Summer Writing Camps
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.
This year our camps will be held at Second Star to the Right Books, 1455 S. Pearl Street, Denver, 80210 and The Bookies Bookstore, 2085 S Holly Street, Denver, 80222. We go on field trips to places around the 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!
Cost of this camp is $300. Camp tuition is considered a tax deductible donation to Denver Writes.
Scholarships and partial scholarships are available, email Hello@DenverWrites.org to apply.
Denver Public School Middle Schoolers may use MySpark funds for this camp. To use MySpark choose PayPal and process card normally through Paypal. Find out information or to how to sign up for MySpark here: https://mysparkdenver.org/apply/
2015 Camps
TALL TALES & FAIRY TALES
WIDE WORLD OF JOURNALISM
BOOKCAMP: WRITE. PUBLISH. PARTY (aka, write, publish and bind your very own book!)
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
2022 Camps
FANTASTIC FANTASY
CRAFTING IRRESISTIBLE CHARACTERS
2023 Camps
WRITE YOUR NOVEL WITH JC PETERSON
STORYTELLING THROUGH ILLUSTRATION WITH LAUREN ZURCHER
2024 Camps
Write Your Destiny: A Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Story Expedition
Fresh, Fun, Fantastic Fantasy & Sci-Fi with author JE Thomas
Embrace the Chaos: Dada & Surrealist Fantasy
2025 CAMPS
Summer Campfire Stories
Aliens, Robots, and AI: Writing the Inhuman with author JE Thomas
Art and Stories