Stanford National Forensic Institute (SNFI)
A summer speech and debate training program run by the Stanford Debate Society, offering camps in policy debate, forensics, and public speaking for middle and high school competitors.
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Columbia University Creative Writing Workshop (Pre-College)
A summer pre-college workshop where high schoolers develop a portfolio of free-verse poetry, short prose, and creative nonfiction through daily craft exercises and peer critique on Columbia's campus.
Interlochen Arts Camp - Creative Writing
A summer residential writing program at Interlochen Center for the Arts where high schoolers spend one to three weeks focusing intensively on two genres such as fiction, poetry, novel writing, or comics, based at the dedicated Writing House.
Kenyon Review Young Writers Workshop
An intensive two-week residential summer workshop at Kenyon College where talented high school writers develop craft across fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction through daily exercises and small-group critique.
Sewanee Young Writers' Conference
A two-week summer conference at the University of the South where roughly 85 high school writers take small workshops in poetry, fiction, playwriting, or creative nonfiction alongside faculty from the adult Sewanee Writers' Conference.
Lighthouse Young Authors Collective
Free weekly writers' group for teens at Lighthouse Writers Workshop in Denver where students exchange written pieces and give and receive feedback. Drop-in academic support and writing groups are also available year-round, with a special focus on LGBTQIA+ teens and young people of color.
Adroit Journal Summer Mentorship Program
An online mentorship pairing high school writers with established authors for individualized feedback on poetry, fiction, or creative nonfiction over several weeks each summer, run by the editors of The Adroit Journal.