Young Writers' Camp
Overview
Read a welcome letter from Mitch Cox, Academic Director of the Young Writers' Camp.
Summer 2011 Session III - Duke Youth Chronicle (Duke Young Writers' Camp Newspaper)
Grades: 6-11
Session I: June 17 - June 29, 2012
Session II: July 8 - July 20, 2012
Session III: July 22 - August 3, 2012
Residential campers: $1810
Extended Day campers: $1165
Day Campers: $905
Program Highlights:
- Opportunity to explore different genres, such as short fiction, poetry, journalism, and playwriting
- Instruction by professional writers and educators
- Daily Readers' Forum, where students share their work with peers
- Co-curricular social and recreational activities
Local Guest Speakers for Summer 2012:
Session 1: Thursday, June 21:
Author of two nonfiction works (Blessed Returns, Sidelines) and forthcoming first novel Bull City, Stuart Albright teaches creative writing and English here in Durham at Jordan High School, where he also coaches football. He received in 2007 the Milken National Educator Award, which Teacher Magazine identifies as the “Oscars of Teaching.” Sidelines, his second book, explores the world of high-school football and the history of race and public education. His first book, Blessed Returns is a first-person account of the summer he spent working at a youth facility in blighted industrial Camden, New Jersey. Find out more about Stuart at his Website: http://www.stuartalbright.com/bio.html.
Session 2: Thursday, July 12:
Public speaker, organizer, workshop facilitator, poet, spoken word performer,actor, songwriter, writer, emcee, and loyal Hip Hop head, Dasan Ahanu has served as an instructor at Duke Young Writers' Camp. We're excited to have him back as a guest speaker this summer.
Session 3: Thursday, July 26:
Founder of Sleepy Hollow Books, a children’s book publishing company in Durham, NC, Amy Spaudling believes everyone has voice and a story worth telling.
She relies on local talent to produce great books for middle schoolers nationwide. Spaulding is a third-generation children’s book publisher. Her grandfather was the President of Houghton-Mifflin and her father and uncle worked for Scholastic. Her first paying job was reviewing children’s books for her father. In her teens, she worked as an editorial assistant for Star Magazine.
To learn more, visit http://sleepyhollowbooks.com/about.html . Or listen to her interview on NC Public Radio: http://wunc.org/tsot/archive/Meet_Amy_Spaulding.mp3/view.