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 Jones2018-05-18 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
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Leah Jones2018-04-09 15:33:452018-05-16 15:54:00Eric Pinder and THE PERFECT PILLOW
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Leah Jones2018-04-09 15:08:322018-05-18 17:22:38Erin E. Moulton and THINGS WE HAVEN'T SAID
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Leah Jones2018-04-09 14:49:352018-05-16 15:58:56Varian Johnson and THE PARKER INHERITANCE
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Leah Jones2018-04-06 18:27:502018-05-16 15:59:42Donna Janell Bowman and ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S DUELING WORDS
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slug2018-04-06 17:09:512018-05-16 16:01:14Sharon Darrow's WORLDS WITHIN WORDS: WRITING AND THE WRITING LIFE
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slug2018-03-26 20:22:162018-08-24 17:17:52Leda Schubert and TRAILBLAZER: THE STORY OF BALLERINA RAVEN WILKINSON
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Leah Jones2018-03-11 17:29:122018-05-16 16:02:44Jane Kurtz's PLANET JUPITER
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Leah Jones2017-12-14 18:11:262018-08-24 17:18:29Two VCFA authors nominated for National Book Award
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Leah Jones2017-10-19 16:04:542018-05-16 16:06:30Lyn Miller-Lachmann talks translation...