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Poet-Tree Workshop
Each year, YWI participates in the Town of Cary Giving Tree project. We decorate one of the trees that line Academy Street with original poems by students, and we call it our "Poet-Tree"! This year, we'd like to invite everyone to join us for our free workshop to help make ornaments for the tree. We will learn some poetic devices and some fun short poetry forms, then we will write and revise poems. Finally, we'll make ornaments out of our poems to decorate the Poet-Tree.
Cary citizens vote to determine the best trees, and the winners will have a donation made in their honor to a nonprofit of their choice. If we win, we will donate to 826 National, a nationwide project dedicated to lifting young voices.
FREE
Saturday, November 23
5:30-7:00 pm
Ages 8-13
Wild Writers
LET NATURE BE YOUR INSPIRATION!
Writing is a practice that can connect us to ourselves, to one another, and to the Earth itself. Let's take our writing outside to capture the wonder of nature with our words! Wild Writers is a workshop that meets at local parks where we will venture into natural spaces to watch, listen, discuss, read, learn, play, share, and - most importantly - WRITE!
- Wild Writers will meet on sunny, cloudy, misty or foggy days. We will not meet on rainy, stormy, severely cold, or severely hot days. Canceled programs will be fully refunded.
- Make sure you dress appropriately for the weather!
- We will walk/wander up to one mile during our program.
- Students need only bring water. We will provide everything else.
$25
Ages 8-12
Bond Park
Tuesday, November 5, 2024
10:00am-12:00pm
North Cary Park
Friday, April 18, 2025
10:00am-12:00pm
School's Out Workshops
Join us on your day off school for a fun writing adventure! Our one-day workshops focus on specific skills for any writer's toolbox. Deepen your knowledge of writing and have fun working, planning, drawing, playing, and sharing with other young authors.
These workshops are scheduled on teacher workdays listed on the calendar for Wake County schools. If you are not in Wake County schools, please check your school system's calendar!
Sibling and multi-class discounts: $10 off each additional camp.
Monsterology
From science fiction to fantasy to folklore, many genres feature creatures and monsters that spring from pure imagination. In this workshop, we will study monsters from the literature of many cultures and times, noting the features that make them unique and the characteristics that make them work well in stories. Then we will work to create a cast of monsters to use in stories now and in the future. What brutes, demons, ogres, imps, and scallywags can you dream up during this spooky season?
Ages 8-12
October 14, 2024
8:30am-3:30pm
Tuition is $100 for this one-day workshop. Sibling and multi-class discounts apply.
Map-Making for Story Worlds
Have you ever opened a book and felt delighted to find a map of the story's world on the first few pages? It's so fun to use these maps to follow characters on their journeys! Learn to enhance your stories by creating maps using techniques in both digital and paper media, then plan characters and plots that unfold in the world you envisioned.
Ages 8-12
November 11, 2024
8:30am-3:30pm
Tuition is $100 for this one-day workshop. Sibling and multi-class discounts apply.