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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.

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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'07 Alumna Releases GOODBYE BRINGS HELLO

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Faculty Member Tim Wynne-Jones Releases THE RUINOUS SWEEP

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The 2018 APALA Award in Children's Literature Goes to WCYA Faculty Uma Krishnaswami!

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Author and Literacy Advocate Penny Kittle to Appear as Guest at July 2018 Residency

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'12 Miriam McNamara Releases Debut Novel, THE UNBINDING OF MARY READE

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’12 Grad Mary Winn Heider Releases THE MORTIFICATION OF FOVEA MUNSON

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DEAR SUBSTITUTE: How the epistolary form grabbed hold of Liz Garton Scanlon’s new picture book

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