Posted by Meredith on Friday, Jun 9, 2017
The Iowa City Public Library has teamed up with the Iowa Youth Writing Project to offer two writing camps for teens this summer.
Worlds Away: Fantasy Writing
June 26 through June 30, 1 to 3 p.m. in Room D at the Iowa City Public Library
Teens who love stories of fantasy, folklore and mythology are invited to attend a week of world building and creativity with World Away: Fantasy Writing. Participants will make maps of new lands, write spells, discuss the finer points of magical creatures, dream up characters emerging into wild and mysterious predicaments, and turn the everyday scenes of Iowa City into enchanting and unfamiliar settings.
Choose Your Own Adventure: Writing and Designing Interactive Stories
July 17 through July 21, 1 to 4 p.m. in the Computer Lab at the Iowa City Public Library
If you’ve ever wanted to write a story that gives readers the freedom to seek their own destiny, this is the camp for you. We’ll explore the basics of choose-your-own-adventure storytelling and learn how to use free online tools to help organize and visually map multi-thread narratives. Students will create their own interactive adventure stories and turn them into digital, playable products.
Both camps are open to teens ages 13 through 18. Camps are free to attend, but registration is required. To register, visit iywp.org/programs/summer-programs and click on the registration button below the program description of the camp you wish to attend.
The Iowa Youth Writing Project is a non-profit outreach collective founded by University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop graduates in 2010 that aims to join Iowa City’s unique literary heritage with Iowa’s larger community by empowering, inspiring, and educating Iowa’s youth through language arts and creative thinking. For more information, visit iywp.org.
For more information about the IYWP programs offered at ICPL, call the Library at 319-356-5200.