Young Writers Workshops - July 2026
- NYS Writers Institute
- 3 days ago
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Presented by the Capital District Writing Project:
Discovering Your Voice (Rising 10th-12th Graders)
The NYS Writers Institute is a co-sponsor of the Discovering Your Voice workshop each year.
These workshops are designed for young people who love to write and who enjoy collaborating with other writers. Workshop facilitators are gifted and experienced K-12 educators from across the Capital Region.
Workshops will run July 13-17 at the University at Albany campus.
July 13-17 -- 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
For rising 10th – 12th graders
Price: $575
Scholarships may be available
Apply by May 1
About Discovering Your Voice:
This full-day creative writing workshop is for highly motivated and creative high school students who are eager to develop their craft and to find their voice in a supportive writing community.
Highlights:
• Visits and readings from acclaimed guest authors (Janine DeTillio Cammarata; C.M. Waggoner, D. Colin, and Aaron Moore)
• Small class size
• One-on-one writing conferences
• Expert guidance from exemplary writing teachers
• Lunch provided
• Culminating celebratory showcase
HALF-DAY WORKSHOPS
The other 5 half-day workshops run the same week – more info below:
July 13-17
9 a.m. – Noon
$250
Register by June 1
Choose your own Adventure! (Rising 1st-2nd graders)
Once Upon a Remix (Rising 3rd-4th graders)
Sensory Storytelling (Rising 5th-7th graders)
Images that Speak: Personal Writing from Visual Media (Rising 8th-10th graders)
The Future is a Place: A Climate Writing & Future-crafting Workshop (Rising 9th-12th graders)
A limited number of partial scholarships may be available. Scholarship applications will be reviewed in the order that they are received. For more information, please email Nancy Czachor, CDWPWriteNow@gmail.com.
Registration deadline for half-day workshops: June 1
Application deadline for full-day workshop: May 1