NC State University Young and Teen Writers Workshops

NC State University Young and Teen Writers Workshops Attn: Young writers! Embark on a journey of creative writing courses at NC State University this summer! The YTWW has served the triangle area for over 30 years.

The Young and Teen Writers Workshops nurture artistic spirit and teach creative writing skills and techniques. The two week daily summer workshops are intended for children and teens who already have a demonstrated interest in writing fiction, poetry, dramatic writing, graphic novels, and creative nonfiction or who have an enthusiastic desire to learn more about these kinds of writing. Young Write

rs is 5th-8th grade ages and Teen Writers is 9th grade to post high school graduates who have not yet begun college. The director is William K. Lawrence (2015-present). The workshops are sponsored by the English Department within the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at North Carolina State University.

Best wishes to Peyton Brown who is heading off to a PhD program in Literature. She taught fiction for the past two years...
08/04/2026

Best wishes to Peyton Brown who is heading off to a PhD program in Literature. She taught fiction for the past two years in our program and served as assistant director the year before. But before that, Peyton was a student in our program! We're so proud of her accomplishments and wish her the best.

That's a wrap on another wonderful season! Our 40th anniversary was a success. Eternal gratitude to Lucinda MacKethan wh...
08/04/2026

That's a wrap on another wonderful season! Our 40th anniversary was a success. Eternal gratitude to Lucinda MacKethan who got us started in 1986! And to Daun Daemon who expanded the program in 2006!

Thank you to all the families who continue to support the Young Writers Workshop by giving the kids in our community a place to create, reshape, and share their art. See you next year!

This 2026 print anthology will be one of our largest! Our final reading and celebration is almost upon us. Be sure to ge...
07/30/2026

This 2026 print anthology will be one of our largest! Our final reading and celebration is almost upon us. Be sure to get your copy at the end of the show!

Thanks to Richard Fellinger for joining us last week as our final guest author of the season. He answered questions abou...
07/29/2026

Thanks to Richard Fellinger for joining us last week as our final guest author of the season. He answered questions about writing, talked about his novels, and gave great advice about writing fiction. Learn more about his work here: https://www.richardfellinger.com/

Special guest poet Mildred Barya visited the workshop on Thursday. She read her poems, made us smile, answered deep phil...
07/27/2026

Special guest poet Mildred Barya visited the workshop on Thursday. She read her poems, made us smile, answered deep philosophical questions, and sign books for prize winners. Follow her work at: https://mildredbarya.com/

Special guest Frances O'Roark Dowell visted the teen writers on Wednesday. These are just some of her titles we gave out...
07/23/2026

Special guest Frances O'Roark Dowell visted the teen writers on Wednesday. These are just some of her titles we gave out to prize winners. She was kind enough to stay and sign each and every one of them! Stay up to date with her work: https://francesdowell.com/

Young Writers had a wonderful session this year, and the cake was a hit. Happy 40th anniversary YWW! (Teens start on Mon...
07/18/2026

Young Writers had a wonderful session this year, and the cake was a hit. Happy 40th anniversary YWW! (Teens start on Monday)

Thanks to all the young artists and their supportive families for building this important community the past 40 years!

This exciting course still has a few seats left! And students can sign up to win this book: The Art of Creative Nonficti...
06/03/2026

This exciting course still has a few seats left! And students can sign up to win this book: The Art of Creative Nonfiction

Creative Nonfiction is factual writing that has the narrative, dramatic, literary elements of novels, plays, and poetry. The tools and techniques for writing fiction and creative nonfiction are very similar. Students in this class will be writing true stories in an artful way, such as in nature writing, travel writing, memoirs, and food writing, for instance. They will not be writing academic essays, reports, term papers, or other nonfiction of that kind. Instructor: Alexandra Schneider

https://english.chass.ncsu.edu/research-and-engagement/young-writers/young-writers-workshop/

Two great course options for July. Poetry Writing and Nature Writing! These will be taught this year by our guest poet S...
05/25/2026

Two great course options for July. Poetry Writing and Nature Writing! These will be taught this year by our guest poet Spencer Rico.

Spencer Rico is a poet originally from rural Northern California. Interests include Lucille Clifton, Aztec cosmology, Hank Williams, Billie Holiday, Allen Ginsberg, among others. Rico is currently in the Poetry MFA program at NC State, and plays music in between.

Apple here: (ages 9-19)
https://english.chass.ncsu.edu/research-and-engagement/young-writers/young-writers-workshop/

Address

Raleigh, NC

Website

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when NC State University Young and Teen Writers Workshops posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Shortcuts

Share