Young creative writers looking to hone their skills are being invited to register for the B.C. Youth Writers Camp held in Penticton June 28 to July 4.
Penticton Writers and Publishers are hosting the camp at Okanagan College and the deadline to register is April 30. Students eight to 18 years old can attend the camp which includes workshops and five different presenters from the industry. The list of presenters includes Jodie Renner, Will Schlackl, Lorna Schulz Nicholson, Stephen Tulloch and Endrene Shepherd.
Renner is a freelance fiction editor and the author of popular writing guides and blog posts on writing captivating fiction. She will provide tips and examples on how to bring stories to life in her workshop.
The Actors are Storytellers workshop will be run by Schlackl where participants will act out, and put a modern twist, on classic librettos. Schlackl is in his 19th year as a public school teacher and is a passionate musician who performs with and teaches numerous groups.
Schultz Nicholson will be presenting the Tricks for Finding Ideas workshop. The author has published 29 books, with two more coming out in the fall. She has also been a television co-host and reporter, radio host and reporter, theatre and murder mystery actor and now is a full time youth fiction writer.
Finding words from poetry/writings and using them to inspire art pieces is what Tulloch will present at the camp. He will teach the basics of illustration, colour theory and creativity.
Shepherd is a Penticton artist and writer who has exhibited in B.C. and Japan and will teach the workshop The World of Webcomics. She will briefly go over the basics of creating and maintaining a web comic, as well as basic illustrating techniques.
The B.C. Youth Writers Camp runs from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. except July 1 and costs $130. Siblings can attend for $115. For more details on how to submit a short story or poems to the camp anthology or to download the registration form visit www.penwriters.com.
