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Write On! Summer Writing Camp 2010
July 10, 11, 17, 18
Registration is now open!! Register now.
"Thank you so much for the amazing experience!! I had a wonderful time, learned a lot, and
made a great new friend." -- Talia Lawson, 5th grade, on the 2009 Summer Writing Camp
| | Write On! Summer Writing Camp 2010 | | Who | Write On! For
Literacy founder Dallas Woodburn is teaching a summer writing camp for
youth ages 8-18. Poets, playwrights, short-story writers, novelists –
all are encouraged and welcome to join!
| | When | Two consecutive weekends: July 10th & 11th, 17th & 18th
Choose either Morning Session (10 a.m.-noon) or Afternoon Session (1-3 p.m.)
| | Where | The conference room at Jensen Design and Survey at 1672 Donlon Street in Ventura, California.
| | Why | Students
will not only have FUN, they will also learn how to improve central
components of their writing, including dialogue, characterization, plot
and setting, through various creativity-inducing writing exercises.
| | Cost | SPACE IS LIMITED!
Early Registration Special (before June 15 -- DEADLINE EXTENDED!!)
- All four sessions: $125.00 – BEST VALUE!
- Three sessions: $100.00
- Two sessions: $80.00
- One session: $50.00
Regular Registration (after June 15)
- All four sessions: $150.00 – BEST VALUE!
- Three sessions: $125.00
- Two sessions: $100.00
- One session: $75.00
Discounts: 4 sessions for the price of 3 if you are one of the following:
- Returning student.
- Sibling of another attendee.
Make checks payable to Dallas Woodburn.
A portion of the money raised will go towards Write On! For
Literacy endeavors.
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More About Write On! Summer Writing Camp Leader Dallas Woodburn 
Teaching experience:
- Taught Write On! Summer Writing Camp the past two years to great success.
- Workshop instructor and coordinator of the Young Writers Program of the Santa Barbara Writers Conference for three years.
- Online workshop instructor in short-story writing at the (now-defunct) website absynthemuse.com.
- Teacher of private writing workshops for the past four years.
- Guest speaker at the Jack London Writers Camp in San Jose.
- Frequently visit schools, ranging from elementary school to high school, as a guest speaker and teacher of creative writing workshops.
Writing experience:- Published first book, a collection of short stories and poems titled There's a Huge Pimple On My Nose, at age ten; it received a glowing review in the Los Angeles Times and has now sold more than 2,400 copies nationwide.
- Second collection of stories, 3 a.m., was featured on the nationally syndicated PBS book talk show "Between the Lines" with Barry Kibrick.
- Signed a
contract with the highly regarded literary agency Foundry + Media to represent
first novel to publishers.
- Short fiction has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and has appeared in numerous literary magazines.
- Nonfiction has appeared in dozens of national publications, including Family Circle, Writer's Digest, The Writer, Cicada, Justine, Listen, and eight Chicken Soup for the Soul anthologies.
- Plays have been produced in Los Angeles and in Ventura, California.
- Graduated from the University of Southern California in 2009 with a B.A. in Creative Writing; this fall, will enter the Master's (M.F.A.) Program in Fiction Writing at Purdue University.
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