Dates: Monday-Thursday 7/22/24-7/25/24
Time: 9 - 11 am (PT) // 12 - 2 pm (ET)
Ages: 9-14

Consider this a brief immersion in the art of the poem! Together, we will read and enjoy poems, as we attempt to understand what a poem is and what it can do. Then, in a supportive and dynamic community, we will write and share our own poems. Writing can be playful, and we will use (sometimes silly) writing exercises to shake us out of our usual ways of thinking and writing. Students will leave this course with at least five poems as well as a stronger sense of the possibilities of poetry.

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Stone Soup and Society of Young Inklings are both nonprofit organizations, and part of our collaborative mission is to celebrate the full, vibrant diversity of youth writers' voices and stories.

To apply for a scholarship, visit this link.

To donate in support of scholarships, visit this link.

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Instructor Bio:

For seven years, Emma Winsor Wood was Editor in Chief of Stone Soup. She is the author of the poetry collection The Real World (BlazeVOX books, 2022) and the translator of A Failed Performance (Plays Inverse, 2018). Her poems and essays have appeared or are forthcoming in The American Poetry Review, ZYZZYVA, Fence, jubilat, DIAGRAM, The Colorado Review, and BOAAT, among others. She holds an MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop and a PhD in Literature from the University of California Santa Cruz.

She currently lives with her husband, their two young children, and two aging dogs in Ohio. You can read more about her on her personal website.

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Cancellation Policy:

Camp transfers or full refunds will be given for cancellations requested one week or more before the camp start date. For cancellation requests received less than one week before the camp start date, you may choose to transfer to another camp or receive a refund minus registration fees of up to $20.

Minimum enrollment: 6
Maximum enrollment: 20

Should minimum enrollment not be met, we will contact you to offer a full refund or other learning experience in exchange. 

Please contact us at info@younginklings.org with any questions.

Dates: Monday-Thursday 7/22/24-7/25/24
Time: 1 - 3 pm (PT) // 4 - 6 pm (ET)
Ages: 9-11

We will play our way to the page through activities and experiments using our senses to collect details to enrich our writing. We will collaborate on some assignments and on others we will mine our own experiences for golden nuggets of description.

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Stone Soup and Society of Young Inklings are both nonprofit organizations, and part of our collaborative mission is to celebrate the full, vibrant diversity of youth writers' voices and stories.

To apply for a scholarship, visit this link.

To donate in support of scholarships, visit this link.

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Instructor Bio:

Melody Reed started off as a software engineer for scientific laboratories, but soon realized her heart was in teaching. She has over 30 years of experience teaching everything from K-12 computer classes at a private school to leading a writer's group for senior citizens at a public library where she held a Reference Assistant position. She finds great joy in sharing her love of reading and writing. Melody graduated with a master's degree from Hamline University with a MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults. She has enjoyed mentoring young writers through the Society of Young Inklings for 7 years.

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Cancellation Policy:

Camp transfers or full refunds will be given for cancellations requested one week or more before the camp start date. For cancellation requests received less than one week before the camp start date, you may choose to transfer to another camp or receive a refund minus registration fees of up to $25.

Minimum enrollment: 6
Maximum enrollment: 20

Should minimum enrollment not be met, we will contact you to offer a full refund or other learning experience in exchange. 

Please contact us at info@younginklings.org with any questions.

Dates: Monday-Thursday 8/5/24-8/8/24
Time: 9 - 11 am (PT) // 12 - 2 pm (ET)
Ages: 9-14

In this class, we'll use the camera to facilitate and enrich our interactions with others – friends, family, animals, plants, and the world around us. Writing texts with a partner, recording and sharing short videos, and interpreting their meanings aloud will be starting points for developing individual and collaborative approaches to filmmaking. Over the course of our time together, you will brainstorm, workshop, edit, and present a short film – either in pairs or alone. Discussing and writing about other artists and their work will complement our own filmmaking journeys.

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Stone Soup and Society of Young Inklings are both nonprofit organizations, and part of our collaborative mission is to celebrate the full, vibrant diversity of youth writers' voices and stories.

To apply for a scholarship, visit this link.

To donate in support of scholarships, visit this link.

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Instructor Bio:

Isidore Bethel is an educator and filmmaker whose work focuses on situations where storytelling helps people make sense of overwhelming experiences. He has directed two features, Liam (Paris LGBTQ+ FF) and Acts of Love (Hot Docs). His editing and producing credits include What We Leave Behind (SXSW), Of Men and War (Cannes), Hummingbirds (Berlinale), and “Some Kind of Intimacy” (Sundance London). Those films and others in his filmography have received over 40 prizes, screening on Netflix, POV, the New York Times’ Op-Docs, and the Criterion Channel. He has been a guest artist at UT Austin, Oxford, and Yale. A Harvard, SAIC, and École Normale Supérieure alumnus, he teaches regularly in workshops and at universities, including La Fémis and Parsons Paris.

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Cancellation Policy:

Camp transfers or full refunds will be given for cancellations requested one week or more before the camp start date. For cancellation requests received less than one week before the camp start date, you may choose to transfer to another camp or receive a refund minus registration fees of up to $25.

Minimum enrollment: 6
Maximum enrollment: 20

Should minimum enrollment not be met, we will contact you to offer a full refund or other learning experience in exchange. 

Please contact us at info@younginklings.org with any questions.

Dates: Monday-Thursday 8/5/24-8/8/24
Time: 1 - 3 pm (PT) // 4 - 6 pm (ET)
Ages: 9-14

Learn how to think like an editor and make your stories the best they can be. Writing is so personal that it can be hard to notice areas in your own work that could benefit from revision, but editing is a skill, and the more you practice it, the more comfortable you’ll get applying it to your writing. In this workshop, we’ll discuss first paragraphs, character development, dialogue, story arc, and what makes a great sentence. (Hint: it isn’t always what your teachers told you!) Please come with a first draft of a story or novel you’d like to develop further, and we’ll do some editing together and some independently.

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Stone Soup and Society of Young Inklings are both nonprofit organizations, and part of our collaborative mission is to celebrate the full, vibrant diversity of youth writers' voices and stories.

To apply for a scholarship, visit this link.

To donate in support of scholarships, visit this link.

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Instructor Bio:

Diane Landolf is editor-in-chief of Stone Soup and a freelance editor and writer. She was formerly senior editor at Random House Children’s Books, where she edited novels and chapter books for kids and teens. She grew up reading Stone Soup and still remembers the spark of inspiration and wonder she felt on discovering that kids like her could be published authors. Diane has a BA in creative writing and English from Oberlin College. Her children’s books include What a Good Big Brother! and Hog and Dog.

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Cancellation Policy:

Camp transfers or full refunds will be given for cancellations requested one week or more before the camp start date. For cancellation requests received less than one week before the camp start date, you may choose to transfer to another camp or receive a refund minus registration fees of up to $25.

Minimum enrollment: 6
Maximum enrollment: 20

Should minimum enrollment not be met, we will contact you to offer a full refund or other learning experience in exchange. 

Please contact us at info@younginklings.org with any questions.