Description
Curriculum Summary:
In this poetry summer program, participants of all skill levels will walk away with 9+ draft poems across genres (e.g. social justice, environmental, spoken word, ekphrastic, found/erasure, and more), as well as one finalized poem in the genre of participants’ choosing. Poetry camp writers will receive and provide peer review from/for fellow campers and will benefit from individualized feedback from their instructors.
Intro to Poetry and Spoken Word Virtual Writing Summer Camp for Teens (ages 13-19)
Schedule: July 15 – July 19, 11:00 am-12:30 pm ET
During poetry camp, you’ll engage in interactive writing activities, connect with peers around the world, and work together to grow your poetry skills.
Between poetry camp sessions, you may be asked to work independently (and asynchronously) on writing prompts and activities, guided by peer and expert reviews, at your own pace, for approximately 1-2 hours, depending on your facilitator’s workshop plan. You will also receive individualized feedback that will strengthen your poetry.
*Please note that we require all participants to appear on either video or audio during online group meetings (video is preferred, but not required for poetry camp).
A Zoom link to join us for our live, virtual online poetry writing camp will be provided via email prior to the start date. Stay tuned!
What Teens Say About Our Writing Camps:
Guest Speaker:
Carla Panciera
Carla Panciera’s latest book is Barnflower: A Rhode Island Farm Memoir (Loom Press). She has published two poetry collections: One of the Cimalores (Cider Press), and No Day, No Dusk, No Love (Bordighera). Her short story collection, Bewildered, received AWP’s Grace Paley Prize and was published by the University of Massachusetts. Her work has also appeared in numerous journals including Poetry, the Los Angeles Review, the New England Review, and Iron Horse Literary Review. A retired high school English teacher, Carla lives in Rowley, MA.
Workshop Facilitator:
Anna Gibbs
A former writer on Write the World, Anna now oversees the organization’s monthly writing competitions, coordinating a global team to provide high-quality feedback and shortlist submissions. Anna holds a Bachelors’ degree in English from Harvard University and is pursuing a graduate degree in science journalism at New York University. She has been published in The Boston Globe Magazine, Science News, NPR’s Science Friday, PRI’s Living on Earth, and The Harvard Gazette, among other outlets.
Tula Singer
Tula Jiménez Singer, Write the World intern, is a Cuban-American writer and third-year student at Northeastern University. You can read her work on The Green Blotter, The Teen Magazine, The Weight Journal, Indigo Literary Journal, and Coelacanth 2022, among others. In addition to writing and her work with Write the World, she has been an intern at GrubStreet and The Boston Globe, and also works as the Social Media Manager of Spectrum Literary Arts Magazine, the Events Coordinator of Artistry Magazine, and a writer for Woof Magazine.
About Write the World's Online Poetry Camp and Summer Programs
Jump into new genres of writing and connect with campers across the globe in Write the World’s Virtual Writing Camps.
Spend your summer immersed in a virtual community of teen writers from over 100 countries as you experiment with the written word, try your hand at new styles of writing, and work with notable professionals to create pieces you’re proud of… all without leaving your home!
Whether you choose to spend your free time filling journals with poetry and prose or are new to putting your thoughts on paper, we welcome you to join our week-long writing camps across genres in June, July, and August, 2024.
Have additional questions? Check out our parent and guardian FAQ’s here (scroll to bottom) or reach out to us at workshops@writetheworld.com to connect!
