Jenn Bailey
Jenn Bailey graduated with her MFA from VCFA in January 2017 and has since refused to leave. Her debut picture book, A Friend for Henry, received the ALA Schneider…
MFA in Writing for Children & Young Adults Archive
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Vanessa Brantley Newton
Vanessa Brantley Newton is a self-taught illustrator, doll maker, and crafter who studied Fashion Illustration at The Fashion Institute of Technology and children's book illustration…
Sheela Chari
Sheela Chari writes about missing things. She is the author of the upcoming middle grade novel Karthik Delivers and several middle grade mysteries, including The…
Joseph Bruchac
Joseph Bruchac holds a BA in English from Cornell University, an MA in Literature and Creative Writing from Syracuse, and a PhD in Comparative Literature…
WCYA Book Birthday Parties, Fall 2020
We could all use a bit of celebration in our lives these days, and the MFA in Writing for Children & Young Adults has us…
VCFA Friendsgiving, November 19
In this season of giving thanks and celebrating connections, we are grateful to everyone in the VCFA community.
Matt Crabb, 2021 MFA in WCYA
Matt participated in an e-interview with us in November of 2020. Below are edited excerpts from our conversations about writing, creating art for young audiences,…
Dana Walrath, 2010 MFA in WCYA
VCFA alumnx Dana Walrath has received a Creation Grant from the Vermont Arts Council to support the opera adaptation of her 2016 graphic memoir, Aliceheimer’s.…
A Celebration of Katherine Paterson & Cynthia Leitich Smith
Cynthia Leitich Smith has been named the first Katherine Paterson Chair in VCFA's MFA in Writing for Children & Young Adults program.
Bonnie Pipkin, 2014 MFA in WCYA
“Troubled.” That’s seventeen-year-old Genesis according to her small New Jersey town. She finds refuge and stability in her relationship with her boyfriend, Peter—until he abandons…