Young Writers Workshop

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2014-05-01

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Ohio State University. Office of Outreach and Engagement

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This program is a one week long, intensive and immersive program in creative writing for high school students. It takes place during the summer of the 10th or 11th grade years. The program is free to anyone who is accepted and admissions to the program are based on writing samples. This means that grades, gender, and socioeconomic class play no part in the selection.

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IMPACT. 1: Artistic Director Michelle Herman works with a staff of Ohio State University faculty, graduate MFA alumni, and current graduate students. There are also sessions with visiting writers, songwriters, playwrights, and journalists -- 2. The students get to attend daily workshops to help improve their craft as well as more specialized workshops in other areas such as writing for TV, play writing, or song writing. -- 3. Participants in the YWW work with both graduate students in Creative Writing at The Ohio State University as well as creative writers from around the country. The YWW is in its sixth year. Nearly 200 Columbus City School students have participated in the program.
OSU PARTNERS: Department of English; Creative Writing; MFA
COMMUNITY PARTNERS: Columbus City Schools; Columbus Public Charter Schools
PRIMARY CONTACT: MaryKatherine Ramsey (ramsey.240@osu.edu)

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Engaged Scholars, v. 2 (2014).