DENVER WRITES SUMMER CAMP 2022 SCHEDULE NOW AVALIABLE!
What is it like to attend a Denver Writes Summer Writing Camp?
These camps are for kids, like you, who like to write. You don’t have to be good at writing, you certainly don’t have to get good grades in writing, and we accept all kinds of handwriting, but you have to LIKE TO WRITE. Otherwise, things might be a drag.
Our home base is at BookBar at 4280 Tennyson Street. We will go on field trips to places around the Berkeley neighborhood and throughout Denver to get inspired to express ourselves in positive ways with the best words we can find.
Also, we publish a summer camp anthology that you help author. We want you to see new things, think new thoughts, and then write new stories to share with the world.
Join us, if you dare. Space is limited!
Summer Camps 2022
This year to save paper, each camp has it’s own unique sign up link, please be careful with signing up.
I Need A Hero: Exploring the Hero’s Journey for ages 10 – 14
Denver Writes Regrets to announce the cancellation of this camp. We hope you’ll check out the rest of our summer offerings.
Fantastic Fantasy! for Ages 8 – 12
JULY 11th – 15th
From 10 am – 2 pm, Reading last day of camp from 5 – 6 pm
At BookBar 4280 Tennyson Street Denver 80212
Instructor: Rachel Echsner
Join Denver Writes for this week long journey through fantastic worlds of fantasy. Authors will explore the magical, the mythical, the adventurous, and more and then craft a tale from what they discover.
For this camp Denver Writes and BookBar will be providing lunches, please provide us with dietary restrictions. Cost of this camp is $350. Scholarships and partial scholarships are available.
Crafting Irresistible Characters! for Ages 12 – 16
JULY 18th – 22nd
From 10 am – 2 pm, Reading last day of camp from 5 – 6 pm
At BookBar 4280 Tennyson Street Denver 80212
Instructor: Heather Sappenfield
Favorite book characters: What makes you adore them? This camp will first scout out the traits and elements that shape irresistible characters. Then it will explore the ways that character creates story and interacts with plot. It will journey along the threads of setting, point of view, voice/tone, symbolism and theme. Each day, participants will experiment with this evolving map of craft, using it to write their own new characters or to enhance established ones.
For this camp Denver Writes and BookBar will be providing lunches, please provide us with dietary restrictions. Cost of this camp is $350. Scholarships and partial scholarships are available.
2015 Camps
TALL TALES & FAIRY TALES
WIDE WORLD OF JOURNALISM
BOOKCAMP: WRITE. PUBLISH. PARTY (aka, write, publish and bind your very own book!)
2016 Camps
2017 Camps
WRITE YOUR MEMOIR
ONE AND DONE: ONE ACT PLAYS
FANTASTIC FAIRY TALES AND HOW TO WRITE THEM
2018 Camps
NOVEL WRITING BOOT CAMP
WRITE YOUR NOVEL WITH AUTHOR MELISSA SAVAGE
2019 Camps
DIGGING DEEP: UNEARTHING THE HEART OF YOUR CHARACTER WITH AUTHOR INGRID PALMER
MARVOULOUS MYSTERIES
GROTESQUELY GOTHIC: HARROWING HORROR 101
HI-FI SCI-FI: SCIENCE FICTION WRITING
2020 Camps
NOVELING 101
STORY MAGIC!
SCI-FI AND STEAMPUNK
