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YouthWrite Elbow River II Experience 2023

Early Bird Registration
2023-02-21
2023-04-01
$635.00 CAD
$655.00 CAD

July 9 - July 14, 2023

Day or Overnight Camp For Ages 15-19
An unforgettable experience for creative youth, spending time with quality instructors and other talented peers discussing ideas and sharing their work.

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Elbow River II Experience!

Registration is now open! 

Early Bird is OPEN! $20.00 off until April 1st!

PLEASE NOTE: REGISTRATION CLOSES ON JUNE 23, 2023

Day and Overnight Options

  • Ages 15-19
  • July 9th - July 14th, 2023
  • Day campers from 8:30 am - 9:00 pm. Overnighters arrive Sunday evening and stay until Friday afternoon.
  • FCJ centre: 219 19 Ave SW, Calgary, AB T2S 0C8
  • Tuition - two options
  1. $755 - Overnight at FCJ
  2. $655 - Day camp only

YouthWrite Fees Include

12 hours of daily instruction/activities led by highly qualified instructional and supervisory staff, supervised meals, break times, evening programs. All supplies are provided as are daily breakfasts (overnighters only) lunches, suppers, and snacks. Each participant is required to dress for the weather, bring PPE, indoor/outdoor shoes, and will receive a complimentary copy of YouthWrite: The Magazine.

For those of you new to YouthWrite:

Registration steps continue after registration on this site. After you complete the registration on this site, we ask that you proceed to Campfax, a secure camp database, and:

  • fill in important details
  • provide a letter of reference from a teacher/mentor
  • provide the answers to the four YouthWrite questions
  • provide a short sample of writing

You are not fully registered until all steps are completed.



Please note

All fees include $100 non-refundable fee.  No refunds will be made if registration is cancelled after June 23, 2023.

A full refund will be possible in the event an applicant is not accepted into the program or if COVID restrictions require that we cancel or reconfigure camp. YouthWrite Society Canada reserves the right to cancel courses and restrict enrollment. Courses, instructors and supervisors may be subject to change.




When

July 9th - July 14th, 2023

Full Week

Where

FCJ centre:

219 19 Ave SW, Calgary, AB T2S 0C8

Who

Guest instructors thus far:

Spyder Yardley-Jones

More TBA SOON!


Blue-Pencil Café:

TBA


Our Special Guest Presenter:

TBA


Our Super Supers:

Lead Super Anna Cooley

Lead Super Joey Lucius

More TBA SOON!


YouthWrite Director-Coordinator:
Gail Sidonie Sobat



Guest Instructors



YOUTHWRITE INSTRUCTORS: THE CREAM OF THE CROP!


Throughout YouthWrite's history, we have prided ourselves on the calibre of our fine instructors.


YouthWrite invites superbly talented and reputable instructors who represent the many facets of the performing, visual, musical, dance, film, and written arts. 


MORE AMAZING INSTRUCTORS TBA SOON!

Spyder Yardley-Jones


Bio

Spyder Yardley-Jones is an internationally recognized cartoonist, painter and sculptor. He has been teaching at YouthWrite since its inception. Spyder's artwork has been on exhibition in the US and Canada including The Art Gallery of Alberta. He has illustrated an award-winning graphic novel and created the artwork for Theatre Network's production of HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH. Spyder illustrated the forthcoming graphic comic, THE LOFTS, written by Rylan Kafara, which will be published in both digital and hardcopy!


Course

TBA - More info soon!



The Amazing Supers

Handpicked and multi-talented, YouthWrite Supers are the centre of our camps. As artists, teachers and mentors, they bring the X-Factor to YouthWrite.


MORE AMAZING SUPERS TBA SOON!


Joey Lucius

Joey Lucius - Lead Super


Joey Lucius is a performer and writer who's been a Rapid Fire Theatre staple for 15 years, contributes to the Beaverton, and is a Canadian Comedy Award winner for his work on YTV’s Canadian Screen Award nominated series That’s So Weird. He’s a proud cat daddy to a 16-year-old toothless angel named Gato. And he is so delighted to be Gail’s favourite.





Miranda Martini

Miranda is a musician and writer. Her writing can routinely be found in publications like Alberta Views and The Sprawl, and she co-wrote music for the award-winning play, John Ware Reimagined, a musical about the life and impact of legendary Alberta cowboy John Ware. Her music can also be heard in the documentary John Ware Reclaimed. As a former camper, Super, and Instructor, Miranda can’t wait to be back at YouthWrite this year as a Super!





YouthWrite Director- Coordinator

Gail Sidonie Sobat


is a multi-award-winning teacher and author, with twelve books for children, teens and adults, and a number of educational and academic articles. A Global News Woman of Vision and an Arts and Culture Citation Award recipient, she is the YouthWrite creator/ coordinator, an international presenter, an instructor in the professional writing program at MacEwan University and in the Faculty of Education at U of A. Gail was The Writers’ Union of Canada Regional Representative for Alberta, NWT and Nunavut, and writer in residence with the Metro Edmonton Federation of Libraries. 


She has moved forty times in her life from Badlands to Siksika Nation Reserve to hideous suburbs to Istanbul to the Sunshine Coast to her writer’s garret in a century-old temperamental house. She adores all of her Supers & Coordinators equally, and loves YouthWrite like a madwoman!




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