Working at WriCampia

Join the WriCampia community as a staff member!

Writopia Lab, an award-winning 501(C)(3) nonprofit that runs the country's best creative writing workshops for kids and teens, is looking for creative, passionate, and hard-working Counselors and Writing Instructors to assist at WriCampia, our twelve-day sleepaway camp in August 2024. WriCampia is a creative writing-oriented sleepaway camp for kids ages 10 to 18. Our young writers produce a range of works including stories, poems, plays, graphic novels, songs, and more.

We are looking for staff members who are

• passionate about creative writing and working with young writers;
• hungry to work in a hands-on, collaborative, and fun environment; and
• excited by the idea of joining a community of writers and fostering literacy and joy in children and teens through creative writing!

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Counselors are current college students, recent college graduates, and young professionals who are eager to support young writers and learn real-world skills in a fun, creative, supportive environment.

What Does a Counselor Do?

• WriCampia counselors are teaching assistants who serve as role models to our young writers while cultivating their confidence in — and love for — writing.
• While in our writing workshops, counselors provide typing, editorial, and moral support to our writers.
• Counselors sleep in a bunk and eat meals with their campers and provide support and guidance throughout camp.
• Counselors support and lead elective activities, which range from filmmaking, zine making, and spoken word, to roleplaying games, playwriting, novel writing, to lake, trapeze, horseback riding, and more!
• Counselors participate with their campers in Evening Activities like Scavenger Hunts and Dance Parties, and other camp-wide programming.

Instructors are published writers, produced playwrights, and teaching artists who lead writing workshops and a wide array of elective activities. We are looking for instructors who specialize in one or more of the following program areas: Creative Writing; Graphic Novels & Visual Arts; Playwriting & Performance; Filmmaking; Songwriting & Music; Journalism & Debate; Dungeons & Dragons & Role-Playing Games;

What Does an Instructor Do?

• Instructors teach three-hour morning workshops each day for a group of eight to ten campers. In workshop, Instructors lead Writopia Lab writing games and prompts, spend meaningful one-on-one time conferencing with each writer and providing high-level feedback on their writing projects, and facilitate group workshopping.
• Instructors teach three 90-minute elective activities per day, which range from filmmaking, zine making, and spoken word, to roleplaying games, playwriting, novel writing, and more!
• Instructors participate in camp-wide activities alongside their campers and provide support and mentorship to young writers throughout camp.

Staff Testimonials