Comp Camp

At Comp Camp, students:

• improve their writing skills,
• meet new friends,
• become published authors, and
• celebrate their accomplishments with friends and family!

Students learn from experienced and effective classroom teachers and have access to computers at Ball State University. They participate in a creative workshop experience writing stories, poems, and essays taking a close look at the power of word choice, voice, organization, sentence fluency, organization, and presentation. Students develop their writing skills as they spend time immersed in the writing process and receive personalized feedback through participation in peer response groups, teacher conferences and author’s chair.

Comp Camp workshops are offered ten Saturday sessions during Spring semester (Feb.-April), two weeks in the summer (June/July), and ten Saturday sessions during the Fall semester (Sept.-Dec.).

Fall 2007 Camp

Sept. 29, Oct. 6, 13, 20, 27, Nov. 3, 10, 17, Dec. 1, (celebration) 8
9:00 a.m. - Noon

Spring 2008 Camp

Feb. 16, 23, March 1, 8, 22, 29, April 5, 12, 19, (celebration) 26
9:00 a.m. - Noon

Summer 2008 Camp

June 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 23, 24, 25, 26, (celebration) 27
9:00 a.m.-Noon & 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Fall Comp Camp Registration

Download a registration form and mail it in with payment to secure one of the 20 spots for the next camp session.

• Registration form for Fall 2007 Comp Camp (Word)

Tuition: Writing Camp Workshop (ten sessions morning or afternoon): $100.00

Cancellations: Indiana Writing Project reserves the right to cancel the workshop or class because of insufficient enrollment or other unforeseen circumstances. If a workshop or class is cancelled, students are notified before the scheduled starting date of the workshop or class.

Refund Policy: No amount will be refunded when a student withdraws from a workshop unless the student never attended a session.

Comp Camp Reports

Learn more about comp camp by reading about the writing experiences of past "campers":

• 2006 Comp Camp report (pdf)
• 2005 Comp Camp report (Word)
• 2005 Comp Camp Saturday report (Word)
• 2004 Comp Camp report (pdf)