DENVER WRITES SUMMER CAMP 2023 SCHEDULE

All 2023 Camps held at Second Star to the Right Books, 1455 S. Pearl Street Denver, 80210

Storytelling Through Illustration

July 24th – 28th, 10 am – 2 pm, reading last day of camp 2 pm – 3 pm

Ages: 7 – 12

Cost of this camp is $300. Scholarships and partial scholarships are available.

In this camp, local author and illustrator Lauren Zurcher will share a behind the scenes look at storytelling through illustration. Participants will explore story and character development, discuss different styles of illustration, gain an understanding of the drawing process, and use their findings to create their very own picture book.

To save paper, each camp has its own unique sign up link, please be careful with signing up.

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 all of our camps will be held at Second Star to the Right Books, 1455 S. Pearl Street. We will 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!

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