Scribes Youth Writing Camp [Hugo House Session IV] - 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 9-12. Scribes will explore the treasures right at hand, using Hugo House as a home base for expeditions around Seattle. Together with instructors Michelle Penaloza and Roberto Ascalon, 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 Roberto Ascalon is a poet, writer, arts educator, and spoken-word performance artist who lives in the historic Youngstown/Cooper School in West Seattle. The recent recipient of the 2013 Rattle Poetry Prize, Ascalon has taught at Nova High School and participated in Seattle Arts and Lectures’ Writers-in-the Schools program. He currently works as a teaching artist and mentor for Arts Corps, Youth Speaks Seattle, and the Service Board. Michelle Peñaloza's poetry has appeared in the New England Review, The Asian American Literary Review, TriQuarterly, and elsewhere. Born in the suburbs of Detroit, Michigan and raised in Nashville, Tennessee, she currently lives in Seattle. She is the recipient of fellowships and scholarships from Kundiman, Hugo House, and the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference.