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Education
MFA Writing for children
Simmons (Boston, MA) http://www.simmons.edu/gradstudies/liberal-arts/academics/childrens-literature/writing.shtml
Hollins University (Roanake, VA) http://www.hollins.edu/grad/childlit/childlit.htm
The New School (New York, NY) -creative writing degree, option for concentration in writing for children http://www.newschool.edu/writing/02_academic.aspx?s=2
Minnesota State University (Mankato, MN) http://english.mnsu.edu/cw/cwmfa.htm#length
MFA Writing for Children (low residency)
Vermont College (Montpelier, VT) http://www.tui.edu/mfawc/
Hamline University (St Paul, MN) http://www.hamline.edu/gls/academics/degree_programs/mfa_cl/mfa_writing_home.html
Spaulding University (Louisville,KY) http://www.spalding.edu/content.aspx?id=1912&cid=686
Whidbey Writers Workshop (Whidbey Island, WA) http://www.writeonwhidbey.org/mfa/index.htm
University of Southern Maine Stonecoast MFA (Freeport, ME / Dingle, Ireland) http://www.usm.maine.edu/stonecoastmfa/
For Fun (and to learn a thing or two, too!)
Organizations
Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (worldwide)
The Children’s Book Council
The Authors Guild
Writers Guild (UK)
Canadian Children's Book Centre
Communities
Verla Kay’s Blue Board
Backspace The Writer’s Place
Publishing Industry
Media Bistro
Publishers Weekly
Publishers Marketplace
Groups
Yahoo
Children’s Writers
CW-Biz
Picture Books
Historical Fiction 4 Children
SCBWI-Expressions Online
Kid’s Magazine Writers
Nonfiction 4 kids
Purple Crayon
SCBWI France
Support for Writers
Teenlit Authors
Wordpool
Writesuccess
Facebook
Jon Reed’s Publishing Talk
Candy Gourlay’s Waiting Room
SCBWI Conferences and other events related to Children’s Literature
Children’s Picturebook Writers and Illustrators
I still read teen and chicklit books and probably always will
Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators
Resources:
Cynthea Liu’s Monster List of Childern’s Book Editor Interviews Blogs & more
Cynthea Liu’s website
Cynthia Leitch Smith’s webiste (virtual encyclopedia) for children’s writers
For Picture Book Writers
For Students and Teachers
Awards, Contests and Grants
Lee and Low New Voices Award
Delacorte First Middle Grade Novel Contest
Delacorte First Young Adult Novel Contest
Writers Digest
Writer Websites:
Cynthia Leitch Smith (also listed under ‘resources’)
Cynthea Liu (also listed under ‘resources’)
Verla Kay (also listed under ‘communities’)
Ellen Jackson
Leonard Marcus
Illustrator Websites:
Doug Cushman (author /illustrator)
More coming soon!
Blogs
Marbles
Publishing
Writers’ Guild of Great Britian
Media Bistro (home of the Galley Cat)
Editors
Cheryl Klein
Librarian Blogs & Book Reviews:
Fuse #8 (Betsy Bird, New York)
Kid Lit (by Tasha Saecker at Menasha Public Library)
Sonderbooks
Illustrator Blogs:
Writer Blogs:
And, in case you want a taste of even more, check out Anastasia Suen's Blog Central
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