MFA in Writing for Children & Young Adults Archive

Author, educator, and founding faculty member of the VCFA Writing for Children & Adults program Louise Hawes has been announced as the next VCFA Katherine...

In the summer of 2024, VCFA interviewed Louise Hawes, author, educator, and founding faculty member of the VCFA Writing for Children & Adults program. Hawes...

Meet Julie Berry (WCYA ‘08), New York Times bestselling author and VCFA MFA in Writing for Children & Young Adults alumnx. Berry is known for...

Oge Mora is a collage artist and storyteller. Her picture book, Thank You, Omu!, was a Caldecott Honor, Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Award...

Janae Marks is the New York Times bestselling author of the Zoe Washington series, A Soft Place to Land, and A Split Second. She has...

In anticipation of our summer 2024 residency—taking place on the campus of Colorado College in Colorado Springs, CO from July 13-21, 2024—our six MFA programs...

Jen Breach (they/them) is the author of around thirty nonfiction books for children on everything from the politics of global foodways and LGBTQ+ families to...

Jen Breach (they/them) is the author of around thirty nonfiction books for children on everything from the politics of global foodways and LGBTQ+ families to...

VCFA interviewed MFA in Writing for Children & Young Adults alumnx Nora Shalaway Carpenter (WCYA ’12) and Rocky Callen (WCYA ’19) on their co-edited YA...

Feather Flores joined Simon & Schuster / Atheneum Books for Young Readers in 2022 after four years at Chronicle Books. She works on smart, joyful...