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Michiana

         Writers'

            Center 

                                                             

The Place for Writers

  

"To share our stories

is not only a worthwhile

endeavor for the storyteller,

but for those who hear our

stories and feel less alone

because of it." ~Joyce Maynard


  

Clip art licensed from the Clip Art Gallery

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Bored this summer?

Come write with us!

 

2020 Summer Youth Writing Camp

             Our plans for the summer include online and in-person writing sessions to get your brain working and your pencil moving! Choose from short 2 hour workshops or sign up for a 2-week online writing quest. Publish your work in our anthology and submit it for inclusion in Urban Youth Theatre's If We Listen project. ArtBeat has also invited us to read again this year!         

 

 

Designed for writers in grades 3-12

      

     Our mini writing camps offer...

 

  • Publication--Submit your work to our 2020 Anthology 
  • Choice--work on the type of writing you enjoy
  • Collaboration--meet peers that share your passion for writing
  • Growth--set personal goals and focus on what  you want to learn
  • Fun--Workshops to spark creativity 
  • Audience--Opportunity to read at ArtBeat and Barnes and Noble 

 

                                     Space is limited

Click here to view mini-camp offerings

 

                 Click here for registration form. 

 


 

What have we been doing during COVID?

WRITING!

Enjoy the amazing work of local young authors

 
 

               

 

                         The Inventor  by Dessie Mikels-Carrasco

     Hunched over his Legos, he stares intently at his work. Eyes narrowed in concentration.

     “What are you working on?”  I ask.

      He contemplates me for a second, his deep chocolate eyes unblinking and measuring, like a lizard stalking its prey. He begins to explain his project, his skinny arms wave energetically as he talks, pointing at his creation, and miming what it will do when completed. His curly to the roots, dusty brown hair bounces as he moves. Spare curls falling into his lightly freckled face, he brushes them back with a spare hand; his nails in desperate need of cleaning. His forever smudged glasses catch the light, obscuring his eyes for a moment as he talks - beaming with pride over his invention. He smiles when he finishes explaining, his pink lips turning up at the ends; the dimple on his left cheek becoming prominent. His smile reveals a missing tooth and the small silver band that exposes his retainer. As I get up to leave he turns back to his project, humming a song of his own devising, happy with his work. 

 

 

 

   

Local writer, Kathy Higgs-Coulthard, believes that great stories start by asking WHAT IF? In her latest middle grade novel, Kathy asked ...

 

What if...  your dad came home with 43 chickens in the back of his truck? What would your friends think if your kitchen became a clucking, pecking, cock-a-doodle-dooing madhouse?

 

That's exactly what happened to middle-schooler Sami Duggan in this novel set in South Bend, Indiana.

Now available as an e-book (on Amazon for $3.99) or in print through CleanReadsAmazon, or Barnes & Noble.

 

 

 

 

 Previously Featured Authors:

 

 Emma Maginn ~ December 2010

Shimmy Lindow ~ January 2011

Erin Joines ~ March 2011

Michelle Kwak~Fall 2012

Oliver Kaufhold November 2012

Thatcher Boyd 2012

A.J. Sullivan ~ February 2013

Catherine Horvath ~ March 2013

Leah Hershberg ~ April 2013

Emily Smith ~ May 2013

Caleb Evans ~ August 2013

 

Rose Kavanagh ~ September 2013

Gabby Haywood ~ October 2013

Casey Marlin ~ January 2014

Sarala Lindow ~ February 2014

Gabby Szynski ~ May 2014

Mike Dowd ~ June 2014

Alex Lyon ~ July 2015

Brady Tuttle ~ August 2015

Larissa Evans ~ September 2015

Natalie Rarick ~ October 2015

Monica Thomason ~ March 2016

Evan Nayee ~ April 2016

Alanna Bertoncini~August 2016

 

Tori Brewer ~ September 2016

Grace Haywood ~ October 2016

Isaac Shrader ~ October 2017

Genevieve Coleman ~ January 2018

Ruth Wadzinski ~ July 2018

Lourdes Baltazar ~ August 2018

Jezel Guerrero ~ September 2018

Bridget Daugherty~ December 2018 

Wren Moriconi ~ September 2019 

Stella Chrystler ~ February 2020

John Thomason ~ March 2020

Gianna Ventura ~ May 2020

 

 




   

 

We'd love to hear from you!

Contact Director, Kathy Higgs-Coulthard

via email michianawriterscenter@gmail.com

via phone (574) 220-8798

Find Kathy online at www.writewithkathy.com

 

 

 

Resurrection Lutheran Academy

with much appreciation for hosting our SYWP at their beautiful, state of the art facility since 2012.

http://rlasouthbend.com/

 

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Fall Workshops

& Classes

starting soon!

 

Like to write? Want to get better at it?

Sign up now, for our fun fall classes!

 

For Adults:

Prompt & Write (adults)
Instructors: Erica Vitale
Prop and Prompt...bring an item and we'll write a story around it
Saturday, October 15, 10:00-3:00
Firehouse Youth Center, rm 4
Cost: $30

 

Short Story Elements (adults)
Instructor: Erica Vitale
Come write a short story (or two). We’ll
provide prompt idea and highlight writing
strategies and elements of short stories.
Saturday, November 19, 10:00-3:00
Firehouse Youth Center, rm 4
Cost: $30

 

For Children & Teens
Imagination Explorers (grades 1-3)
Instructor: Mary Ann Moore
Hands-on activities to stimulate the
imagination of emerging writers.
Saturdays, 4:00-5:15 pm
10/29 Shivering Shadows
11/5 Choose Your Own Adventure
11/12 Book Whispers
11/19 To Grandmother’s House
Firehouse Youth Center, rm 6
Cost: $20 / session or $75 for all 4

 

Drawn to the Page (grades 4-8)
Instructor: Carrie Morton
Use art and illustrations to inspire your
writing!
Tuesdays, 6:15-7:30pm
10/4, 10/11, 10/18, 10/25
Firehouse Youth Center, rm 6
Cost: $20 / session or $75 for all 4

 

Novel Writing Club (Teens)
Instructor: Kathy Higgs-Coulthard
Working on a novel? This workshop will
support you as you wrestle with character
development and plot design. Bring your
novel in progress or start one with us.
Once a month on Sunday, 4-6pm
November 13
December 11
January 15
February 12
March 11
Cost: $100 (that’s only $20/class!)

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