Vermont College of Fine Arts—Writing for Children & Young Adults [1]
Wild Things [2]
A. R. Capetta, Sheela Chari, Melanie Crowder, Evan Griffin, Louise Hawes, Corey Ann Haydu, K. A. Holt, Varian Johnson, Cory McCarthy, Anna-Marie McLemore, Anica Mrose Rissi, An Na, Erica Perl, Matt Phelan, Mary Quattlebaum, Sara Ryan, Alex Sanchez, Liz Garton Scanlon, Laura Shovan, Cynthia Leitich Smith, Linda Urban, Jasmine Warga, Emily X. R. Pan, Jennifer Ziegler
The program offers merit and need-based awards [4].
The program offers coursework in picture books, early reader/chapter books, middle grade, young adult, graphic literature, nonfiction, fiction, and poetry for young people.
Students attend two nine-day residencies each year, in June and January. Concurrent fully virtual residencies are also offered. The on-campus residencies occur alongside the college’s other MFA programs, Writing, Graphic Design, Visual Art, Film, and Music Composition. With the college’s affiliation with CalArts, all residencies occur on the CalArts campus in Valencia, California.
The application for a January start is October 1. The application for a June start is April 1.