Session 1: Creative Writing Summer Program for Rising Grades 6-8
Dates of Camp
Session 1: Monday-Friday, July 17 – July 21, 2023 | 12:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Instructor: Erin James
In this week-long writing workshop, we will read and discuss a variety of published stories, poems, and songs, and explore a wide range of writing prompts and exercises. We will also engage in activities around town to spark inspiration and creativity, and learn many of the tools and techniques used in both poetry and prose. Throughout the week you will have the opportunity to share ideas, work on something you have already started or begin something new, get feedback, and refine your work. Join us on this writing adventure!
Limit: 10 students. At the end of the session, we’ll have a reading for parents and friends.
Registration is closed for session 1 but there are still a few spots left for session 2 — scroll down for more information or email programs@writerhouse.org.
Session 2: Creative Writing Summer Program for Rising Grades 8-12
Dates of Camp
Session 2: Monday-Friday, July 24 – July 28, 2023 | 12:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Instructor: Erin James
In this week-long writing workshop, we will read and discuss a variety of published stories, poems, and songs, and explore a wide range of writing prompts and exercises. We will also engage in activities around town to spark inspiration and creativity, and learn many of the tools and techniques used in both poetry and prose. Throughout the week you will have the opportunity to share ideas, work on something you have already started or begin something new, get feedback, and refine your work. Join us on this writing adventure!
Limit: 10 students. At the end of the session, we’ll have a reading for parents and friends.
*Each session will offer some different readings, activities, and writing exercises in the event you are a rising 8th grader interested in both!
Registration Cost
On or before May 19th: $230
May 20th and thereafter: $250
Register for Session 2 by Mail: Print this 2023 Write On! Camp registration form and mail it with your check to the address on the form.
Register for Session 2 Online via PayPal*:
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Instructor Bio:
Erin James has taught English and Creative Writing for nearly a decade, and this will be her seventh summer working with students at WriterHouse. Additionally, she has been both a student and teacher at UVa’s Young Writers Workshop, and a judge for the Writer‘s Eye Creative Writing Contest that is hosted by the University of Virginia’s Fralin Museum of Art for the past six years. She has attended two week-long workshops for Teachers as Writers at Bard College’s Institute for Writing and Thinking, and this summer received an author fellowship to attend the Martha’s Vineyard Institute for Creative Writing. Before she began teaching, she studied Journalism and English at New York University, and she ultimately received her undergraduate degree in English from the University of Virginia. In addition to writing Erin loves reading, hiking, practicing and teaching yoga, cooking, being outside, traveling, and spending time with her husband, sons Noah and Jacob, and friends.
