Writers at Work: A Summer Camp for Young Authors
Contact: Heather Pullen, 581-2443
Media Advisory:
ORONO — More than 60 aspiring writers will tap their creativity and pen their thoughts at the annual Young Authors’ Camp taking place July 7-11 at the University of Maine. Students in grades 3-12 are from schools throughout the Greater Bangor area and from as far away as Houlton.
Campers will explore different genres of writing, have the opportunity to develop proficiency in their academic and creative writing, and celebrate their work and share the creative pieces in a relaxed atmosphere with peers.
The day camp, sponsored by the UMaine College of Education and Human Development and the Maine Writing Project (MWP), is led by MWP teacher-consultants. The Orono camp director, Jean Plummer, is chair of the English department at Washington Academy in East Machias. Plummer says, “This camp provides students the opportunity to be creative in so many ways. Each day the young authors share their writing with peers and with writing teachers from the Maine Writing Project. These Young Authors’ Camps are a time of growth, community, and imagination.”
Reporters are welcome to attend any of the camp sessions, which run from 8:30 a.m.-12 noon in 204 Shilbes Hall.
UMaine Young Authors’ Camps are also offered at:
- Benton Elementary School (July 7-11)
- Sebasticook Valley Middle School, Newport (July 7-11)
- Brunswick High School (July 21-25)
- The Telling Room, Portland (July 28-Aug 1)
- College of the Atlantic (Aug 4-8 & Aug 11-15)
The Maine Writing Project, established in 1998, is an affiliate of the National Writing Project. It is dedicated to the improvement of the teaching and learning of writing across the curriculum at all grade levels. ( www.mainewritingproject.org)