Young Writers Camps: Summer 2014
This summer the Tar River Writing Project will sponsor several camps for young writers in Pitt County and the surrounding area. We welcome writers at all ability levels who want to join a fun and creative writing community during the summer. Each camp offers writers the chance to develop writing and digital literacy skills and to build a community with other young writers from across the county. Students from public, private, and home school environments will find an engaging and instructive experience with writing.
To apply for a camp, please click the camp title below. Each applicant will be required to submit the following information: student name, grade level, address, parent information, T-shirt size, proof of health insurance, recommendation from a teacher or family friend, and a writing sample.
We will continue to accept applications until camps are full. At the time of application, a $25 non-refundable application fee is due.
Parents will be notified by email if their young writer has been accepted. Full payment is due no later than two weeks before camp begins. Registration fees for each camp include instruction and supplies for the duration of the camp and a commemorative T-shirt.
*There are a limited number of need-based scholarships for students. Please indicate on the application if you would like to be considered for a camp scholarship.*
If you are interested in sponsoring a child’s participation in the camp, please contact Will Banks (banksw [at] ecu [dot] edu) to learn how you can contribute.
Digital Writers (Elementary School) CANCELLED
This Digital Young Writers Camp for rising 4th through 6th graders will explore the use of storytelling through a variety of digital tools. We will use youtube video editor, imovie, and many other iPad apps for creating literacies and blogging spaces such as edublogs, weebly or kidblog for sharing our creations in ways that promote digital citizenship. The camp will conclude with a collaborative “Choose Your Own Adventure” story to be shared in a digital space and a Family Scribe group where families can participate in a writing experience.
Location: ECU main campus
Dates: Monday, July 14 – 18, 2014 (Family Day: July 19)
Time: 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Facilitators: Debra Pagona & Rebecca Bulvanoski
For more information about this camp, call 252-367-0740 or email rebeccabulvanoski11 [at] gmail [dot] com.
The camp fee is $175 per student writer. Please pay only the $25 registration fee when you apply.
The Art of Storytelling (Elementary & Middle School)
Climb aboard and come explore the art of storytelling! Create original storybooks focusing on both image and word. Innovative and exciting summer creative writing camp designed for young writers who want to learn what it takes to write and illustrate their own stories. Students will develop an original story, while working to create a distinct and personal style. Writers will focus on developing plot, characters, setting, and theme.
This camp is being offered twice at both the elementary and middle school level. Writers can sign up for either Session 1 (elementary or middle) or Session 2 (elementary or middle).
Session 1 (Elementary)
Dates: June 23 – 27, 2014
Location: Belvoir Elementary
Time: 8:00 AM – 12:00 PMSession 1 (Middle)
Dates: June 23 – 27, 2014
Location: Ayden-Grifton H.S.
Time: 1:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Session 2 (Elementary)
Dates: July 7 – 11, 2014
Location: Belvoir Elementary
Time: 8:00 AM – 12:00 PMSession 2 (Middle)
Dates: July 7 – 11, 2014
Location: Ayden-Grifton H.S.
Time: 1:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Facilitators: Alicia Datz & Randall Kern
For more information about this camp, contact Alicia Datz at 252-227-6022 or by email at g8rali [at] gmail [dot] com.
The camp fee is $125 per student writer. Please pay only the $25 registration fee when you apply.
Visualizing Narrative (High School)
The adventure begins! Come explore and create original visual narratives emphasizing the partnership of image and word. Innovative summer creative writing camp designed for students who want to learn what it takes to write and draw visual narratives: the comic book, manga, or graphic novel. Students will develop an original short visual narrative, while working to create a distinct and personal illustrative style. Turn your written story concepts into dynamic page layouts that emphasize story structure, complex character progression, developing interesting dialogue, panel construction, inking, lettering, post-production, and publishing. *Students will receive a comic drawing pen set as part of their participation in the camp.*
Location: ECU Main Campus
Dates: July 16 – 25, 2014 (weekdays)
Time: 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Leaders: Alicia Datz & Randall Kern
For more information about this camp, contact Alicia Datz at 252-227-6022 or by email at g8rali [at] gmail [dot] com.
The camp fee is $200 per student writer. Please pay only the $25 registration fee when you apply.
Write Here! Write Now! (High School)
We will offer a camp that will challenge young writers to explore descriptive writing. Daily activities enable the exploration and free expression that help make the writing experience fun and rewarding. Daily journal writing, writing marathons, and writing workshops are blended with activities in other creative arts such as drama, music, photography, and drawing. Young writers engage in crafting a variety of writing forms, such as poems, autobiographical/ character sketches, short stories, and observations of nature and people.
Location: ECU Main Campus
Dates: July 30 – August 8, 2014 (weekdays)
Time: 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Leaders: Alicia Datz & Randall Kern
For more information about this camp, contact Alicia Datz at 252-227-6022 or by email at g8rali [at] gmail [dot] com.
The camp fee is $200 per student writer. Please pay only the $25 registration fee when you apply.
Here’s what previous YWC participants have had to say about our camps:
“I guess you could say it made writing into something addicting, like you couldn’t stop if you tried.”
-Laura
“It is NOT a classroom environment. You have the freedom to wander around and say what you want and just be who you are. It’s amazing.”
-Brianna
“You really learn to get over your fear of writing and it’s so cool to hear everybody’s writing because you can see that everybody writes in his or her own unique way.”
-Kaya
“You need to have fun writing, because if you don’t, your reader won’t have much fun reading.”
-Logan
“Your going to love love love writing camp because its not like sitting in a class room writing all day it’s more like hanging out with your friends.”
-Baylea
“My favorite part about writing in a group setting like this one is that everyone can use the same words, but it’s how each person strings them together that make it interesting.”
-Amanda
“Remember that this place is a place where creativity is a totally awesome thing. Remember to explore and have fun.”
-Sam
“Captivity isn’t good for creativity. Sometimes you need to think of something completely different to discover what it is you’re looking for.”
-Brooke
“Have fun, don’t have food fights (thought at times it may be tempting) keep an open mind…and well…don’t hold back.”
-Lisa
Young Writers Camps: Summer 2013
This summer the Tar River Writing Project will sponsor several camps for young writers in Pitt County and the surrounding area. We welcome writers at all ability levels who want to join a fun and creative writing community during the summer. Each camp offers writers the chance to develop writing and digital literacy skills and to build a community with other young writers from across the county. Students from public, private, and home school environments will find an engaging and instructive experience with writing.
To apply for a camp, please click the camp title below. Each applicant will be required to submit the following information: student name, grade level, address, parent information, T-shirt size, proof of health insurance, recommendation from a teacher or family friend, and a writing sample.
We will continue to accept applications until camps are full. At the time of application, a $25 non-refundable application fee is due.
Parents will be notified by email if their young writer has been accepted. Full payment is due no later than two weeks before camp begins. Registration fees for each camp include instruction and supplies for the duration of the camp and a commemorative T-shirt.
*There are a limited number of need-based scholarships for students. Please indicate on the application if you would like to be considered for a camp scholarship.*
If you are interested in sponsoring a child’s participation in the camp, please contact Will Banks (banksw [at] ecu [dot] edu) to learn how you can contribute.
Please use the following PayPal link to pay the application fee. First, choose which camp, and then click “Pay Now” to be taken to the PayPal website. You do not need to create an account with PayPal to finish the transaction.
Subscribe to Writing (Elementary School)
For rising 4th – 6th graders, we will offer a camp in which writers will participate in a variety of creative and digital writing activities. Throughout the week, writers will develop several pieces to contribute to a student-created camp publication to share with parents during the Saturday session.
Location: ECU main campus
Dates: Monday, June 17 – Saturday, June 22, 2013
Time: 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Facilitators: Debra Pagona & Rebecca Bulvanoski
For more information about this camp, call 252-367-0740 or email rebeccabulvanoski11 [at] gmail [dot] com.
The camp fee is $150 per student writer. Please pay only the $25 registration fee when you apply.
Subscribe to Writing (Middle School)
For rising 6th – 9th graders, we will offer a camp in which writers will participate in a variety of creative and digital writing activities. Throughout the week, writers will develop several pieces to contribute to a student-created camp publication to share with parents during the Saturday session. Writers will also develop portfolios to showcase their individual work.
Location: ECU main campus
Dates: Monday, August 5 – Saturday, August 10, 2013
Time: 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Facilitators: Chris Bethel & Mary Ellen VanMarter
For more information about this camp, call Summer Camp Coordinator, Chris Bethel at 910-546-7484 or by email at bethelc99 [at] students [dot] ecu [dot] edu.
The camp fee is $150 per student writer. Please pay only the $25 registration fee when you apply.
DIY Maker Camp (Middle & High School)
For rising 6th graders – 10 graders, campers will participate in a variety of creative writing and artistic activities that center on the acts of “making.” Built on the energy of the “do it yourself” movement, young makers will have opportunities to connect their texts, images, sounds, videos, and other products with makers across social networks. In this context, “writing as making,” which follows a design approach to writing, young makers come to understand texts as products and processes that do real work in the world. Throughout the week, we will work to re-purpose found objects and to create e-textiles, digital stories, and a collaborative online project using Google Maps and other digital tools. On Friday afternoon, campers will enjoy a pizza lunch followed by parents joining us for a showcase of camper’s work.
Location: ECU Main Campus
July 22 – 25 | 9:00 – 1:00
July 26 | 9:00 – 2:00 (includes a pizza lunch and parent-writer share time)
Leaders: Danielle Lewis & Rob Puckett
For more information about this camp, call Summer Camp Coordinator, Chris Bethel at 910-546-7484 or by email at bethelc99 [at] students [dot] ecu [dot] edu.
The camp fee is $150 per student writer. Please pay only the $25 registration fee when you apply.
Visualizing Writing (High School)
The adventure begins! Come explore and create original visual narratives emphasizing the partnership of image and word. Innovative summer creative writing camp designed for students who want to learn what it takes to write and draw visual narratives: the comic book, manga, or graphic novel. Students will develop an original short visual narrative, while working to create a distinct and personal illustrative style. Turn your written story concepts into dynamic page layouts that emphasize story structure, complex character progression, developing interesting dialogue, panel construction, inking, lettering, post-production, and publishing. *Students will receive a comic drawing pen set as part of their participation in the camp.*
Location: ECU Main Campus
Dates: June 20 – 28, 2013 (weekdays)
Time: 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Leaders: Alicia Datz & Randall Kern
For more information about this camp, call Summer Camp Coordinator, Chris Bethel at 910-546-7484 or by email at bethelc99 [at] students [dot] ecu [dot] edu.
The camp fee is $200 per student writer.
Write Here! Write Now! (High School)
For rising 9th – 12th graders, we will offer a camp that will challenge young writers to explore descriptive writing. Daily activities enable the exploration and free expression that help make the writing experience fun and rewarding. Daily journal writing, writing marathons, and writing workshops are blended with activities in other creative arts such as drama, music, photography, and drawing. Young writers engage in crafting a variety of writing forms, such as poems, autobiographical/ character sketches, short stories, and observations of nature and people.
Location: ECU Main Campus
Dates: July 18 – 26 (weekdays)
Time: 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Leaders: Alicia Datz & Randall Kern
For more information about this camp, call Summer Camp Coordinator, Chris Bethel at 910-546-7484 or by email at bethelc99 [at] students [dot] ecu [dot] edu.
The camp fee is $200 per student writer.
Here’s what previous YWC participants have had to say about our camps:
“I guess you could say it made writing into something addicting, like you couldn’t stop if you tried.”
-Laura
“It is NOT a classroom environment. You have the freedom to wander around and say what you want and just be who you are. It’s amazing.”
-Brianna
“You really learn to get over your fear of writing and it’s so cool to hear everybody’s writing because you can see that everybody writes in his or her own unique way.”
-Kaya
“You need to have fun writing, because if you don’t, your reader won’t have much fun reading.”
-Logan
“Your going to love love love writing camp because its not like sitting in a class room writing all day it’s more like hanging out with your friends.”
-Baylea
“My favorite part about writing in a group setting like this one is that everyone can use the same words, but it’s how each person strings them together that make it interesting.”
-Amanda
“Remember that this place is a place where creativity is a totally awesome thing. Remember to explore and have fun.”
-Sam
“Captivity isn’t good for creativity. Sometimes you need to think of something completely different to discover what it is you’re looking for.”
-Brooke
“Have fun, don’t have food fights (thought at times it may be tempting) keep an open mind…and well…don’t hold back.”
-Lisa
Join us for National Day on Writing 2012
(For pictures and videos from our 2012 NDOW Celebration, visit this link: http://www.trwp.org/?p=713)
Established on October 20, 2009 by the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), the National Day on Writing celebrates composition in all forms – from stories, poems, and letters to text messages, videos, and audio recordings – and demonstrates how writing is a vital part of our everyday lives. Thousands of writers from across the country recognize the National Day on Writing with local events, including write-ins, talks by local authors, and poetry slam celebrations.
Last year, nearly 200 local school children and teachers joined us on campus for the first annual National Day on Writing celebration at ECU. To learn more about last year’s celebration, click here. This year, we’re planning another exciting celebration of writing, and if you’re reading this, we want you to be part of it!
To simplify field trip planning and make the event accessible to as many local K-college students as possible, we have scheduled our on-campus events for Friday, October 19. However, we plan to host community activities that will be open to the public on Saturday, October 20 as well.
ECU Campus Celebrations – October 19, 2012
We will host two celebration blocks, morning and afternoon, that include two activity sessions each. Blocks will be open to registered K-College groups. Groups attending both blocks will be invited to eat on campus, and dining facilities will be available. While celebration activities will be free, attendees will have the option to pre-pay for a meal or bring their own.
Attendees will participate in fun and creative activities that include digital storytelling, social writing, meeting published authors, and creative workshops.
Educators will be able to register their classes beginning in August. If you want to bring a group to campus, you may apply now for registration. Information gathered from the applications will help us tailor our planning efforts better for potential attendees. We will notify applicants of acceptance status within one week of application, and we will accept applications through September 21 or until we reach our maximum capacity.
We will also present the second annual Tar River Writing Project Gallery, in which we will display original works by ECU students, TRWP young writers, TRWP members, and members of Eastern North Carolina communities.
Community Celebrations – October 20, 2012
We are currently seeking partnerships with local community centers and businesses to plan and host community events. If you, your business, or your organization are interested in partnering with us for a community event, please send us a message through our Contact Us page with the subject line “NDOW Community Celebration Partnership Recommendation”.
Making NDOW 2012 Possible
We’d like to thank the following folks for helping us make our celebration awesome!
ECU’s NDOW Advisory Committee
NDOW 2011 Volunteers and Attendees
University Writing Program at ECU
Joyner Library
English Department at ECU
If you are interested in donating funds or supplies OR if you have an idea for an event, please send us a message through our Contact Us page. Include NDOW 2012 as part of your subject line.
National Day on Writing 2011
In Fall 2011, the Tar River Writing Project, the University Writing Program, and the English department at ECU joined with colleges, universities, schools, and communities all over the country in celebrating the third annual National Day on Writing (NDOW). Through the efforts of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), October 20 became a federally recognized day for celebrating writing in all its forms.
Two Pitt County Schools accepted our invitation to celebrate the National Day on Writing at ECU. Jennifer Anderson brought seventy-two fourth grade students and three teachers from W. H. Robinson Elementary to campus that Thursday morning, and Rob Puckett of J. H. Rose High brought over 90 high school students and 6 teachers that afternoon.
Director and TRWP member Stephanie West-Puckett transformed the First-Year Writing Studio into a one-day Digital Studio to offer our visitors a place to explore four online writing tools: Storify, Xtranormal, VoiceThread, and Wordle. English graduate assistants, who normally help our first-year students negotiate the complexities of the writing process, demonstrated their flexibility by helping students negotiate these new technologies. The Digital Studio provided a space for elementary and high school students to compose fun and original works, engage in thoughtful discussion about copyright, and celebrate their creativity.
Thanks to Dean of Academic Library and Learning Resources Larry Boyer and Assistant Director of Public Services Mark Sanders, we were able to host multiple events in Joyner Library. In the morning, volunteers Sam Settimio and Jewell Williams introduced young writers to Beedle the Bard, as Will Banks performed a selection from J. K. Rowling’s Tales of Beedle the Bard for several groups. Following the reading, students participated in a writing marathon during which they wrote their own tales.
In the afternoon, high school students were captivated by Rick Taylor’s readings of an excerpt from The Princess Bride. They were so inspired that one group requested more time to write at the cupola before moving into the Digital Studio. English faculty member Randall Martoccia contributed Halloween-themed prompts designed for students in both age groups. In another session, we introduced the high school students to two professional writers, who are also graduate students in the English department. Brandon Sneed, a sports writer, and Amber Carpenter, a political poet, volunteered their afternoon to engage in a fruitful dialogue with our visitors about what it means to be a professional writer.
We also established two student writing exhibits in Joyner: a gallery sampling in the study area beside the circulation desk and a full gallery in one of the library conference rooms. Assistant Director of the University Writing Program Kerri Flinchbaugh curated the National Day on Writing Gallery with help from volunteers Jenn Sisk and undergraduate student Jaden Little. Works on display included several issues of The Rebel and Expressions, two of ECU’s publications that showcase student writing, as well as academic, professional, and personal writing samples from the graduate students working in the First-Year Writing Studio. Joanne Dunn brought her first-year composition students to view the gallery, and they enjoyed reading student work and contributing short videos to the National Writing Project’s “Why I Write” campaign.
While students enjoyed all of these activities, the favorite activity of the morning was the graffiti wall they built at the station led by Cyndi Gibbs, an art instructor from Coastal Carolina Community College. Three graduate students – Therese Pennell, Michael Brantley, and James Cardin – volunteered more than half of their work day to make this potentially messy station a success. Students enjoyed learning about using symbolism to express themselves, collaborating to create a unified collaborative work of art through writing, and playing.
In light of the successes, we’re starting early with grand plans for next year. We would like to expand the celebration to include lunch for students so that we can bring them to campus for the entire day, which will provide more time for them at each station and a greater variety of writing activities to engage in. We also want to spread the celebration campus wide and include more events for on-campus and distance education students. Click here for the latest news on the NDOW 2012 celebration.
Please help us celebrate by donating time, resources, or some of your own writing to make ECU’s Second Annual NDOW celebration a success!
To volunteer your time: For NDOW 2012, complete the volunteer registration form. To volunteer for other activities, send a message through the Contact Us page. Include the event and times for which you are interested in volunteering.
We are in the process of rebuilding the Tar River Writing Project Virtual Gallery.
Young Writers Camps: Summer 2012
This summer the Tar River Writing Project will sponsor several camps for young writers in Pitt County and the surrounding area. We welcome writers at all ability levels who want to join a fun and creative writing community this summer. Each camp offers writers the chance to develop writing and digital literacy skills and to build a writing community with other writers from across the county. Students from public, private, and home school environments will find an engaging and instructive experience with writing.
To apply for a camp, please click the camp title below. Each applicant will be required to submit the following information: student name, grade level, address, parent information, T-shirt size, proof of health insurance, recommendation from a teacher or family friend, and a writing sample.
We will continue to accept applications until camps are full. At the time of application, a $25 non-refundable application fee is due. The application for the Wilderness Writing camp is $50.
Parents who apply by will be notified by email if their child has been accepted. Full payment is due the earlier of one week from the email notification or one business day before camp begins. Registration fees for each camp include instruction and supplies for the duration of the camp and a commemorative T-shirt.
*There are a limited number of need-based scholarships for students. Please indicate on the application if you would like to be considered for a camp scholarship.*
If you are interested in sponsoring a child’s participation in the camp, please contact Will Banks (banksw [at] ecu [dot] edu) to learn how you can contribute.
Please use the following PayPal link to pay the application fee. First, choose which camp, and then click “Pay Now” to be taken to the PayPal website. You do not need to create an account with PayPal to finish the transaction.
Waiting List Now Available
If the camp you are interested in is no longer accepting applications, feel free to add your application to the waiting list by clicking the link below.
The registration fee is waived for waiting list applications. Tuition payment for applicants accepted through the waiting list is due June 1. If your child is accepted after June 1, payment will be due within one week of acceptance or by the first day of camp, whichever occurs earlier.
Waiting List (this link will take you away from the TRWP site)
Subscribe to Writing (Elementary School)
For rising 4th – 6th graders, we will offer a camp in which writers will participate in a variety of creative and digital writing activities. Throughout the week, writers will develop several pieces to contribute to a student-created camp publication to share with parents during the Saturday session.
Location: ECU main campus
Dates: Monday, June 25 – Saturday, June 30, 2012
Time: 8:30 AM – 12:30 PM
For more information about this camp, call 252-367-0740 or email rebeccabulvanoski11 [at] gmail [dot] com.
The camp fee is $150 per student writer. Please pay only the $25 registration fee when you apply.
Link to Application (this link will take you away from the TRWP site)
Where We Are From (Middle School)
For rising 6th – 9th graders, we will offer a camp in which writers will explore their identities through reflection and examination of their current and past environments. Through a variety of writing, photography, and digital activities, writers will compose a digital autobiography which will contribute to a collection that the writers can be proud of.
Location: J. H. Rose High School
Dates: Monday, June 25 – Friday, June 29, 2012
Times: 12:30 PM – 5:30 PM (Mon – Thurs) and 12:30 PM – 6:30 PM (Fri)
Parents will be invited to the last two hours of the Friday session so students can share their digital autobiographies.
For more information about this camp, call 910-546-7484 or email bethelc99 [at] students [dot] ecu [dot] edu.
The camp fee is $150 per writer. Please pay only the $25 registration fee when you apply.
We are no longer accepting applications for this camp.
Subscribe to Writing (Middle School)
For rising 6th – 9th graders, we will offer a camp in which writers will participate in a variety of creative and digital writing activities. Throughout the week, writers will develop several pieces to contribute to a student-created camp publication to share with parents during the Saturday session. Writers will also develop portfolios to showcase their individual work.
Location: ECU main campus
Dates: Monday, July 9 – Saturday, July 14, 2012
Time: 8:30 AM – 12:30 PM
For more information about this camp, call 910-546-7484 or email bethelc99 [at] students [dot] ecu [dot] edu.
The camp fee is $150 per student writer. Please pay only the $25 registration fee when you apply.
Link to Application (this link will take you away from the TRWP site)
Geo-Tagging: Digital Expression Is Not a Crime (High School)
For rising 9th – 12th graders. Writers make their marks on the world — whether the writing is in story form or poetry, art or video. Increasingly, people are finding their voices in online spaces, from Facebook and Twitter to Pinterest and YouTube. During this Young Writers Camp, we will explore creative self-expression by composing original works of digital writing. Writers will compose a collection of pieces to make their own autobiographical, multimedia videos, which they can use to “tag” a digital map of Greenville and the surrounding areas. During the camp, participants and parents will be involved in discussions about appropriate sharing and privacy issues involving our digital footprints. The camp will provide opportunities for student writers to develop skills in Writing and Digital Photography while working with exciting computer programs like Adobe Photoshop, Garageband, and iMovie.
Location: J. H. Rose High School
Dates: Weekdays, June 18 – June 29, 2012
Time: 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
For more information about this camp, call 252-717-5352 or email puckettr [dot] rose [at] pitt [dot] k12 [dot] nc [dot] us.
The camp fee is $250 per student; this is a two-week camp. Please pay only the $25 registration fee when you apply.
We are no longer accepting applications for this camp.
Write Here! Write Now! (High School) – In Session!
For rising 9th – 12th graders, we will offer a camp that will challenge young writers to explore descriptive writing. Daily activities enable the exploration and free expression that help make the writing experience fun and rewarding. Daily journal writing, writing marathons, and writing workshops are blended with activities in other creative arts such as drama, music, photography, and drawing. Young writers engage in crafting a variety of writing forms, such as poems, autobiographical/ character sketches, short stories, and observations of nature and people.
Location: ECU main campus
Dates: Weekdays, June 13 – 22, 2012
Time: 8:30 AM – 12:30 PM
For more information about this camp, call 910-546-7484 or email bethelc99 [at] students [dot] ecu [dot] edu.
The camp fee is $200 per student writer; this is a two-week camp. Please pay only the $25 registration fee when you apply.
We are no longer accepting applications for this camp.
Wilderness Writing (High School)
For rising 9th – 12th graders, we will offer a camp in which participants will take one overnight camping trip during each week to explore North Carolina’s coastal and mountain wilderness and write about their experiences in the wild. Classroom time before and after trips will prepare students for camping, hiking, and wilderness exploration and guide them in developing an individual multi-media travel blog as well as a collaborative online project which “geo-tags” their writing in a Google Map Layer to the locations we visit.
Locations: ECU main campus
Dates: Weekdays, July 23- August 3, 2012
Time: 8:30 AM – 12:30 PM with one overnight trip each week
For more information about this camp, call 252-737-1089 or email westpucketts [at] ecu [dot] edu.
The camp fee is $350 per student writer; this is a two-week camp. Please pay only the $50 registration fee when you apply. Campers will also need a backpack, tent, sleeping bag and pad. Camper can furnish or rent items separately for under $10 each per trip.
We are no longer accepting applications for this camp.
Here’s what previous YWC participants have had to say about our camps:
“I guess you could say it made writing into something addicting, like you couldn’t stop if you tried.”
-Laura
“It is NOT a classroom environment. You have the freedom to wander around and say what you want and just be who you are. It’s amazing.”
-Brianna
“You really learn to get over your fear of writing and it’s so cool to hear everybody’s writing because you can see that everybody writes in his or her own unique way.”
-Kaya
“You need to have fun writing, because if you don’t, your reader won’t have much fun reading.”
-Logan
“Your going to love love love writing camp because its not like sitting in a class room writing all day it’s more like hanging out with your friends.”
-Baylea
“My favorite part about writing in a group setting like this one is that everyone can use the same words, but it’s how each person strings them together that make it interesting.”
-Amanda
“Remember that this place is a place where creativity is a totally awesome thing. Remember to explore and have fun.”
-Sam
“Captivity isn’t good for creativity. Sometimes you need to think of something completely different to discover what it is you’re looking for.”
-Brooke
“Have fun, don’t have food fights (thought at times it may be tempting) keep an open mind…and well…don’t hold back.”
-Lisa
Past Young Writers Camp: Young Frighters Camp
Looking to awaken your creativity? The Tar River Writing Project is proud to announce a brand new workshop every year for middle school writers! Come and join your friends whose taste for the frightful will come alive at the Young Frighters Camp!
Young Frighters Camp
A Workshop for Writers
July 11-15 and July 18-22, 2011
8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
(Weekdays)
Cost: $200
In Summer 2011, the TRWP young writers camp offered young writers the chance to be the next Neil Gaiman (The Graveyard Book), R. L. Stine (Goosebumps), or Stephanie Meyer (Twilight), whose fanciful tales of the spooky, other-wordly, or undead have captured audiences around the world.
For more information, contact the Young Writers Camp: ywc [at] trwp [dot] org.
Past Young Writers Camp: “Write Here! Write Now!”
Summer 2011 brought together a great group of young writers. Are you ready to write? If you’re in high school and you love to write, our young writers camp is opportunity you’ve been looking for!
Write Here! Write Now!
A Young Writers Camp
June 22 – July 1, 2011
8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
(Weekdays)
Cost: $200
Writers joined Ms. Ali Datz and Ms. Melissa Denton on the campus of ECU for 8 days of exciting activities that awakened the creative writers within.
Are you a budding poet? Do you have a great story in your head that you’ve been dying to get on paper? Looking for a chance to write that cool screenplay you’ve been talking to friends about?
If so, our young writers camp is your chance to meet other young authors, work on your pieces, and grow as a writer.
And listen to some of the things that the Young Writers Camp from 2010 had to say:
“I guess you could say it made writing into something addicting, like you couldn’t stop if you tried.”
-Laura
“It is NOT a classroom environment. You have the freedom to wander around and say what you want and just be who you are. It’s amazing.”
-Brianna
“You really learn to get over your fear of writing and it’s so cool to hear everybody’s writing because you can see that everybody writes in his or her own unique way.”
-Kaya
“You need to have fun writing, because if you don’t, your reader won’t have much fun reading.”
-Logan
“Your going to love love love writing camp because its not like sitting in a class room writing all day it’s more like hanging out with your friends.”
-Baylea
“My favorite part about writing in a group setting like this one is that everyone can use the same words, but it’s how each person strings them together that make it interesting.”
-Amanda
“Remember that this place is a place where creativity is a totally awesome thing. Remember to explore and have fun.”
-Sam
“Captivity isn’t good for creativity. Sometimes you need to think of something completely different to discover what it is you’re looking for.”
-Brooke
“Have fun, don’t have food fights (thought at times it may be tempting) keep an open mind…and well…don’t hold back.”
-Lisa
For more information, contact the Young Writers Camp: ywc [at] trwp [dot] org.
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