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VCFA Writing for Children & Young Adults Blog

Welcome to the VCFA WCYA blog, where we are WILD about all THINGS in the world of writing for young readers. Hear directly from students whose writing takes unexpected and glorious turns. Explore how alumni change the face and field of children’s literature. Discover faculty who are not simply award-winning authors but exemplary teachers. Learn why VCFA is home to us all.

New Book from WCYA Faculty Kekla Magoon - The Season of Styx Malone

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Melanie Fishbane '13 Releases MAUD in Paperback

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Eric Pinder '11 Releases COUNTING DINOS

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Janet Fox '10 debuts her first Picture Book VOLCANO DREAMS: A STORY OF YELLOWSTONE

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The Heart of Faculty Cynthia Leitich Smith

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THE DARKDEEP, co-written by Ally Condie '17 and Brendan Reichs '18

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Mindfulness Monday: I Have Wasted My Life…Are You Wasting Yours? - Heather Demetrios

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Mindfulness Monday: Starting a Meditation Practice by Turning on Your Headlights

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Monica S. Baker ’15 Leads Creative Writing Workshops with Refugees at the Mosaik Support Center on the Island of Lesbos, Greece

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Mindfulness Monday: Lessons From Shakespeare & Co. - Heather Demetrios

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Mindfulness Monday: Starting A Meditation Practice: Upright, But Not Uptight - Heather Demetrios

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Mindfulness Monday: Starting A Meditation Practice with Intention - Heather Demetrios

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Mindfulness Monday: Starting a Meditation Practice with Time - Heather Demetrios

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Dianne White '07 Releases WHO EATS ORANGE

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Helen Pyne '11 Brings YA Literature to Impoverished Girls at Daraja Academy in Kenya

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Mindfulness Monday: First Draft Meditation Practice - Heather Demetrios

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Maggie Lehrman '12 Releases THE LAST BEST STORY

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William Alexander Releases A FESTIVAL OF GHOSTS, sequel to A PROPERLY UNHAUNTED PLACE

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Mindfulness Monday: Why Meditation Will Transform Your Creative Life

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'05 grad René Colato Laínez Named as a Finalist for the 2019 NSK Neustadt Prize for Children’s Literature

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