Would you like to have your picture book professionally edited for free? Our dear friend and award-winning author Clara Gillow Clark is donating her services to one lucky CWG Online reader! All entries must be received by 12:00 PM on July 21, 2015. A random winner will be announced on July 22, 2015 on our CWG Facebook page.

To enter, please send your name and email contact address to: sheila@childrenswritersguild.com. Only one entry per person.

Clara Gillow Clark is a critically acclaimed author of six novels of historical fiction for middle grade readers. Her recent work includes Secrets of Greymoor. In addition to many of her books being shortlisted for numerous State awards, her novel, Willie and the Rattlesnake King won an International Reading Association Young Adult Choice Award, and her novel, Hill Hawk Hattie was a Bank Street College Best Book of the Year 2004. Clara studied writing at New School for Social Research, and has taught writing for over twelve years for the Writer’s Institute.

Her publishers include Candlewick Press and Boyds Mills Press. She also teaches writing workshops at the Highlights Foundation.

After the winner is announced on July 22, 2015, Clara will also be offering a 25% discount off her regular picture book edit price to all CWG Online readers until August 22, 2015. Please contact her at claragillowclark@gmail(dot)com for more details.

You can learn more about Clara’s work at her Twitter Feed and Facebook Page.

Thank you, Clara!