For rising 9th-12th-grade girls:
Sunday, July 18 – Saturday, July 24, 2021
This one-week summer writing retreat provides students with individualized attention and a choice of activities to develop core skills in fiction, poetry, and personal narrative. At Hollins, we value helping students find and hone their own voices. Lectures, workshops, and special events with Hollins faculty and visiting authors encourage participants to experiment with new forms and styles of writing in a supportive environment. Past keynote topics have included fantasy writing, publishing, graphic novels, screenwriting, #ownvoices, and picture books. Each day includes unstructured time for students to practice writing, work one-on-one with leaders, and get to know the other students.
Apply NowResidential: $950
Day (9 am – 5 pm): $400
- Register and pay the nonrefundable $200 deposit by March 1 to receive a 10% discount.
Marcie Flinchum Atkins
- Graduate of the M.A. and M.F.A. programs in children’s literature at Hollins
- Two-time recipient of the Shirley Henn Creative Writing Award
- Librarian in Northern Virginia
- Children’s book author; had five nonfiction titles published in 2019
- Muses about mentor texts at www.marcieatkins.com
Follow her on Twitter @MarcieFAtkins and read about her #writerlife on Instagram at @marciefatkins
Meighan L. Sharp
- Graduate of the M.F.A. program in creative writing at Hollins; holds an M.Ed. from the University of South Carolina
- Teaches at Hollins University
- Recently spent 15 months as an artist-in-residence at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital
- Author of the poetry chapbook, Anywhere You’re Going, and the forthcoming collection, Effusive Greetings to Friends
- Her poetry and fiction appear in numerous literary journals including The Sun, Crazyhorse, DIALOGIST, Blackbird, and elsewhere