Welcome to the Children's Lit Fellows!
The Children's Lit Fellows are up to 12 serious children's or YA writers who receive a year-long course of advanced instruction that is customized, affordable, comprehensive, and professionally useful.
Fellows work from home - anywhere in the world - in the Spring and Fall, mentored one-on-one by members of our outstanding faculty and, twice a year, come together as a cohort, once in July during the Summer Conference and a second time in January for a special Publishing and Editing Conference.
During their year , Fellows complete one publishable YA or middle grade manuscript, or for chapter and picture book writers, three to five submission-ready manuscripts.
The program may be taken for graduate credit or non-credit. The credit option provides an Advanced Graduate Certificate in Children's Literature from SUNY Stony Brook Southampton's MFA in Creative Writing. We welcome international participants.
PLEASE NOTE: Due to the impact of COVID-19, the Children's Lit Fellows is currently on hiatus.
Please check back for updates as to when applications will re-open.
The Children's Lit Fellows is committed to justice and equity for BIPOC, LGTBQIA+, and neurodiverse and disabled communities. Please click here to read our ANTI-RACISM STATEMENT.
Latest News
J.M. Farkas' Second Book, How to Be a Poet, published by Andrews McMeel
2017 Fellow Isabelle Marinov's Picture Book Acquired by Enchanted Lion
2016 Fellow Eugenie Havermeyer's Picture Book Acquired by the Creative Company
Children's Lit Fellowship Grows Up
Course Offers Help for Would-Be E.B. Whites, Judy Blooms
2015 Fellow Lauren LeBlanc W ins SCBWI's Work-in-Progress Award
2015 Fellow Erika Lewis Unveils New Novel
Children's Lit Program Charges into its Third Year