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                                | This year, the Young Authors Conference is going online!  |  |  
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                                |  From October to May, Virtual YAC will feature unique content each month, including:  Two recorded and one live session led by professional writers. Live session will be recorded and posted;Q&A
 with local writers that is topic-specific (for example, developing 
characters, sports writing, dialogue, the writing life);Weekly 
blog featuring videos created by members of the Minnesota writing 
community sharing their creative writing passions, tips and tricks, and 
highlighting new and bestselling YA and children titles;Teacher/Parent Resource – Virtual Book Club with Desdamona, YAC’s open mic emcee, Spoken Word Artist and performer; Monthly Virtual Open Mic moderated by Desdamona; and Space for SBC to feature the work of our young writers (online writing gallery curated by SBC).
 |  |  | | Young Authors Conference author, Geoff Herbach, introduces Virtual YAC and shares a great story related to our theme, Words Have Power. | 
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