Take a look at a sampling of what happened at Fine Lines Summer Camp 2010 at Beveridge Middle School. Click on a photo to enlarge!
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Summer Camp Pictures
Saturday, August 14th, 2010
55 Word Writing Contest: 2010
Saturday, July 31st, 2010After a successful 2009 contest, the 55-Word writing contest is back!
Requirements:
- Writers of all ages may submit. Winners are judged on the best stories.
- The subject matter should be appropriate for everyone, ages 9-99.
- There may be fewer than 55 words, but there may be no more than the limit. Hyphenated words count as one word, as do numbers when digits are provided (i.e., “one hundred twenty-seven” is three words; “127” is one word). Initials each count as a word (e.e. cummings would be three words); acronyms, such as MGM, would count as one word.
- Please follow the MLA format. Edit for errors.
- Titles are suggested, although not required, and should not exceed ten words in length. They are not included in the 55-word count.
- Entries should be typed in Times New Roman font and double spaced.
- Include the following: name, age, postal address, and email address.
- This contest is for fiction only: setting, characters, conflict, and resolution.
- Poetry and essays will not be considered.
2010 Fine Lines Summer Camp!
Saturday, April 17th, 20102010 Summer Camp for Creative Writers
Grades 4-12, College, and Adults
All Good Things
Saturday, October 17th, 2009All Good Things
17.2 Summer 2008
(David Martin is the Fine Lines Creative Writing Summer Camp Director.)
“All good things which exist are fruits of originality.” John Stuart Hill
Fine Lines creates summer writing camps for those young students of all ages who find peace in words. Our camps are places where writers of all abilitites share stories, essays, poems, and songs. These writing communities become a universe of combined wisdom in metaphor.
As “Woody” Gruber, one of our best camp story tellers, likes to say, “Each writer brings a candle of light and insight to the written page, and when those many sources of energy are united, they create a lighthouse that shines into the darkness and helps ‘those alone on ships at sea.’ Years ago, Arch Bishop Fulton Sheen used to have a television show called The Christophers, and his motto for each program was, ‘It is better to light just one candle than to curse the darkness.’ The most important thing writers can do is to light their candles by writing.” (more…)
2009 Summer Camp
Saturday, September 19th, 2009You can see the photos here.
Just one of the many writing groups!
Fine Lines is entering its eighteenth consecutive year of providing a place
where creative writers can share their written ideas with others. The
journal, therefore, is dedicated to the writing development of all its
members. What started out as a classroom project is now a fifty-state
network of authors who love the written word and have the support of a
501(c)3 nonprofit organization.
Messages from Summer Camp 2009
Tuesday, November 10th, 2009Messages from 2009 Fine Lines
Creative Writing Summer Campers
“Writing to some people is a joke. To me, it is my life. I have never
been in a place where I have felt so welcome, because of my talent.”
Ellen Garfoot
“I plan to keep on writing, because now, the words just flow in my
head. Before this camp, that did not happen. I think this experience
made me a better writer.” Mandie Livermore
“I enjoyed all the speakers, but I enjoyed most the two boys who played
a guitar and the piano. Their songs sounded like good poems put to
music.” Catie Doran
“This camp was the best experience I have had in a long time, because
not only did I enjoy it, but I could share my writing gift with others.”
Andrea Dai
“I was surprised how many jobs are connected to good writing techniques.”
Taylor Sutherland
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