"Thank you so
much for the amazing experience!! I had a wonderful time, learned a lot,
and made a great new friend." -- Talia Lawson, 6th grade
| | Write On! Winter Writing Camp 2011 |
| Who | Due to popular demand and requests, Write On! For
Literacy founder Dallas Woodburn is teaching a special one-day writing camp for
youth ages 8-18. Poets, playwrights, short-story writers, novelists –
all are encouraged and welcome to join!
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| When | Saturday, December 17th, 10am-noon
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| Where | The conference room at Jensen Design and Survey at 1672 Donlon Street in Ventura, California.
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| 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.
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| Cost | SPACE IS LIMITED!
**Special Holiday Rate: $20**
Half the price for one day of the Summer Writing Camp!
Make checks payable to Dallas Woodburn.
Please
mail completed registration form and payment to:
Dallas
Woodburn
400
Roosevelt Ct.
Ventura,
CA 93003
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:
- Instructor of Creative Writing and English Composition at Purdue University. (Received an Excellence in Teaching Award from Purdue University; Honored with a "Q" Award for Excellence based upon student evaluations every semester taught.)
- Taught Write On! Summer Writing Camp the past four 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 five 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 2,600 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 the Dzanc Books "Best of the Web" anthology, has received first place out of 600+ entries in the Glass Woman Prize contest, and has appeared in numerous literary magazines including Monkeybicycle, Arcadia Journal, and flashquake.
- Nonfiction has appeared in dozens of national publications, including Family Circle, Writer's Digest, The Writer, Cicada, Justine, Listen, and nine 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; currently pursuing Master's (M.F.A.) degree in Fiction Writing at Purdue University.
Editing experience:
Write On! Summer Writing Camp 2010
was a huge success!!!
(The cheerful morning session)
(Goofy picture with the afternoon session -- you can tell we're having fun!)
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Thank you to our sponsors:
* Jensen Design & Survey
* Ashoka Youth Venture
* Tania Sussman
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