2025 YAAS Registration Form

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The 2025 Young Adult Author Symposium (YAAS) is a FREE teen book festival happening at Concord-Carlisle High School in Concord, MA on Saturday, November 15, 2025 from 9am-2pm.

Registration is free and all programming is free to attend. The schedule is as follows:

ALL DAY Books available for purchase from The Silver Unicorn

9:00-9:40 Opening Panel (lightning round with moderators)
9:50-10:30 Breakout Sessions 1
10:40-11:20 Breakout Sessions 2

11:30-12:20 LUNCH (pizza and baked goods available for purchase)
12:30-1:20 Closing Panel (AMA with the audience)
1:30-2:00 Book Signing Session

We would greatly appreciate advance registration so that we can best prepare our spaces for you. Please fill out one form per person attending!

Email *

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Breakout Session 1 topics. Choose the session you'll most likely attend. *

ART FACTORY: DRAW A SCENE with Ellen T. Crenshaw, Jarad Greene, Emma Hunsinger, & Cara Bean

WHAT A CHARACTER with Louangie Bou-Montes, Diana Renn, Colleen AF Venable, & David Valdes

WRITING NON-TRADITIONAL STRUCTURES with James Bird, Kaija Langley, George Jreije, & Kate Fussner

IDEA FACTORY: CREATE A STORY with Jennie Wood, Rebecca Caprara, Colby Cedar Smith, & Nicole Lesperance

WRITING AUTHENTIC YA with Annie Cardi, Elizabeth Santiago, Kendall Kulper, & Desmond Hall

I won't be able to attend any of the Breakout Session 1 sessions.

Breakout Session 2 topics. Choose the session you'll most likely attend. *

CRAFTING NATURAL DIALOGUE with Kendall Kulper, George Jreije, Emma Hunsinger, & Elizabeth Santiago

NOW WHAT? GETTING PAST THE BEGINNING with Diana Renn, Jarad Greene, Kate Fussner, & Nicole Lesperance

WHY UNDER-REPRESENTED CHARACTERS ARE IMPORTANT with James Bird, Louangie Bou-Montes, Colleen AF Venable, & Kaija Langley

BOOK SPEED DATING with Jennie Wood, Desmond Hall, David Valdes, & Cara Bean

HOW TO GET PUBLISHED with Annie Cardi, Rebecca Caprara, Colby Cedar Smith, & Ellen T. Crenshaw

I won't be able to attend any of the Breakout Session 2 sessions.

Pizza will be for sale for $3 a slice. How many slices do you anticipate purchasing? *

Other:

We want the 2025 YAAS to be the best day possible! Please let us know here if you have any additional questions or comments about the day! *

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