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 WordsWorth […]
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 is […]
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 […]
“Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson Date: March 10-12, 2017 Place: Kamp Kiwanis in Bragg Creek, Alberta. Ages: The retreat is for young writers ages 12-19. Cost: $190 (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 […]
February 21-23 Watson Lodge, Kamp Kiwanis We gathered in the snow with LARPing swords and words to write. We left with the fortitude to craft our words into stories and with new friends. The Frivolity The Writing The Campfires The Outdoors The Dorms The dining (notice I didn’t take any photo evidence […]
The Bookstore by Jessica Chen The bookstore on the corner was my home. Not literally, of course—I lived two blocks over, but I spent most of my time in the bookstore. It didn’t look like a bookstore on the outside. To know what was in the shop you had to go inside; the patina of […]
For those brave enough to write and drink the wild air, it’s time to get ready! Here’s a list of what to pack. For writing: (you will take 3 writing courses) A notebook pens, pencils, coloured pencils (whatever you need to get your […]
Have you seen the courses we’ve got lined up? The Instructors? The location? Drink The Wild Air promises to be an incredible weekend to escape the city to write and play in the mountains. But Our numbers are low. We need more young writers to make this work. We can’t run this weekend at a […]
Erinne Sevigny is an editor and writer, but mostly an editor. She’s also the current Writers’ Guild of Alberta Edmonton Teen Mentor. She brings a decade of literary experience, including an applied bachelor’s in professional writing and seven years at the helm of a literary journal. This summer she […]
