Resources for Teen Writers Interested in Science Fiction & Fantasy Writing Home  |  SF&F Contests  |  Other Contests  |  Markets  |  Writing Workshops  |  SF&F Resources    WRITING WORKSHOPS General Information on Workshops: Thinking about taking a creative writing class? Check out these articles -- How to be Class Conscious by Tim Waggoner The Write Class by Steven Piziks Writers' Workshops by James Patrick Kelly Compare summer Science Fiction & Fantasy workshops in The Family of Summer SF Workshops by Trent Walters   Speculative Fiction Writing Workshops -Teens: Alpha, the Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Workshop for Young Writers  ages 14-19 runs for ten days every July in the Pittsburgh area in conjunction with Pittsburgh's science fiction convention Confluence.   Speculative Fiction Writing Workshops - Adults: Although these workshops are for adults, many have been successfully attended by older teens. Clarion  is a six week summer intensive workshop at the University of California at San Diego. From 1972-2006, Clarion was at Michigan State University, E. Lansing, MI. Clarion South in Australia Clarion West  similar to Clarion, is a six week summer intensive workshop in Seattle, WA. Odyssey  is a six week summer intensive workshop in New Hampshire. Oregon Coast Professional Fiction Writers Workshop Uncle Orson's Boot Camp  Week long writing workshop offered by Orson Scott Card in June in Virginia. Details usually appear in January or February on his website Viable Paradise: Fantasy & Science Fiction Writers' Workshop  on Martha's Vineyard, MA, one week in October Writer's Workshop  is a two week workshop at the  Center for the Study of Science Fiction at the University of Kansas In addition, several conventions offer short writing workshops including Wiscon Writers' Workshop Context Writing Workshops   Summer Writing Programs for Teens: California State Summer School of the Arts Centauri Summer Arts Camp Niagara, Canada Converse College Young Writers Summer Workshop Spartanburg, SC Duke Creative Writers' Workshop  for grades 10 & 11; Durham, North Carolina Duke Young Writers Camp for grades 6-11; Durham, North Carolina Interlochen Center for the Arts Iowa Young Writers' Studio Jonathan R. Reynolds Young Writers Workshop at Denison University; Granville, Ohio Kenyon Review Young Writers Workshop at Kenyon College, Gambier, OH New England Young Writers' Conference for students from New England and New York New York State Summer Young Writers Institute National Book Foundation's Summer Camp Sewanee Young Writers Conference Sewanee, TN Writers Workshop at Susquehanna University Thinking & Writing: Workshops Great Barrington, MA; Portland, OR; Lake Forest, IL The University of Virginia's Young Writers Workshop Charlottesville, VA Young Writers Workshop at North Carolina State University TeenInk lists a large number of summer program including many in writing in their classified ads section.