Meadow Brook Writing Camps

Each summer, Meadow Brook Hall opens the estate to aspiring student writers of all ages for the Meadow Brook Writing Camps (MBWC), hosted by the Meadow Brook Writing Project.

Participants will discover secret staircases and amazing playhouses while being challenged and inspired at creative writing workshops at the National Historic Landmark, located in Rochester on the campus of Oakland University.


MEADOW BROOK WRITING CAMPS

Let your young writer be inspired at a Meadow Brook Writing Camp – available in-person or online.

  • Collaborative teaching teams consist of K-12 writing teachers and Oakland University faculty from the Department of Writing and Rhetoric.
  • All are alumni of Meadow Brook Writing Project’s Summer Institute, an intensive writer’s workshop for master teachers involved in the National Writing Project (NWP).
  • All youth camp teachers are involved in continuing education, including NWP conferences, publications and teacher- training workshops. Teachers are assisted by trained Meadow Brook Hall docents.

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Each day during MBWC, young writers will tour the historic house museum and world-class gardens to nurture, polish and ultimately publish their original works. Published works include both written and digital presentation.


WRITING CAMPS 2024

Young writers at the Meadow Brook Writing CampsGrades K-2: Emerging authors will tour the mansion and gardens with professional instructors and docents from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m., and workshop with fellow writers in their age group. Students will be guided using shared reading, read-alouds, shared writing, narrative writing, poetry and literacy stations. Presentations of one polished work will be conducted at the close of the last day of that week’s camp.

Grades 3-5: Developing authors will tour the mansion and gardens with professional instructors and docents from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m., and workshop with fellow writers in their age group. Different genres of prose and poetry will be explored using mentor texts of fiction, fantasy, folklore, mystery and biographical origins. One day of camp will be spent at Oakland University rendering one of their works into a digital movie that will be uploaded to YouTube. Presentations of one polished work will be conducted at the close of the last day of that week’s camp.

Grades 6-8: Maturing authors will tour the mansion and gardens with professional instructors and docents from 9 a.m.until 1 p.m., and workshop with fellow writers in their age group. Students will be engaged in poetry and prose in such genres as art journaling, fantasy, dystopian, historical, personal narrative, and magical realism. One day of camp will be spent at Oakland University rendering one of their works into a digital movie that will be uploaded to YouTube. Presentations of one polished work will be conducted at the close of the last day of that week’s camp.

Grades 9-12: Young authors will tour the mansion and gardens with professional instructors and docents from 9 a.m.until 1 p.m., and workshop with fellow writers in their age group. Advanced writing opportunities will include challenging poetry and prose in genres such art journaling, fantasy, dystopian, historical, personal narrative, and magical realism. One day of camp will be spent at Oakland University rendering one of their works into a digital movie that will be uploaded to YouTube. Presentations of one polished work will be conducted at the close of the last day of that week’s camp.

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MEADOW BROOK WRITING CAMPS 2024

Young writers at the Meadow Brook Writing Camps

Camp A: $450

Full day camp, June 24-28, 2024
Grades K-2, 3-5, 6-8

Camp B: $450

July 8 – 12, 2024
Full day camp, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Grades K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

Camp C: $450

July 15-19, 2024
Full day camp, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Grades K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

Camp D: $325

July 22 – July 26, 2024
Half day camp, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Grades K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

 

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Note: There is a four-week cancellation policy for all camps. You must cancel four weeks prior to the first day of camp in order to receive a full refund.

One scholarship is available each summer for siblings of children battling life-threatening illnesses: The Elsa and Ingrid Scholarship for Young Authors and Artists.

To learn more or to apply for the scholarship, contact MBWC at or (248) 370-4151 or MBWC Camp Director Rebecca Rivard at .

Oakland University’s highest priority in providing exemplary academic, athletic and social programs for youth is protecting the health, safety and welfare of all participants. See oakland.edu/youth for detailed information.


Interested in more creative youth programs at Meadow Brook Hall? New this year, we are also offering Meadow Brook Art Camps!

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Register here for the 2024 Meadow Brook Writing Camps.