The Program
What makes the SYWC special?
Summer 2024 conference
June 30 - July 13, 2024
The SYWC is a summer conference for high schoolers passionate about creative writing. Here in Sewanee, at the southern end of the Cumberland Plateau, you'll spend two weeks reading, cultivating your writing, and forming a community with other young writers from near and far.
This year, we're offering courses in the following genres: (1) Fiction; (2) Poetry; (3) Literary Nonfiction; (4) Songwriting, and (5) Fantasy, Science Fiction, Fabulism: Short Fiction through a Fantastic Lens. We also offer multiple craft classes, taught by Sewanee faculty and special guests, as well as opportunities to meet via Zoom with our expert in revision and development.
Dates: June 30th - July 13th, 2024
Tuition: $2575
Application deadline: Friday, February 16, 2024
