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The Writing Life

‘On the Outside Always Looking In’ by Lynne Schultz ’21

January 24, 2022
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'Stress-Busting for the Creative Soul' by Monica Baker '15

January 13, 2022
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'How Unearthing a Shoebox of Letters Inspired a Novel in Verse' – Sherry Shahan ’07

January 10, 2022
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‘Write On!’ by Laurel Abell ’18

January 4, 2022
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Wild Things x OnlinesOnline: LIGHT IT UP by Faculty Kekla Magoon

December 29, 2021
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‘Everything I Need to Know About Querying I Learned in Kindergarten: 10 Tips to Write that Letter’ by Laurel Abell ’18

December 17, 2021
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Release Interview: WINTER LULLABY by Dianne White ’07

December 7, 2021
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Wild Things x Elisa Zied: WORDS COMPOSED OF SEA AND SKY Erica George (Current Student)

December 2, 2021
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'10 Ways to Maintain a Creative Spark While Revising' by the Angelella Editorial team

November 24, 2021
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Wild Things x OnlinesOnline: EYES THAT KISS IN THE CORNERS by Joanna Ho, illustrated by Dung Ho

November 24, 2021
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‘The Frog’ by Wendy Townsend ’02

November 22, 2021
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Wild Things x Elisa Zied: EDIE IN BETWEEN by Laura Sibson ’12

November 3, 2021
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It's that time again! Join our final Book Birthday It's that time again! Join our final Book Birthday Party of the season this Wednesday, December 15th at 8pm ET/5pm PT for readings from alumnx Lakita Wilson, Rene Colato Lainez, Janet Fox, Beth Bacon, and Ginger Johnson. Link to register in bio! #vcfa #vcfawcya #vcfaalumnx #bookstagram #bookbirthday #booknerds
Did you know we are looking for a new Program Assi Did you know we are looking for a new Program Assistant?! 💚 Reposted from @vcfaedu · Come work with us at VCFA! The college is welcoming applications for several exciting positions, including: 💚 Program Assistant, MFA in Writing for Children & Young Adults 💚 Faculty, MFA in Writing (part-time positions) 💚 General Maintenance 💚 Housekeeping/Janitorial (full-time overnight position) 💚 Housekeeping/Janitorial (full- & part-time shifts) Head to our website at https://vcfa.edu/about/jobs-at-vcfa (+ link in IG bio) for full job descriptions, benefits, and application instructions. VCFA provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. #VTjobs #VCFAjobs #Jobs
Has VCFA (or Vermont College) played a role in you Has VCFA (or Vermont College) played a role in your life? How about art? Writing? Film? Music? Help foster the arts during a time where it’s needed more than ever—your gift not only funds scholarships and alumnx programs, but helps support artists from diverse backgrounds. . Now's your chance to support our mission to create and empower emerging and established artists and foster a global community of people destined to change the world. Change someone’s life today with a #GivingTuesday donation to VCFA! [Link in our IG bio or here: https://vcfa.edu/giving/donate-now/#giving-tuesday-2021] . Reposted from @vcfaedu 💚 . . #GivingTuesday #SupportVCFA #GlobalDayofGiving #SupportArt #SupportArtists
The latest on the Wild Things blog? Many generous The latest on the Wild Things blog? Many generous suggestions to maintain your creative spark by the infamous writer factory and our beloved, Angelella Editorial team. The list includes alumnx Emily Young ’16, Diane Telgen ’17, Denise Santomauro ’17, Jenn Bailey ’17, David Fey ’16, Jay Whistler ’17, Danielle Sunshine ’14, Kate Angelella ’17, and more. ✨✍️ Link in bio!
🎉 Happy book birthday to Kekla Magoon! 🎉 Re 🎉 Happy book birthday to Kekla Magoon! 🎉 Reposted from @candlewickpress In this comprehensive, inspiring, and all-too-relevant history of the Black Panther Party, award-winning author Kekla Magoon’s Revolution in Our Time puts the Panthers in the proper context of Black American history, from the first arrival of enslaved people to the Black Lives Matter movement of today. ⁠ ⁠ Kekla’s work invites a new generation of readers grappling with injustices in the United States to learn from the Panthers’ history and courage. ⁠ ⁠ #RevolutioninOurTime #KeklaMagoon #Bookstagram #MGLit #YALit #USHistory #BlackLivesMatter
A belated congratulations to alum Emily Young '16 A belated congratulations to alum Emily Young '16 to have won @vcfaedu Hunger Mountain's 2021 Katherine Paterson prize in Middle Grade literature for her short story, What Olivia Knew! ✨ To read the prize winning story, visit: 🔗 hungermtn.org/what-olivia-knew-by-emily-young
WCYA alum Wendy Townsend '02 writes about her work WCYA alum Wendy Townsend '02 writes about her work with amphibians and more in the latest craft essay on The Wild Things blog. 🐸 Wild things indeed! // Link in bio · #vcfaedu #vcfawcya
✅✅✅ 11/18 (today!) 4 pm EST | Foreshadow! ✅✅✅ 11/18 (today!) 4 pm EST | Foreshadow! Tanya Aydelott (WCYA '19), a featured New Voice from the anthology Foreshadow!, will host and moderate a chat with Nova Ren Suma (WCYA faculty) and Emily X.R. Pan (joining WCYA faculty soon!) about the online YA short story project that became an anthology and the craft of writing short fiction for a young audience. Register at the link in our IG bio/here: https://one.bidpal.net/vcfafriendsgiving2021 (Full details and the day’s itinerary can be found at the link. Registration is free and open to the public.) Image Accessibility: Image collage of Tanya Aydelott, Nova Ren Suma, and Emily X.R. Pan, clockwise from left, with the words “Foreshadow! Panel Discussion” and each of the panelist’s names. #VCFAFriendsgiving #VCFAfriends #VCFAfamily #VCFAalumnx #SupportVCFA #friendsgiving #vcfalit #childrenslit #vcfalove 💚
The holidays are fast approaching, but there's som The holidays are fast approaching, but there's something very important to celebrate first! Please join us at our next Book Birthday Party on November 16 at 8pm ET. We'll be hearing from the following WCYA alumnx: 🎉 Jen White ’07, A Thousand Minutes to Sunlight, 🎉 Heather Demetrios ’14, Code Name Badass: The True Story of Virginia Hall, 🎉 Donna Janell Bowman ’17, King of the Tightrope: When the Great Blondin Ruled Niagara, 🎉 Suma Subramaniam ’17, Centaurs and Fairies, 🎉 Laura Ojeda Melchor ’17, Missing Okalee. Register link in bio!
Reposted from @vcfaedu · 🗓Save the date(s): 1 Reposted from @vcfaedu · 🗓Save the date(s): 11/16 and 11/18! Join us for the 2nd Annual 💚VCFA Friendsgiving💚 celebration—an exciting lineup of conversations, readings, performances, and screenings starting with a film screening hosted by VCFA’s Center for Arts + Social Justice (@vcfacenter) on November 16, and a full day of programming starting at 11 am ET on November 18. On 11/16, we’ll kick off the events with a screening of WARRIOR WOMEN, followed by Q&A with filmmaker Beth Castle and American Indian Movement veteran and Lakota matriarch Madonna Thunder Hawk. @vcfafilm Program Director Brad Heck will moderate. On 11/18, start the day with an interactive performance by artist and @vcfavisualart alumnx Geno Luketic (’18), followed by a chat with MFA in Writing Program Director Donald Quist (’13) and Faculty Chair Connie May Fowler (& special guests!) at 1 pm. At 2:30 pm, MFA in Music Composition Co-Chair Ravi Krishnaswami will moderate a panel discussion about Humor in Music with @vcfamusiccomp alumnx Margie Halloran (’15), Garrett Steele (’16), Zach Kohlmeier (’17), and Mario Inchausti (’18). At 4 pm, Tanya Aydelott, @vcfawcya alumnx (’19) and author of the anthology Foreshadow!, moderates a chat with Nova Ren Suma and Emily X.R. Pan (current and future WCYA faculty, respectively). Then, at 5:30, Julie Krishnaswami (VA ’21) performs her art piece, Confrontation by Index Card, about the labor of female speech—hearing, speaking, anticipating—in the political arena. The day will conclude with an encore screening and discussion of WARRIOR WOMEN. We’ll also use this as an opportunity to kick off our year-end campaign to raise funds to support VCFA’s Artists Development Fund for student scholarships. Visit the event page for this year’s event lineup, and be sure to register in advance at the link in our IG bio/here: https://one.bidpal.net/vcfafriendsgiving2021/ #Friendsgiving #VCFAfriends #VCFAfamily VCFAalumnx #SupportVCFA #vcfalove💚
Congratulations to faculty Cory McCarthy! 🥳 Hap Congratulations to faculty Cory McCarthy! 🥳 Happy book birthday to you and yours! // Reposted from @cory__mccarthy #AceTakesFlight is OUT NOW with a little help from my action figure friends. This is the same sex parents book you’re looking for. It’s also starring someone with ADHD so my kiddo could have a book that reflects his reality. There’s other important rep too and SO MUCH genre fun…but you’ll have to read to find out! Signing some copies at my local indie today if you want to give me a smile with an order, link in bio! (They ship to North America.) #bookbirthday #ripHMH
Alum Laura Sibson '12—originally interviewed by Alum Laura Sibson '12—originally interviewed by alum Elisa Zied '20—is featured in the latest Wild Things blog cross-over for her 2021 publication EDIE IN BETWEEN. 🌟 Link in bio for more!
"Make the most of your creative time and efforts b "Make the most of your creative time and efforts by becoming more aware of and working with nature’s influence. Autumn energy promotes three areas of focus: maturity moving toward harvest, release of what’s been exhausted, and celebration of both in community. That means: - Recommitting to hard work that will result in a harvest. - Releasing what you no longer need, like a tree dropping leaves. - Connecting with community to celebrate both kinds of work. In most cultures, fall connection is already marked by a string of traditional feasts and year-end holidays." – Joni Sensel '15 in the latest contribution to the Wild Things blog. 🍂 LINK IN BIO! 🔗
Alumnx Mini-Residency will take place virtually fr Alumnx Mini-Residency will take place virtually from November 4–7. Yes, that's next week! It's not too late to register for faculty-led workshops or industry critiques. Spots are filling up fast! Link in bio. ✅
[✨NEW DATE✨] On November 4, 8:00pm - 9:30pm ED [✨NEW DATE✨] On November 4, 8:00pm - 9:30pm EDT, join former WCYA faculty and renowned children’s book authors Kathi Appelt and Marion Dane Bauer as they sit down to discuss the writing life, reflections of teaching at VCFA, and their new books, SUNSHINE and ONCE UPON A CAMEL. 🌟  This free, public event will be livestreamed on Zoom, and advance registration is encouraged (link in bio!)  ✨ For those who registered before, you will need to register again. Thank you!
"I’ve written forever. In my journal from age 16 "I’ve written forever. In my journal from age 16 I wrote that all I wanted to do was live in Vermont and write children’s books. I succeeded at the first goal soon after college, but the second was a little more challenging." – congrats to former faculty and alum Leda Schubert ’04 for today's release, DOGS LOVE CARS! ✨ Link in bio for the full interview on the Wild Things blog!
"Although I learned so much about writing from the "Although I learned so much about writing from the lectures, workshops, and mentor feedback, I think the biggest value from VCFA is having to write so much. The more you write, assuming you think about your craft as you do it, the better you get. And I did get better." — '16 alum Laurie Wallmark in the latest Wild Things interview (link in bio!) Congrats on today's release, DINO PAJAMA PARTY, @lauriewallmark 🎉
You're Invited... if you dare. Next Wednesday, Oct You're Invited... if you dare. Next Wednesday, October 20, 2021, at 8pm ET, join us for our next Book Birthday Party! It'll be the spookiest yet. We'll celebrate the book birthdays of Mindy Hardwick ’05, SOME STORIES ARE NOT SEEN, Karen Krossing ’20, SOUR CAKES, and "Ghostly Tales" by 2017 alumnx Diane Telgen, Jules Heller, Jay Whistler, and Jenn Bailey. 🎉 RSVP required. Registration link in our bio!
✅ The MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adul ✅ The MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults program application deadline for the upcoming semester is this Friday, October 15. ✅ Link in bio! . . . . #vcfa #vcfawcya #lowresidencymfa #vcfaedu #writingforchildrenandyoungadults #youbelonghere
Happy book birthday to Faculty A.R. Capetta for th Happy book birthday to Faculty A.R. Capetta for the release of THE HEARTBREAK BAKERY! ✨ (Image reposted from @ar_capetta)
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