Young Writers

Summer workshops in fiction, poetry, drama, and creative nonfiction ages 9-19 at NC State University.

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Happy New Year! We are back this year with all kinds of fresh surprises. Young Writers (grades 5-8) is July 8-19 & Teen Writers (grades 9-12) is July 22-Aug 2. Seats are filling up! Register at: https://t.co/NdMMJYq59f

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It's been a hot, stormy summer under the air-conditioned shelter of Tompkins Hall filled with writing, discussing books, and talking with some great guest artists. We hope you all continue to use the skills you learned. Keep reading and writing!

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Friday's special returning guest author was Frances O'Roark Dowell. Congrats to those who won copies of her books. With over 25 titles, we lost track when trying to count all her books! She's a big deal, so we're always grateful for her time & wisdom.

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Look for the newsletter in your inbox for anthology submission guidelines.

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Young Writers Workshop is underway! It's a historic year with one alumni returning to teach, one returning as assistant director, & one appearing as a guest author for the TWW in two weeks.

The group photo is today!! T-shirts also go out this week. It's hot! Bring a bottle!

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Check out my new Purpose Tree Podcast. New episodes all week! New interviews under way!

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The Purpose Tree Podcast continues this week with NC Poet Laureate Jaki Shelton Green, a truly all around beautiful person. An absolute honor.

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This week's podcast episode is a fun discussion with superstar comic book writer Jeremy Whitley. We talked about the important themes in his originals, as well as his work for Marvel, “Sea of Thieves”, “Vampirella”, & over 60 issues of “My Little Pony.”

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This week's show features a talk with best selling author Cat Warren about her career, her book What the Dog Knows, cadaver dogs, burial grounds, and current projects.

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Young Writers Workshop still has a few seats left in the following summer workshops:

for grades 5-6:

dramatic writing
poetry
genre fiction

Register for summer classes here:
https://t.co/ehAElkGhUy

[Young Writers @YoungWritersNC]

Young Writers Workshop still has a few seats left in the following summer workshops:

for grades 5-6:

dramatic writing
poetry
genre fiction

Register for summer classes here:
https://t.co/ehAElkGhUy

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Courses this year include:

Poetry
Creative Nonfiction
Dramatic Writing
Fiction
Genre Fiction
Intro to Creative Writing
Screenwriting for grades 10-12
Writing Dialogue for grades 9-11

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Creative Nonfiction was the hot thing last year! Some seats are still open in this class for this summer! The skills in this course will follow you wherever you go!
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So far...

Rebecca Bossen will teach Drama
Xavier Searle will teach Poetry
Zenith Riggs will teach Genre Fiction
David Ojo will teach Fiction
Patrick Reilly will teach Intro to Creative Writing

+ Other courses available!

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James Aura will be one of our special guest authors this summer for Teen Writers Workshop in July. Students can enter to win a copy of his book Hurricane Code. Learn about it here:

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Check out my interview with @Wklawrence on his podcast, 'The Purpose Tree.' We discuss 'The Hurricane Code' writing, and more #books #climate
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Happy New Year! We are back this year with all kinds of fresh surprises. Young Writers (grades 5-8) is July 8-19 & Teen Writers (grades 9-12) is July 22-Aug 2. Seats are filling up! Register at: https://t.co/NdMMJYq59f

[Young Writers @YoungWritersNC]

Courses this year include:

Poetry
Creative Nonfiction
Dramatic Writing
Fiction
Genre Fiction
Intro to Creative Writing
Screenwriting for grades 10-12
Writing Dialogue for grades 9-11

[Young Writers @YoungWritersNC]

Happy New Year! We are back this year with all kinds of fresh surprises. Young Writers (grades 5-8) is July 8-19 & Teen Writers (grades 9-12) is July 22-Aug 2. Seats are filling up! Register at: https://t.co/NdMMJYq59f

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#Reading #Books #HighwayZero

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Have a great school year! Hope you creative a lot of great stories, poems, plays, & art all year long. See you next summer!