Wick Juniors Summer Writing Camp
WICK JUNIORS SUMMER WRITING CAMP
REGISTRATION FOR THE 2025 CAMP IS NOW CLOSED DUE TO CAPACITY. Please check back in January 2026 for 2026 camp registration.
Wednesday, July 9 - Sunday, July 13, 2025
Registration for Wick Juniors will open on January 20th. Click Here to Register.
Please note due to staffing and space constraints, capacity is limited to 65 campers and we have filled up quickly the last several years. To be placed on the waitlist in case of cancelation or with any questions you might have, please email us at wickjuniors@kent.edu.
ABOUT
Wick Juniors offers opportunities for young writers, entering 3rd grade to 12th grade, to have a positive experience exercising their own capacities for self-expression.
We achieve this via a combination of a supportive community of peers, our passionate trained teaching artists, and our unique collaboration with the Conservancy for Cuyahoga Valley National Park which helps us to offer active, hands-on experiences in the Park. Together these elements help your writers ask important questions about their place in the world.
Trained Wick Poetry Center Teaching Artists and CVNP Environmental Education Center staff facilitate the camp activities. Campers get to know each other and explore various aspects of the Kent State University Campus on Wednesday. The next day they join us the Cuyahoga Valley National Park for Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday morning. With the National Park as our laboratory and inspiration, we organize a variety of hands on activities paired with creative reflection. We are housed overnight Thursday-Sunday at the Environmental Education Center. We welcome friends and families to a culminating reading and celebration on Sunday morning.
HISTORY
Wick Juniors Writing Club began offering a summer camp in 2016. This camp is offered in partnership with the Conservancy for Cuyahoga Valley National Park. This is a unique collaboration with the Conservancy's Environmental Education Center (EEC) and the Cuyahoga Valley National Park staff.
If you have any questions or concerns please email: wickjuniors@kent.edu