Summer 2010 marks the ninth consecutive year for our very popular Summer Creative Writing Camps at the Margaret Mitchell House. We have expanded our program to accommodate demand by adding more variety and have lowered prices to meet the needs of our community.
Our camps provide an opportunity for youth to discover the power and excitement of writing, while honing their writing skills in a fun, interactive environment. With 10-15 participants per camp, each writer receives individual attention, while learning how to create meaningful prose through a variety of techniques, like stream-of-consciousness writing, journaling, free verse poetry, and more!
SESSION 8: Write On: The Essentials
Fees: All full-day camps are $325 for Atlanta History Center and Margaret Mitchell House members; $375 for nonmembers. The half-day Blogging 101 camp is $150 for members; $200 for nonmembers.
Please Note: Price includes daily refreshments and all writing supplies. Campers must bring their own sack lunch each day. If a field trip is added for your session, details and permission slips will be given out on the first day of camp. Some field trips require an additional but nominal fee.
Writers Showcase: Each session wraps with a “Writers Showcase” for family and friends on the last day of camp. Mark your calendars!
Instructors may approve campers younger or older than ages specified.
SESSION 8 ● SOLD OUT!! July 26-30 ● 9:30am – 4:30pm ● ages 10-14
Write On: The Essentials: Explore the “ingredients” of a story, while discovering the tools to building compelling characters and developing interesting plots. These topics will be covered through word and writing games, journaling, group writing, poetry, and an off-site observational field trip. Whether you’re just getting started or are more advanced, you will benefit from learning the essentials to leading a “writing life.”
Instructor: Mary Ann Rodman
Ruth Wagner (Sessions 1 & 6): Ruth Wagner has a Bachelors degree in History with an emphasis on Education from Georgia State University. She is currently a museum educator for the Atlanta History Center and has led creative writing workshops for children and young adults in both Atlanta and Austin, Texas. Most recently, Ruth has instructed workshops in history and writing at Youth Art Connection for the Boys and Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta.
Valetta Anderson (Session 2): Valetta Anderson is Resident Teaching Artist with Atlanta’s Alliance Theatre Institute for Educators and Teaching Artists, and Teaching Artist with the Fox and Horizon Theatres. She is an Arts in Education Consultant on the Georgia Council for the Arts Consultants Bank and on GCA’s Teaching Artist Bank. Her playwriting awards include AT&T: Onstage, the Hermann Kesten Stipend (Nuremberg, Germany), the Rockefeller Foundation’s New Play Development Grant, and the Rouse Company National Humanities Award. Her most recent full length play, Hallelujah Street Blues, premiered in July 2008 at Horizon Theatre.
Chelsea Rathburn (Session 3):Chelsea Rathburn grew up in Miami, Florida, where she discovered poetry at a young age. After taking creative writing classes in junior high and high school, she studied English at Florida State University and went on to earn a MFA in poetry from the University of Arkansas. Her first book, The Shifting Line, was published in 2005. Chelsea's poems have appeared or are forthcoming in The Atlantic Monthly, Poetry, The New Republic and other major magazines, and in 2009 she received a fellowship in poetry from the National Endowment for the Arts. She lives in Decatur, where she directs poetry programming for the annual Decatur Book Festival.
Kate DePalma (Sessions 4 & 7): After earning her MA in Classics from the University of Texas in 2007, Kate DePalma moved to Atlanta to pursue a career in publishing. She now works as the Editorial and Marketing Coordinator at Peachtree Publishers, a local children's book publishing company. A native of Franklin, Tennessee, Kate has been involved with youth writing workshops in Tennessee for almost fifteen years--first as a student and later as a teacher. Her poetry has been published in Zone 3.
Megan Sexton (Session 5): Megan Sexton’s poetry and nonfiction have been featured in Poetry, The Literary Review, Prairie Schooner, and other places. She is the winner of the Redbone Press Chapbook award, has been nominated for a PEN/Newman’s Own First Amendment Award, and is a fellow of the Hambidge Center. She’s conducted many writing workshops for youth and is currently at work on a young adult novel. Megan teaches at Georgia State University, where she serves as co-editor of Five Points: A Journal of Literature & Art.
Mary Anne Rodman (Session 8): Mary Ann Rodman published her first story at the age of seven and never let up. As a children's author, Mary Ann conducts school visits and writing workshops throughout the country. Her award-winning books for young people include Yankee Girl, My Best Friend, and First Grade Stinks. Rodman’s recent works include two picture books, Surprise Soup and A Tree for Emmy, as well as Jimmy’s Star, a middle-grade historical fiction novel set during WWII.
To register, please print and complete the registration form, add payment, and mail to:
Atlanta History Center
Attn: 2010 Summer Camps
130 West Paces Ferry Rd, NW
Atlanta, GA 30305
Registration forms can also be faxed to 404.814.2041.
Information: Email or call 404.814.2063.
Cancellation Policy:
No refunds will be made for cancellations less than two weeks prior to the start of the selected camp. Any cancellation or change made more than two weeks prior to the first day of camp carries an administrative fee of $25; if you withdraw before this two week deadline, you will receive a refund less the $25 administrative fee.
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