Who are the students who attend the workshop?
We are interested in enrolling students who possess solid writing skills and are interested in experimenting with new directions in their writing. We also are looking for students who are socially mature and capable of working independently as well as collaboratively. Overall, the student who will benefit most from the workshop is one who likes to work with other people and who isn’t looking for a traditional approach to writing and learning. Being open to experimenting with new approaches, being willing to be playful and take some risks as a writer and learner, being interested in the process of learning more than final goals — these qualities characterize students in the Young Writers Workshop. In a typical summer the workshop enrolls students from 20-25 states and the District of Columbia. In addition, we often have a few students from abroad (e.g., in recent years, England, Israel, Senegal). The diversity of people and writing interests facilitates a creative and intellectually eng
