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.
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Leah Jones2018-06-20 12:45:062018-06-20 12:58:06Jillian Tamaki Announced as Visiting Writer for July 2018 Residency
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Leah Jones2018-06-19 19:10:412018-09-26 13:25:47Faculty Member Jane Kurtz Releases WHAT DO THEY DO WITH ALL THAT POO?
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Leah Jones2018-06-12 17:03:102018-06-15 13:44:32Maura Ellen Stokes Releases MG Novel, FADEAWAY
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Leah Jones2018-06-06 12:30:402018-06-06 14:41:31Nora Carpenter '12 Releases Debut Picture Book, YOGA FROG
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Leah Jones2018-06-05 19:24:332018-06-06 16:20:14Adrienne Kisner's DEAR RACHEL MADDOW Released today!
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Leah Jones2018-06-05 18:12:442018-08-02 20:27:13’13 Grad Kate Beasley Releases LIONS AND LIARS
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Leah Jones2018-06-01 19:15:152018-06-01 19:15:15THE PARKER INHERITANCE named a 2018 Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards Honor Book
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Leah Jones2018-05-31 17:22:122018-05-31 17:26:42Spring 2018 News from VCFA's Young Writers Network
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Leah Jones2018-05-23 08:30:402018-05-23 14:57:50WCYA Welcomes Visiting Faculty Member Cori McCarthy
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Leah Jones2018-05-18 17:12:392018-05-23 15:09:08WCYA Faculty member Varian Johnson honored at the Austin Book Awards
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Leah Jones2018-05-15 14:55:592018-06-06 16:54:42'07 Grad Stephanie Ledyard Releases PIE IS FOR SHARING
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Leah Jones2018-05-14 15:15:392018-06-06 16:55:37WCYA Student Jessie Janowitz Releases THE DOUGHNUT FIX
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Leah Jones2018-05-09 14:19:402018-05-23 15:09:45VCFA Graduate, Cate Berry, Launches New Book: PENGUIN & TINY SHRIMP DON’T DO BEDTIME!
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Leah Jones2018-04-23 17:33:302018-06-04 16:54:04WCYA Grads Cordelia Jensen and Laurie Morrison Dedicate EVERY SHINY THING to VCFA
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Leah Jones2018-04-23 15:24:052018-05-16 15:47:08Sarah Blake Johnson and UNSPUN: A COLLECTION OF TATTERED FAIRY TALES
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Leah Jones2018-04-23 15:09:522018-05-16 15:48:41Karen Kane and CHARLIE & FROG
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Leah Jones2018-04-23 14:57:342018-05-16 15:49:25MAMA'S BELLY, by Kate Hosford
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Leah Jones2018-04-11 18:10:482018-05-16 15:51:06April Pulley Sayre's FULL OF FALL
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Leah Jones2018-04-11 17:19:382018-05-16 15:52:07Mary E. Lambert's FAMILY GAME NIGHT AND OTHER CATASTROPHES
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Leah Jones2018-04-11 17:05:132018-05-16 15:53:01Author blog - J. L. Powers and BROKEN CIRCLE