WordsWorth 2023: Let’s Go!! – Registration deadline June 30!
WordsWorth 2023: Let’s Go!! Registration is now closed(After 10:00 AM on June 30th, registration will be fully closed and RDP room availability cannot be guaranteed.) Week 1 (ages 11 – 14): July 9th – 14th, 2023 | $610Week 2 (ages 15 – 19): July 16th – 21st, 2023 | $610 Location: Red Deer Polytechnic (RDP), Red Deer, AB T-shirt: $25Anthology: $12 We’re excited […]
WordsWorth 2022: Regeneration
Registration is now closed Week 1 (ages 11 – 14): July 10th – 15th, 2022 | $570Week 2 (ages 15 – 19): July 17th – 22nd, 2019 | $570 Location: Red Deer Polytechnic, Red Deer, AB T-shirt: $20Anthology: $10 Though we will not be having our typical adventures near Bragg Creek at Kamp Kiwanis, we […]
WordsWorth Presents: Circuit Tree 2020
An online summer creative writing residency for youth aged 11-19 July 19 – 24 (ages 11-19), $250OnlineRegistration for Circuit Tree 2020 is now closed. The first ten registrations or referrals to a friend who hasn’t attended our summer camp in a previous year will receive a free t-shirt. From the creative minds that brought you […]
Drink the Wild Air 2020 – Cancelled
Date: March 20-22, 2020 Place: Nestor Lodge, Kamp Kiwanis in Bragg CreekAges: The retreat is for young writers ages 12-19. Cost: $215 (Price includes meals – Friday dinner to lunch on Sunday, overnight accommodations, classes and evening activities.) Drink the Wild Air 2020 has been cancelled. A Message from Colin Matty Dear Friends of WordsWorth, The best of the season to one and all! This […]
WordsWorth 2019: Legends of Note
Week 1 (ages 11 – 14): July 14 – 19, 2019Week 2 (ages 15 – 19):July 21 – 26, 2019, $550Week 3 (ages 14 – 19): July 28 – August 2, 2019, $550Two-Week Option (ages 14 – 19):July 21 – August 2, 2019, $1035 T-shirt: $20Anthology: $10 (Please note if you are signing up for more than one […]
2019 WordsWorth Instructors & Courses
We are thrilled to present the instructors for Wordsworth 2019. [button link= size=”large” bg_color=”#aa9949″ border=”#aa9949″]Registration is Now Closed[/button] WordsWorth 2019 Instructors [tabs style=”default”] [tab title=”Marcello Di Cintio”]Weeks 1 & 3– Writing Wrongs Marcello Di Cintio is the author of four books of documentary literature including Walls: Travels Along the Barricades and, most recently, Pay No Heed to the Rockets: […]
WordsWorth 2018: The Grand Investigation
WordsWorth 2018: The Grand Investigation July 15 – 20, 2018 – Week 1 – Ages 11-14, $550 July 22 – 27, 2018 – Week 2 – Ages 15-19, $550 July 29 – August 3, 2018 – Week 3 – Ages 14-19, $550 Two-Week Option (ages 14 – 19): July 22 – August 3, 2018: $1035 T-shirt: $20 Anthology: $10 […]
2018 WordsWorth Instructors & Courses
We are thrilled to announce the instructors for Wordsworth 2018. More names and course descriptions will be added as they are confirmed! [button link=”https://writersguild.ca/wordsworth-2018-form/” size=”large” bg_color=”#aa9949″ border=”#aa9949″]Register Now[/button] WordsWorth 2018 Instructors [tabs style=”default”][tab title=”Derek Beaulieu”] Week 2 Derek Beaulieu is the author / editor of 20 collections of poetry, prose and criticism including two volumes of […]
Drink the Wild Air 2018 – Registration Deadline Extended!
Date: March 9-11, 2018 Place: Nestor Lodge, Kamp Kiwanis in Bragg Creek, Alberta. Ages: The retreat is for young writers ages 12-19. Cost: $208 (Price includes meals – Friday dinner to lunch on Sunday, overnight accommodations, classes and evening activities.) Because we can’t offer WordsWorth all year long, there’s Drink the Wild Air. Drink the Wild Air is a whirlwind weekend of […]
WordsWorth 2017
WordsWorth is a week-long sleepover creative writing residency for young writers who believe in the power of words. Writers will be completely immersed in the creative and diverse world of writing. Guided by established and respected artist-instructors, writers will experience writing through fiction, poetry, spoken word, music, drama, film making, monologue and nonfiction. But […]