MFA Writing for Children & Young Adults


The nation's first MFA program focusing on writing for young readers.



 

  •  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 

 

  • Join a community of artists and writers and visit our  beautiful Vermont campus for intensive residencies twice a year  

 

  • Explore the writing of picture books as well as works for middle grade and young adult readers

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Faculty Profiles

profile Photo Shelley Tanaka
Shelley Tanaka is the author of more than twenty non-fiction books for children and young adults, including seven titles in the award-winning I Was There series (On Board the...

Points of View

Hunger Mountain Editor -- 802-828-8517 -- miciah.gault@vcfa.edu

"Vermont College of Fine Arts fosters my creative spirit. Being among a community of engaged students and faculty keeps me motivated to write."

Points of Interest

The Katherine Paterson Prize

Hunger Mountain announces a new writing contest for writers of young adult (YA) and children’s literature: the Katherine Paterson Prize. The contest, which is open to all writers, awards $1,000 and publication in Hunger Mountain’s new online arts journal, due to launch this summer.

“We created the Katherine Paterson Prize because we wanted to support the work of young adult and children’s writers,” says Hunger Mountain managing editor Miciah Bay Gault. “We wanted a new way to honor the writers in this exciting field.” The Katherine Paterson Prize is open to writers of young adult fiction, middle grade fiction, and picture books. Entries must be unpublished, and no more than 5,000 words. There is a $20.00 entry fee. Deadline for entries is June 30, ‘09 (postmark date). The prize will be judged by Vermont native Katherine Paterson, critically acclaimed author of numerous children’s books, including Bridge to Terabithia, The Great Gilly Hopkins, Jacob Have I Loved, and, most recently, Bread and Roses, Too. Katherine Paterson has won the Newbery Medal, the National Book Award, and scores of other awards and honors.


 

MFA in Writing Alumna Maureen Alsop's Book

Maureen Aslop's book, Apparition Wren, was essentially her thesis while at VCFA. She worked with advisors Roger Weingarten, Claire Rossinin, Leslie Ullman, and Nancy Eimers. Visit Maureen's website at www.apparitionwren.com.


 

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