Margaret Bechard is the author of eight middle grade and young adult novels, including My Mom Married the Principal, If It Doesn't Kill You, Hanging On to Max, and Spacer...
MFA Writing for Children & Young Adults
The nation's first MFA program focusing on writing for young readers.
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Self-designed: create your own program with the help of accomplished artists & writers who are award-winning and nationally recognized in the field of children's literature
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Join a community of artists and writers and visit our beautiful Vermont campus for intensive residencies twice a year
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Explore the writing of picture books as well as works for middle grade and young adult readers
Faculty Profiles
Points of View
MFA Writing Alumnus
"My decision to enroll in the Program at VT College was the most important in my life. I have grown immeasurably as a writer. The outstanding faculty I’ve worked with have taught me perhaps more than I yet realize about the craft of writing...I only wish I had enrolled twenty years ago."
Points of Interest
MFA in Writing Alumna Suzanne S. Rancourt
MFA in Writing graduate Suzanne S. Rancourt's book, Billboard in the Clouds, won the Native Writers' Circle of the Americas First Book Award.
MFA in Writing Alumna Laura Burkhart's Book
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