Summer Writing Camps 2025

Students and teachers from an elementary camp pose with their notebooks on GVSU Grand Rapids campus

Explore the wonders of writing

Summer Writing Camps are for students who are interested in writing! They will meet and write with new friends. Our teachers will inspire creative thinking as young writers explore various styles and genres.

Each morning of camp, students enter an exciting environment and participate in activities that create a community of writers and provide nurturing support for developing authors. To prompt writing, campers and facilitators may travel from their campsite to various age-appropriate places of interest, learning, and inspiration.

 

Cost and Information

$150 per Student


Reduced-cost tuition available on registration form

T-shirt, notebook & snacks included
Explore styles and genres
Grades 3-12
Camp Details

The cost of camp is $150/person, which includes a t-shirt, notebook, and snacks provided each day of camp. A reduced-cost tuition option is available on the registration form. Non-refundable payment is required to hold your spot. Registrations will be available until one week before the start of each camp or until full, whichever is sooner. Each camp is capped at 20-25 students, depending on the camp. Register by the deadline to receive a camp t-shirt!

Our teachers are Lake Michigan Writing Project Teacher-Consultants who have been identified as outstanding teachers of writing and nurturing role models for our campers. Teachers plan writing activities that build confidence while providing the writing tools that inspire creative thinking and the author’s craft. Campers write a variety of pieces such as poems, autobiographical sketches, short stories, and nature observations while engaging in the writing process of drafting, revising, responding and editing. Finally, each camper will choose a piece of his or her writing for publication in the camp anthology.

Meet our teachers

Elementary Summer Writing Camp

Elementary Summer Writing Camp 2021

6th - 12th Grade Summer Writing Camp

6th - 12th Grade Summer Writing Camp 2021

2025 Camp Schedule

 Camp Locations

Grade in Fall 2025

Date

Time

ALLENDALE (GVSU Main Campus) 

3-5

TBD

8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

ALLENDALE (GVSU Main Campus)

6-8

TBD

8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

ALLENDALE (GVSU Main Campus)

9-12

TBD

9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

GRAND RAPIDS (GVSU Pew/Downtown Campus) 

3-5

TBD

8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

GRAND RAPIDS (GVSU Pew/Downtown Campus)

6-8

TBD

8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

GRAND RAPIDS (GVSU Pew/Downtown Campus)

9-12

TBD

9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

WRITE YOUR COLLEGE ESSAY (GVSU Pew/Downtown Campus)

12

TBD

1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

A student sits outside writing in a journal

Write Your College Essay Workshop

2025 Dates TBD
1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. ET

Write Your College Essay is a workshop for students applying to college in the fall. Each student will finish the workshop with a completed Common App essay that will be ready to apply to colleges. The workshop will be held at the GVSU Pew/Downtown Campus. Space is limited. Apply today!

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2025 Summer Writing Camp Registration

Registration for the 2025 Summer Writing Camps is not yet open. Check back for camp schedule and registration.

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A student writes among the trees of Grand Valley's campus.
Campers smile in their class before their writing celebration party
A small group of campers circle up and share their writing surrounded by trees on GVSU's campus.


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