Summer Camps for 9th–12th Graders

Build a (strange) new world in this sci-fi/fantasy fiction camp

Zombies, dragons, robots, oh my! Kick things off by working with other writers to build the rules for the fantastical realm of your dreams. With your teaching-writer/wizard guiding you about town, let your imagination boil and bubble as you create an original short story inspired by this strange land – all while learning the spells behind all good stories, like plot, dialogue, character, and setting.

Pound the pavement and take your imagination downtown.

The city has its own heartbeat (or so the song goes). Can you find it? Using cityscapes, coffee shops, public art, and urban life as your map, find and write the pulse of an urban-influenced short story or poem – with characters spotted on street corners, plots born out of passing conversations, and the vibrant settings of alleys, parks, and mysterious buildings.