July 10 Deadline Set to Register for Teenswrite
A Teenswrite student reads her work at a poetry slam.
The deadline to register for Teenswrite on the University of Arkansas campus is July 10. Online registration is available.
The annual summer writing camp hosted by the Northwest Arkansas Writing Project is for students entering the eighth grade and above. It takes place July 21-25 in the Army ROTC Building, 775 W. Maple St., on the U of A campus. Cost is $115.
The department of curriculum and instruction in the College of Education and Health Professions co-sponsors the camp. It is directed by teacher-consultants of the Northwest Arkansas Writing Project.
Contacts
Heidi Wells, director of communications
College of Education and Health Professions
479-575-3138,
heidisw@uark.edu
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