The Institute of Children's Literature has been in existence for more than 40 years, and gives you one-on-one personalized instruction. There are 12 assignments which you complete at home and submit via the mail or Internet. As soon as you complete these assignments, you receive a certificate, but you can also receive college credit. Their instructors are professional writers and experienced editors.
Institute of Children's Literature
93 Long Ridge Road
West Redding
CT, 06896
800-243-9645
www.institutechildrenslit.com/
Stratford Career Institute offers an in-depth course covering writing from getting an idea to publishing. Students learn how to write and enjoy a career as a children's author. Study materials are delivered to your home and exams are taken online or by mail. You work at your own pace and you receive a career diploma upon graduation. Instructors are available by email or phone to answer any questions.
Stratford Career Institute
1 Champlain Commons Unit 3
POB 1560
Saint Albans, VT 05478-5560
800-254-4070
www.scritraining.com/
Ashworth Career Institute is now a part of Ashworth College. It offers an accredited distant learning course in writing children's books with no prerequisites for the program. You may enroll at any time and begin whenever you are ready. Materials are delivered to your home with personal corrections for all of your work. You learn how to find ideas and how to write query letters to publishers.
Ashworth College
430 Technology Parkway
Norcross, GA 30092
888-230-4013
www.ashworthcollege.edu
Simmons College offers a Master of Fine Arts in Writing for Children. It provides a rigorous study of children's books for those who want to become writers. It also helps students develop the necessary vocabulary as well as other skills for book writing. Simmons offers an optional dual degree program with a Master of Arts in Children's Literature. Eight courses are needed for the degree which is generally completed in three to five semesters.
Simmons College
Office Graduate Studies
300 The Fenway
Boston, MA 02115-5898
617-521-2915
www.simmons.edu
Gotham College offers two possible ways of taking courses on writing for children. You may attend a 10-week workshop in New York that covers feedback from instructors. At level one you begin to write a book, and at level two you complete the book. Gotham also offers online courses which have attracted more than 1900 students since 1997. For this, you work at your own pace, submit writing for critiques, read lectures and communicate with classmates, as well as the instructor.
Gatham Writers' Workshop
555 Eighth Avenue, Ste 1402
New York, New York 10018
877-974-8377
www.writingclasses.com