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The 2024 High School Writers Conference will take place on October 18, 2024, from 9:30–3:00.

If you’re a high school student who loves to write, this annual conference is for you. If you’ve dreamed about journalism, law, nursing, or working for your city, and want to know how people in those professions use writing every day, this conference is also for you. 

Our keynote speaker will present an opening talk that will inspire you in your writing. Then choose from sessions on poetry and performance, worldbuilding, game storytelling, news reporting, and more. Experience life on a college campus with workshops at the historic Rutgers-Camden Writers House and lunch at the dining hall. We’ll cap off the day with an open mic, where you can volunteer to present your own original work.

 

This year’s speakers and facilitators 

Keynote Speaker: Madeline Miller, author of Circe and The Song of Achilles
Game Storytelling: Roy Graham
Poetry: Wes Matthews and Gabriel Ramirez
Novel Writing: Eric Smith
Comics: Alli Katz
Memoir: Davon Loeb
Journalism/Reporting: Jason Nark
Worldbuilding: Micaiah Johnson
Songwriting: Wolf Weston
 

For teachers 

Want to bring an entire class? Want more information about this year’s program? Contact us at writers@camden.rutgers.edu.

Admission Information

Free

Contact
Sienna Zeilinger
856-668-4980
writers@camden.rutgers.edu

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The first Rutgers-Camden High School Writers Conference was held April 13, 2018. Made possible by funds from the Camden County
Cultural and Heritage Commission, a partner of the
New Jersey State Council on the Arts.