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Unofficial blog by faculty members of the Vermont College of Fine Arts, MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults.

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VCFA related blogs

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  • Numéro Cinq
  • Teaching Authors | 6 Children's Authors Who Also Teach Writing
  • Through the Tollbooth
  • wordswimmer

Blogs/links related to writing for children and YA

  • the storyteller's inkpot | Hamline MFA faculty blog
  • Graduate Creative Writing Programs listed by state

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Shop Talk with the Faculty of the Vermont College of Fine Arts MFA Program in Writing for Children and Young Adults

We're faculty members of the Vermont College of Fine Arts, but this is not an official site of VCFA.  Opinions expressed here are ours alone, and not reflections of college policy. We write. At our own risk. It’s as it should be.