By the time you read this, I’ll have returned from my first semester residency at Hogwartian Vermont College of Fine Arts, and I’ll be settling back into writerly life at […]
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Success Story Spotlight with Alex Brown
Posted onPlease share your exciting news (agent signing, book sale, etc). I’m so excited to share that I signed with Hannah Fergesen of KT Literary! How did studying/retreating at The Writing […]
Continue Reading2019 Summer Camp Recap
Posted onThis year, we extended our annual summer camps for kids and teens to two weeks each instead of one, filling our property with young writers the entire month of July. […]
Continue ReadingA Glimpse into a Poet’s Private Writing Barn Retreat
Posted onMy first morning in The Cabin, I took my coffee to the screened-in porch before the Texas summer heat set in, and I wrote in my journal for an unhurried […]
Continue ReadingSuccess Story Spotlight with Jacquetta Feldman
Posted onPlease share your exciting news (agent signing, book sale, etc) I am very happy to announce that I’ve signed with Peter Knapp of Park & Fine Literary and Media! How […]
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Posted onWhat We Read This Pride Month
Posted onPride: The Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag by Rob Sanders Written by our very own Writing Barn faculty Rob Sanders, the very first picture book about the […]
Continue ReadingIt Was Hard Work, But It Was Worth It: The First Picture Book Biography Examining the Life of President Carter
Posted onby Bethany Hegedus, WB Founder and Creative Director It’s hard to believe our 39th President, James Earl Carter Jr., otherwise known as Jimmy—has never had a picture book biography written […]
Continue ReadingMembers of Barn Community Honored by SCBWI
Posted onRecently, friends and students of the Barn were nominated for the Cynthia Leitch Smith Writing Mentor Award by SCBWI! We reached out to ask a few questions and congratulate these […]
Continue ReadingInterview with Anneke Swanson
Posted onWhat did it mean to be selected for the commission to do an artistic rendering of The Writing Barn grounds as we launch Buddha Hall and serve now not only […]
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