Journalism, Creative Writing & Literature

Boston University Summer Journalism Institute

Boston University's Summer Journalism Institute will conduct three two-week sessions available in June or July to teach teenagers, between the ages 15–18, the basic skills of journalism, communications or writing.

According to their website, “Each instructor is also a working journalist, so what’s taught is grounded in real-life experience. Each lesson is tied to its practical application, by giving students reporting assignments on campus and in the city. Each day is an opportunity to taste what’s it like to work in the news field, live on a campus, and make new friends from all over the country."

Each day is composed of five learning blocks that include reporting teams, newsroom experiences, touring the Boston Globe, and other iconic Boston landmarks.

We’ve made time for students to explore the city of Boston, its museums, its shopping and its history. Many students tour Boston University as well as nearby schools such as Harvard, MIT, Boston College, Tufts, Emerson, Northeastern and University of Massachusetts at Boston.”

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Kenyon Review Writing Workshop - A Creative Writing Workshop for High School Students (ages 16-18)

Young Writers is an intensive two-week workshop for intellectually curious, motivated high-school students who are eager to develop their creative and critical abilities with language—to become better, more productive writers and more insightful thinkers.

For over three decades, Young Writers has provided a dynamic and supportive environment where students can stretch their talents, discover new strengths, and challenge themselves in the company of peers who share their interests.

Young Writers takes place at Kenyon College, a leading liberal arts college renowned for its tradition of literary study. Nestled among rolling hills in the village of Gambier, the Kenyon campus is known for its striking beauty. Its historic buildings and shaded lawns have nurtured excellent writers for generations.

Participants immerse themselves in college living during Young Writers, living in dorms, writing in college classrooms, eating in Peirce Dining Hall, and taking advantage of the state-of-the art Kenyon Athletic Center. Young Writers is sponsored by the Kenyon Review, one of the country’s preeminent literary magazines

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Columbia Scholastic Press Association Summer Journalism Workshop

CSPA is an international student press association, founded in 1925, whose goal is to unite student journalists and faculty advisers at schools and colleges through educational conferences, idea exchanges, textbooks, critiques and award programs.

Take part in a learning experience like no other, where you will improve your skills, rethink your publishing strategies and take your media game to the next level.

Each participant, whether student or adviser, will have access to content focusing on either writing, editing, management or advanced design.

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Rhodes College - Summer Writing Institute

The Summer Writing Institute at Rhodes College takes place annually for two weeks during June and is a residential academic program committed to developing the critical thinking and writing skills of ambitious high school students.

Within the college′s liberal arts environment, students sharpen their reading and analytical skills and learn strategies for writing creatively and critically.

At the end of the session, students receive a grade for their work and class participation, earn two college credits (transferable to most colleges and universities), and will complete a portfolio of college-level writing.

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Denison Reynolds Writing Workshop

The Reynolds Young Writers Workshop at Denison is an energizing 8-day program for motivated high school students (rising juniors and seniors) who love to write. For over 25 years, the Reynolds Workshop has brought together young writers who are passionate about writing and eager to connect to a close-knit community of writing friends.

The workshop is held each June on the beautiful campus of Denison University, a leading liberal arts college, in the village of Granville, Ohio.

The program fee for the workshop, including tuition, housing, and meals for the 8-day program, is $1,350. (On-campus residency is required.) Generous financial assistance, made possible through the Reynolds Endowment, is available based on need. A simple financial aid request form is included in the online application.

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The John Carroll Young Writers Workshop

The John Carroll Young Writers Workshop (for students grades 8–12) will take place on July 20-24, 2020, on the campus of John Carroll University, directed by award-winning creative writing faculty from John Carroll University.

Students participate in a rigorous and inspiring program that provides an introduction to the art and craft of poetry and short fiction. In morning and afternoon sessions, students study with acclaimed writers, engaging in writing-intensive exercises designed to address the elements of craft.

They participate in lively workshop sessions in which they discuss each other’s work to spur revision. Families are welcome to attend the final reception and reading.

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Scripps School of Journalism High School Workshop

The E.W. Scripps School of Journalism’s annual workshop for high school journalism students and advisers is one of the oldest such programs in the nation — perhaps in the world!

Every summer since 1946, the school has offered high school students and teachers the opportunity to interact with our faculty and professional journalists while learning the latest techniques for doing journalism in a school setting.

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Tufts Summer Study for High School Students

Tufts attracts top high school students who wish to pursue academic excellence while gaining a head start on their college career.

Tufts summer study programs offer benefits like small affordable tuition, small course sizes, financial assistance, college credit options and more.

The programs offered to high school students include: Tufts Summer Writing Program, Foundation of Law & Ethics, Health Science Honors, Biomedics Inquiry through Sequencing (BIOSEQ) and College Courses for Seniors.

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Bard College at Simon's Rock Early College - Summer Writing Workshop

In the summer of 1983 Simon’s Rock began offering a three-week writing workshop for high school students modeled after the innovative three-week Workshop in Language and Thinking required of all entering students at Bard College.

Since then the workshop has evolved and is part of the National Writing and Thinking Network with an affiliated site at Lake Forest College. Each year 84 academically motivated students are chosen to participate in the workshop at Simon’s Rock.

Former participants have gone on to such colleges as Amherst, Bard, Harvard, Haverford, Kenyon, Princeton, Simon’s Rock, Smith, Williams, and Yale. Male and female student smiling in class. Unlike more traditional workshops in creative writing, the Young Writers Workshop focuses on using informal, playful, and expressive writing as a way to strengthen skills of language and thinking.

Out of these informal writing activities, using techniques of peer response, students develop more polished pieces, ranging from personal narratives to short stories, poems, brief dramatic works, and experiments in creative nonfiction.

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UVA Young Writers Workshop

The Young Writers Workshop of the University of Virginia is a nonprofit arts organization established in 1982 as the nation’s flagship program for young writers. Now in its fourth decade, it continues to bring together a community of high school writers from across the country and internationally with a common purpose: to create a supportive, non-competitive environment where teenagers can live and work together as artists.

The faculty of authors and residential staff bring professional experience to the development of new talent. The summer program is located on the idyllic campus of nearby Sweet Briar College, a perfect camp environment, where the Young Writers Workshop welcomes its participants to a retreat space where writers commune with each other, immerse themselves in creative activity, and fuel their imaginations through an innovative arts program.

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Yiddish Book Center's Great Jewish Books Summer Program

At the Yiddish Book Center's Great Jewish Books Summer Program, rising high school juniors and seniors read selections from important works of modern Jewish literature and consider how they speak to the opportunities and challenges we face today. Under the guidance of college professors, they consider how the rich legacy of modern Jewish literature can inform us in the twenty-first century.

Although the program’s focus is on reading, this is not school in any conventional sense: Great Jewish Books is a lively program full of social, cultural, and recreational opportunities—and no grades—for students who read for the love of reading and who are eager to discover the treasures of the Jewish canon. Participants spend their days at the Yiddish Book Center, immersed in a lively world of Jewish culture, and live in dorms on the nearby campus of Hampshire College. Every admitted participant receives a scholarship for the full cost of tuition, room, board, books, and special events.

Note: Students at Great Jewish Books come from a wide variety of backgrounds, Jewish affiliations, and experiences. We welcome people with multiple heritages, people of color, LGBTQ+ participants, and non-Jewish participants. Anyone who has an interest in Jewish literature and culture is welcome to apply.

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