Summer Workshops for Young Writers
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Groups+Workshops
Introduction to Writing the Short Story with Elizabeth Wetmore
Monday - Thursday 1:00 pm EDT - 3:00 pm EDT July 12 to July 22, 2021
Together, we will develop a sense of the short story’s possibilities, from its initial shadowy impulses to its shapelier, more polished outcomes
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Stand-Out Stories: Personal Essays for College Applications and Beyond with Kelly Jean Fitzsimmons
Monday - Thursday 1:00 pm EDT - 3:00 pm EDT July 12 to July 22, 2021
“Show don’t tell” is common advice for fiction writers, but it is key for crafting college essays, too! Here’s why it works: Information...
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Supernatural Summer KidsWriting Workshop with Nancy R. Lambert
Monday - Thursday 1:00 pm EDT - 2:30 pm EDT July 12 to July 15, 2021
The Supernatural Summer KidsWriting Workshop will focus on fostering creativity and confidence in a fun, encouraging environment over the course of four days
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Creative Nonfiction for Teens with Porochista Khakpour
Monday - Thursday 1:00 pm EDT - 3:00 pm EDT July 26 to August 5, 2021
An all-levels exploratory course in the most popular prose genre through exercises, lectures, and mini-workshops. We will dive into various forms...
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Technicolor Zip: Literary Maximalism with Katherine Mayfield
Monday - Thursday 1:00 pm EDT - 3:00 pm EDT July 26 to August 5, 2021
The focus of this class is literary maximalism: over-bright language, hallucinatory descriptions, excess movement, and vivid, hyper-sensory scenes
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Poetry Laboratory with Christine Gardiner
Monday - Thursday 1:00 pm EDT - 3:00 pm EDT July 26 to August 5, 2021
This two-week poetry intensive will empower young writers in the development of their craft. Through generative exercises, workshops, and one-on-one...
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Writing From Time: Documentary Poetry with Cheswayo Mphanza
Monday - Thursday 1:00 pm EDT - 3:00 pm EDT August 9 to August 19, 2021
The reference or gesture towards the past is increasingly becoming more daunting. History happens in a millisecond; and perhaps the complexity...
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Groups+Workshops
Stand-Out Stories: Personal Essays for College Applications and Beyond with Kelly Jean Fitzsimmons
Monday - Thursday 1:00 pm EDT - 3:00 pm EDT August 9 to August 19, 2021
“Show don’t tell” is common advice for fiction writers, but it is key for crafting college essays, too! Here’s why it works: Information...