Storytellers Camp

Jeff Kinney, cartoonist and bestselling author of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series

The BoomWriter Storytellers Camp provides aspiring middle school-aged writers the chance to be published. Bestselling author and cartoonist Jeff Kinney, author of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, will help get kids started. He’ll be giving away one scholarship to camp!

Everything You Wanted to Know about The BoomWriter Storytellers Camp

• WHO? Aspiring writers entering grades 6-8
• WHAT? A one-week online writing camp consisting of instruction, writing, feedback, and peer review
• WHEN? July and August 2013
• WHERE? Online at www.BoomWriter.com
• WHY? Awesome opportunity for campers to write and be published!

Each morning (anytime between 7:00 am – 11:00 am EST), campers will view an online writing lesson and then read, write, and submit their entry. All submissions will be reviewed by BoomWriter instructors.

Later in the day (anytime between 3:00 pm – 10:00 pm EST), campers will read the submissions of some of the other participants and be able to vote for the pieces they like the best. Campers will be notified of the winning submission the following morning prior to that day’s lesson. The process will continue throughout the week until the story is completed and a book is published!

• Week 1: July 22 – July 26
• Week 2: July 29 – August 2
• Week 3: August 5 – August 9
• Week 4: August 12 – August 16

BoomWriter Storytellers Camp inspires kids to write and showcase their creativity while helping to prevent summer learning loss…(more)