Scribes Youth Writing Camp [Hugo House Session II] - Seattle, WA

Scribes summer writing camps provide an opportunity for Seattle-area youth to engage intensely with creative writing. Programming includes instruction from accomplished writers, field trips, writing activities, craft exercises, and exposure to a diverse range of genres, forms, and writers. This one-week session is open to students entering grades 7 or 8. Scribes will explore the treasures right at hand, using Hugo House as a home base for expeditions around Seattle. Together with instructors Emily Bedard and Peter Mountford, Scribes will engage dynamically with creative writing and participate in quality programming that includes arts-driven field trips, writing activities, craft exercises, and exposure to a diverse range of genres, forms, and writers. The session will culminate in a community reading where Scribes will have the opportunity to share their work! All skill levels welcome. ABOUT THE INSTRUCTORS Emily Bedard holds an MFA in Poetry from the University of Montana. She has taught for the Henry Art Gallery, Hugo House, and Writers in the Schools. Her poems and essays have appeared in Poetry Northwest, Raven Chronicles, The Seattle Review of Books, The Indiana Review, Swivel, and elsewhere. Bedard lives in Seattle with her husband, two kids, and rescue dog who might actually be a deer crossed with a bird. Peter Mountford is the author of A Young Man’s Guide to Late Capitalism, winner of a 2012 Washington State Book Award. His second novel, The Dismal Science, was published in February, 2014. A former Hugo House writer-in-residence, Peter is currently on faculty at Sierra Nevada College's low residency MFA program.