This is a partial list of programs offering summer writing experiences. This
is a resource and HSPVA Creative Writing Department does not necessarily or
endorse or recommend of these programs, rather that each family decides which
program is best for their individual students based on their research into
the programs.
The Young Writer’s Camp/Texas http://www.youngsongwriterscamp.com/index.html
Alfred University (NY) - http://www.alfred.edu/summer/hs.cfm
Bard Workshops for Writing and Thinking (MA, OR, IL) http://www.bard.edu/iwt/students/workshops/
Barnard (NY) - http://www.barnard.edu/pcp
Brandeis (MA) - http://www.brandeis.edu/highschool/bima/about/index.html
Brown (RI) - http://www.brown.edu/scs/pre-college/
Boston University (MA) - http://www.bu.edu/summer/high-school-programs/
California State Summer School for the Arts (Innerspark): Creative Writing http://www.csssa.org/index.php/admissions/creative-writing/
Carleton College (MN) - http://apps.carleton.edu/campus/SAP/writing/
Columbia College Chicago High School Summer Institute (IL) –
http://www.colum.edu/Admissions/hssi.php
Columbia University (NY) - http://ce.columbia.edu/Summer-Program-High-SchoolStudents-NYC
Denison University (OH) – http://reynolds.denison.edu/ (The Jonathan R.
Reynolds Young Writers Workshop)
Duke (NC) http://www.learnmore.duke.edu/youth/youngwriter/ andhttp://www.learnmore.duk
e.edu/youth/creativewriter/
Emerson (MA) - http://www.emerson.edu/academics/professionalstudies/programs-high-school-students
Hollins University - http://www.hollins.edu/summerprograms/
Writing Retreat for girls only.
Idylwild Arts (CA) - http://www.idyllwildarts.org
Creative
Interlochen (MI) - http://camp.interlochen.org/creative-writing-summerprograms
Kenyon (OH) -
http://www.kenyonreview.org/workshops/young-writers/
Kent School (CT) - http://www.writerscamp.org
Lake Forest College (IL) - http://www.lakeforest.edu/academics/summer/wtw/
New England Young Writers' Conference at Middlebury College (VT) http://blogs.middlebury.edu/neywc/
Northwestern High School Institute - http://www.northwestern.edu/nhsi
Pratt Institute Precollege Creative Writing Program (NY) http://www.pratt.edu/academics/continuing_education_and_professional/pro_cred
it_programs/precollege/
Rhodes College (TN) - http://www.rhodes.edu/English/4422.asp
Sarah Lawrence (NY) - http://www.slc.edu/ce/pre-college/summer/index.html
Sewanee Writers Conference (TN) - http://www.sewanee.edu/ywc/
Stanford University EPGY Summer Institutes http://epgy.stanford.edu/summer/hspcourseofferings.html?department=writing
Susquehanna University - http://www.susqu.edu/about/writersworkshop.asp
University of Iowa - Between the Lines http://iwp.uiowa.edu/programs/between-the-lines
UC Berkeley – Emerging Writer’s Institute http://www.educationunlimited.com/camp/24/emerging-writers-institute.html
University of Massachusetts Juniper Summer Writing Institute http://www.umass.edu/juniperyoungwriters/
The online magazine Teen Ink offers a summer program database at the
following address - http://www.teenink.com/Summer/