Each month, we’ll cover your burning creative questions—from fighting imposter syndrome and entering your work for the first time, to deciding on a college major and incorporating art into your career goals. As the nation’s longest-running, most prestigious recognition program for creative teens, the Scholastic Awards’ notable alumni include Amanda Gorman, Kinsale Drake, Silvia Plath, Stephen King, Joyce Carol Oates, Andy Warhol—and you. With every episode, we hope to inspire you to keep writing, keep creating, and never give up on your dream. 

About Episode One:
How on earth does the publishing process work? Is an English degree useful? Do I need a literary agent to submit to publishing houses? That’s where episode one of The Scholastic Awards Podcast comes in—your destination for your burning publishing questions finally answered. Listen as the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers interviews publishing professionals from all angles of the industry. Guests include: children’s book author/illustrator Marc Brown, best known for creating the Arthur books and television series, Alexandra Franklin, associate agent at Curtis Brown Literary, and Emi Neitfeld, writer and software engineer with essays published in The New York Times, The Rumpus, Vice, and more.

Where to listen:
Spotify
Apple Music
iHeartRadio
YouTube

When to listen:
New episodes will be released the first week of each month! Our first episode will premiere on Friday, February 7.

Are you a Scholastic Awards alum interested in being interviewed on the podcast?
Email social@artandwriting.org!