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Young Writers Workshop was established at Simon's Rock in
1983 and is a member of the National Writing and
Thinking Network, the largest group of summer writing programs in
the country. Each year 70-80 students are selected to participate.
Unlike conventional workshops in creative or expository writing, Simon’s Rock’s
focuses on using informal, playful expressive writing as a way
to strengthen skills of language and thinking. The subjects
range from stories and poems the group has read, to
personal experience, natural phenomena, and works of art. Out of
this informal writing, using techniques of peer response, students develop
more polished pieces, from poems and stories to interpretive essays.
Classes are small and emphasize an atmosphere of trust and
collaboration. Emphasis is given to discovering one's personal voice as
a writer. Former students have gone on to enroll in
such colleges as Amherst, Bard, Harvard, Haverford, Princeton, Simon’s Rock,
Smith, Williams, and Yale. During the three weeks students have
the opportunity to attend plays, concerts, and other cultural activities
that are part of summer life in the Berkshires
Program Cost:
Contact: jamieh@simons-rock.edu
Phone: 413-528-7231
Deadline: 05/15/05
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