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Writing the City Summer Camps for Youth Join Steve Carlson for Writing the City – a unique writing camp that challenges young writers to use the City of Lancaster as inspiration for short works of fiction and non­fiction. This is Writing the City’s third year! Each day begins with a warm­up exercise followed by an introduction to a writing concept or genre. From there, students write in locations around the city, share work and receive editing advice and support from the instructor. Each session is limited to six students.​
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Classes are fun and lively! Over the past two summers, students have crafted works at Buchanan Park, Franklin & Marshall College, Central Market, downtown art galleries, Penn Square, Binns Park, Musser Park, Lennox Lane, Tellus360’s green roof, From Here to Timbuktu, Chestnut Hill Café, the Shreiner­Concord Cemetery, St. James Episcopal Church Cemetery, the Lancaster Convention Center and various out­of­the­way spaces in the city. Students write based on or inspired by personal experience, eaves­dropped dialog, characters they see about town, location, historical Lancaster, found objects, fine art and more. Students also create literary­based art installations using various media. Each week­long session is open to current fifth through eighth grade students and in addition to fiction and nonfiction, students will be led through activities and projects which will use language and the creative word in novel and new ways. Chalk stories in the park, sticky­note fiction, plastic­egg stories and popsicle­stick literature are examples that were hits among campers last summer. Meeting locations include Buchanan Park (Monday), Chestnut Hill Cafe (Tuesday) and Steinman Park (Wednesday ­ Friday). With the exception of Monday’s Buchanan Park/Franklin and Marshall Campus day, pick up is at the Lancaster Public Library Parking lot. Exact content for each week will be determined after registration is complete. Discounts for multi­session registrants and siblings are available and every effort will be made to adjust content should students register for more than one session. Writing the City Meeting time: 9 am to 12 pm Cost per session: $125 Sessions:
June 15­19
June 22­26
July 6­10
July 13­17 July 20­24 Contact Steve for more information: ​
[email protected]​
279­1878 Steve Carlson​
has been teaching English and Social Studies at the New School of Lancaster for 11 years. He has supported students to regional and national awards in the Scholastic Art and Writing Contest and has written about the arts for woodstovehouse.com. He is the creator of the World’s Smallest Chalk Art Station, the World’s Smallest Watercolor Station and the World’s Smallest Poetry Station, interactive projects designed to liven­up the Lancaster streetscape. He is a board member of Creative Works of Lancaster and helps bring unique theater to the City.