Bard College at Simon's Rock Young Writers Workshop

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.

Juniper Institute for Young Writers @UMass Amherst

Summer Online Writing Packages offer poets and writers a self-directed journey into a week of wild invention. Working independently, participants will gain insight into the creative writing process, with opportunities to learn from an extraordinary group of dedicated instructors and to interact with a community of peers who share their love of writing and social inquiry. Writing Packages are also a fantastic starting point for young writers not yet ready to dive into a workshop environment OR for alumni to return for a self-guided virtual residency experience. Registration for the Craft and Write-along packages is now open.

Kenyon Review Young Writers Workshops
Summer Residential Workshops
The Young Writers Summer Residential Workshop 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.

In generative workshops, students write to explore ideas and produce fresh work in a variety of genres, including short stories, poems, and essays. With their instructors and peers, students discuss the craft of writing (and rewriting) to stretch their talents and develop their own unique voice.

Summer Online Workshops
The Young Writers Summer Online Workshops provide young writers with a dynamic and supportive environment in which they can stretch their talents, discover new strengths, and challenge themselves in the company of peers who are also passionate about writing.

Our online workshops offer an intimate setting for exploring ideas, producing fresh work, discussing the craft of writing (and rewriting) with instructors and other students and finding one’s voice in a variety of genres, including short stories, poems, and essays.

Sarah Lawrence College Writer's Week
Celebrating its 25th year, Writers Week at Sarah Lawrence College offers creative young people an immersive week-long experience with creative writing and the performance arts.  Each day, participants attend writing and theatre workshops led by prose writers, poets, and performance artists.   Included in the week are mini-workshops taught by program faculty, graduate students, and guest artists. Rooted in the Sarah Lawrence College tradition of one-on-one interaction, the program offers students the opportunity to meet in small groups with workshop leaders.

July Session (Virual)
August Session (On-Campus)

Write the World Virtual Writing Camps

Jump into new genres of writing, connect with a virtual community of teen writers (ages 13-19) from over 100 countries as you experiment with the written word, try your hand at new styles of writing, and work with notable professionals to create pieces you’re proud of… all without leaving your home! 

Whether you choose to spend your free time filling journals with poetry and prose or are new to putting your thoughts on paper, we welcome you to join our week-long writing camps in June, July, and August.