 am
Poupette
Congratulations to winners et al, and a huge thanks to Tara!
March 14, 2022 at 11:52 am
Bethanny Parker
Congrats to the winners! I hope some of your ideas get turned into books.
March 14, 2022 at 11:59 am
Marci Whitehurst
Congrats to the grand prize winners and a shout out to all who are donating time and talent to gift these prizes! What a great group!
March 14, 2022 at 12:07 pm
Angela De Groot
Congrats all! And thanks again Tara for hosting this amazing event.
March 14, 2022 at 12:08 pm
mona861
This is exciting news for you winners. Congratulations!
March 14, 2022 at 1:13 pm
martyfindley
Congratulations to Everyone! I hope your ideas turn Into Picture Books!
March 14, 2022 at 1:14 pm
bookfish1
Congratulations to the winners and thanks for all you give back to the Kidlit community. It is above and beyond and greatly appreciated.
March 14, 2022 at 2:27 pm
michelerietz
Congratulations WINNERS!! And good luck with your future story prospects!! 🙂
March 14, 2022 at 2:44 pm
Elayne
Wow, what a prize!! Congrats to all and good luck!
March 14, 2022 at 2:52 pm
Jilanne Hoffmann
Congrats to everyone! now everyone should be busy writing new stories……
March 14, 2022 at 3:27 pm
Teresa Rodrigues
Congrats to all the winners! Huge thanks to Tara for putting this together and to all the donors for the wonderful prizes!
March 14, 2022 at 3:44 pm
Alicia Shawn Gagnon
Wonderful Way to start the Week. Hooray to all the Grand Prizers!!!
Tara, thanks for all your enthusiasm for idea sparking!!
March 14, 2022 at 4:14 pm
chardixon47
Congratulations winners!! Thank you, Tara and guests, for another amazing STORYSTORM! We are all winners because we have story ideas to plant and grow!
March 14, 2022 at 4:40 pm
pathaap
Congratulations! And thank you again, Tara, for putting this together!
March 14, 2022 at 6:25 pm
Erik Ammon
Woohoo! Congrats!
March 14, 2022 at 6:27 pm
Karin Larson
Congratulations to all!
March 14, 2022 at 8:32 pm
Eileen Mayo
Congratulations to all the winners and thank you Tara for such a fun way to start the year!
March 14, 2022 at 8:47 pm
Aly Kenna
Congratulations everyone! What an incredible opportunity. Good luck!
March 14, 2022 at 10:13 pm
writeremmcbride
Tara, I am always amazed at the incredible things you do! StoryStorm21 was wonderful and filled with information and inspiration. Your Grand Prize opportunities are truly Grand! Thank you so much for what you give to those who write for children! And Congratulations to all the winners, and best wishes for many successes to come!
March 14, 2022 at 10:33 pm
viviankirkfield
Congratulations to the Grand Prize Winners – what a spectacular opportunity. And the best part of Storystorm is that we all benefit – each blog post is a goldmine of inspiration – and all of them can be accessed by newbie writers and seasoned authors alike. A huge thank you to the amazing Tara Lazar – challenges like this are a huge undertaking – requiring countless hours/days/weeks of time and effort…and hopefully helpful assistants and lots of chocolate.
March 15, 2022 at 4:07 am
Soul Healer 11.11
♡Congratulations Storystorm Winners!!♡
March 15, 2022 at 9:33 am
Lucretia Schafroth
Congratulations to all the lucky Grand Prize winners! Thank you,Tara, and all the other contributors for all that you do to make StoryStorm the incredibly informative, inspirational and beneficial experience it is for all the participants. Merci mille fois et bravo!
March 15, 2022 at 11:15 am
Darcee Freier
Thanks so much Tara for all your work on Storystorm! And congratulations to the Grand Prize winners!
March 15, 2022 at 12:08 pm
debbiemoeller
CONGRATULATIONS! And thank you, Tara.
March 15, 2022 at 4:42 pm
Zoraida Rivera
Wow! I can’t believe it! I won!
This is increíble. Thank you, Tara!
March 15, 2022 at 6:28 pm
greengirlblueplanet
Congrats to everyone!! How exciting!! Polish those manuscripts folks 🙂
March 15, 2022 at 6:52 pm
Elizabeth W Saba
This is VERY exciting! Thank you so much for this opportunity!
March 15, 2022 at 9:46 pm
carolynleillustrations
Yay! Congratulations to all the winners.
March 16, 2022 at 10:07 am
Bea Brown
Congratulations everyone! Keep writing!
March 17, 2022 at 11:35 am
chaunceyelephant
Congrats to all!!
March 19, 2022 at 4:10 pm
kdgwrites
Congratulations to all the winners. We are all winners for taking part.
March 21, 2022 at 8:28 am
littleseedsread
Congratulations everyone! And thank you Tara for putting together this wonderful growing experience.
March 21, 2022 at 5:55 pm
Carol Gordon Ekster
Congrats to all! And thank you, Tara, for all you do for our #kidlit community.
March 21, 2022 at 11:18 pm
Huyen
Congrats to the grand prize winners! This has been a fun experience and I look forward to doing it again-thank you, Tara!
March 22, 2022 at 10:56 am
Janet AlJunaidi
Congratulations everyone and thank you again Tara for a great Storystorm!