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...
MFA in Writing for Children & Young Adults Archive
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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 ...
VT Arts Council Honors VCFA Faculty & Alumnx
Four members of the VCFA community have been honored with FY2021 Creation Grants from the Vermont Arts Council.
A.R. Capetta
A.R. Capetta (all pronouns) writes about magic, science, weirdness, mystery, and the places where they meet. Their eight YA novels include The Lost Coast...
Public Events for Winter 2020 WCYA Residency
Ann Dávila Cardinal, Gilbert Ford, Charles R. Smith, Jr., and Padma Venkatraman are the special guests at this winter's MFA in Writing for Children &...
AWP 2020
Vermont College of Fine Arts will be in San Antonio, TX for the Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP) Annual Conference in March.
Kate Hosford, 2011 MFA in WCYA
Running Press published Kate Hosford's A Songbird Dreams of Singing: Poems About Sleeping Animals in November 2019, with illustrations by Jennifer Potter.
Padma Venkatraman
Padma Venkatraman was born in Chennai, India, the setting of her latest novel, The Bridge Home.
Julie Berry, 2009 MFA in WCYA
In 2019 alone, Printz Honor recipient Julie Berry released three picture books and a YA novel.