Gifted Atlanta

For those who didn’t see the Margaret Mitchell House writing camps listed on the summer programs page, there are still openings in some of these week-long camps for kids ages 10-14.

I love the idea of sending young writers to writing camps, because–from my experience–being with other writers is so confirming and rewarding. What’s nice about these particular camps is they aren’t all just “butt in seat” writing camps. A couple of them take the kids out on adventures in the morning, then have them write in the afternoons. For those kids who’d rather be indoors in the summer heat, there are weeks that appear to be all workshop oriented.

Themes run the gamut from mysteries to critique to comics.