The Annual YALLWEST Storyball: Authors Create a Story...with YOUR HELP!
with Holly Goldberg Sloan, Jordan Ifueko, Leia Ham, Mike Johnston, Primo Gallanosa, Raphael Simon, Scott Reintgen & Stuart Gibbs
Ship Happens: Balancing Relationships, Friendships, and Readerships
with Emily Charlotte, Jasmine Guillory, K L Walther, Rebekah Weatherspoon, Shelly Page, and Sujin Witherspoon
Let's Kick This Off With a Bang: Choosing an Idea, Starting a Story, and Filling the Blank Page
with Chloe Gong, Emiko Jean, Jennifer Iacopelli, Ransom Riggs, Stuart Gibbs, and Victoria Aveyard
A Light in the Dark: Writing Darkness and Hope for Teen Audiences
with Adam Silvera, Alexis Henderson, Becca Coffindaffer, Kathleen Glasgow, Lee Knox Ostertag, and Tesia Tsai
Debutantes: Releasing Your First Published Book
with Ahmad Saber, Cindy Pham, Katie Bernet, Petra Lord, Raegan Revord, and René Peña-Govea
If I Could Tell Teen Me...: Advice for Young Writers
with Abdi Nazemian, Danielle Paige, Emily Charlotte, Gabriel Duckels, and Gayle Forman
(Don't) Stick to the Status Quo: Writing in Different Genres, Formats, or Ages
with Holly Goldberg Sloan, Julia Riew, Kalynn Bayron, Raphael Simon, and Scott Reintgen
Scream Queens and Detective Teens: How to Build a Mystery without Revealing Too Much
with Chelsea Ichaso, E. Lockhart, Katie Bernet, Keala Kendall, Lily Anderson, and Stacey Lee
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The World According to [Insert Author Name Here]: Crafting a Bookish World That Characters Live in and Audiences Invest In
with Angela Montoya, Kelly Andrew, Stephanie Garber, Tahereh Mafi, Tracy Deonn, and Victoria Aveyard
Ogres are Like Onions: Writing Multilayered Characters Who Feel Real
with Alanna Bennett, Chloe Gong, David Levithan, Marie Lu, & Romina Garber
When Words Aren't Enough: The Illustrative World of Graphic Novels
with Lee Knox Ostertag, Melissa de la Cruz, Mike Johnston, ND Stevenson, Primo Gallanosa, and Roseanne A Brown
Everything is Going According to Plan: Plotting, Planning, Making it Up as you Go, and What to Do When Stories Have a Mind of Their Own
with Becca Coffindaffer, Billy Ray, Danielle Paige, Farrah Penn, Lily Anderson, & Shelly Page
You Got Here Not a Moment Too Swoon: Tropes and More in Romantic Scifi and Fantasy
with Jamie Pacton, JD Myall, Shannon J. Spann, Stephanie Garber, Sunya Mara, and Tahereh Mafi
The Name Game: Choosing a Title, Character Names, and Everything Else!
with Carolina Ixta, Cory McCarthy, Keala Kendall, Stacey Lee, and Sujin Witherspoon
MG Monopoly: Authors Work to Collect Books By Answering YOUR Questions
with Gayle Forman, Jordan Ifueko, Julia Riew, Leia Ham, and N D Stevenson
Being Heard and Being Yourself: Identity and Activism Across the Century
with Abdi Nazemian, David Levithan, Gabriel Duckels, Jonnie Park, and René Peña-Govea
The Creative Well: Where New Ideas Come From and How to Know Which Ones to Nurture
with Alexis Henderson, Marie Lu, Jasmine Guillory, Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Margie Stohl, & Romina Garber
Let Me Tell You a Story: How Journalism, Performing, Screenwriting, & Content Creation Influence Book Writing
with Alanna Bennett, Billy Ray, Cindy Pham, Jonnie Park, Raegan Revord, and Shannon J. Spann
I'm a Big Fan(tasy Reader): Why Magical Worlds Draw Us In
with Addie Thorley, Angela Montoya, Jamie Pacton, JD Myall, and Petra Lord
The Sky is Falling and I Still Have to Do My Homework: When Characters Have to Balance Saving the World and School and Authors Have to Balance Writing and Life
with Ahmad Saber, Carolina Ixta, Chelsea Ichaso, Cory McCarthy, and Farrah Penn
One in a Million: How to Make a Story Unique When There Are So Many Stories Out There
with Adam Silvera, Aiden Thomas, Margie Stohl, Ransom Riggs, Roseanne A Brown, and Veronica Roth
Writing Contemporary in a Contemporary World: How Do Things Like Social Media and Technology Influence Characters and Authors
with Emiko Jean, Jennifer Iacopelli, K. L. Walther, Kathleen Glasgow, and Rebekah Weatherspoon
Decay, Destruction, and Deadly Games: Immersing a Reader in a Story
with Kalynn Bayron, Keala Kendall, Kelly Andrew, Sunya Mara, Tesia Tsai, and Tracy Deonn
LGBTQIA+ AMA
with Abdi Nazemian, Ahmad Saber, Becca Coffindaffer, David Levithan, Petra Lord, and Shelly Page