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Regular Internships:
Unpaid structured
internships are available at the Center. These internships can
enhance a participant's resume and may be served
in conjunction with a
particular field of study. Interns gain a unique hands-on,
behind-the-scenes job experience in the nonprofit
arts field.
Young Emerging Writers Summer
Internship Program
Accepting
Applications in April 2012
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About the Program
For those young people in the Quad
Cities who are passionate about
writing, the
Midwest Writing Center offers the
Young Emerging Writers (YEW) Summer
Internship Program. This selective
five-week program held Mondays,
Tuesdays and Wednesdays (except July
4th) from June 11th through July
18th is for talented
graduating and continuing high
school students, ages 15-19,
interested in creating and
publishing works of fiction,
nonfiction, poetry, and/or drama.
Students who worked on the school
newspaper, school literary magazine
or yearbook, or who just love
writing or page layout and graphic
design, are ideal candidates for
YEW. The
ultimate goal of the program is
development of intern writing
abilities and the production and
distribution of a literary journal
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Young
Emerging Writer internships feature
intensive seminars in poetry, narrative
prose (fiction & nonfiction) and
collaborative writing among other kinds of
creative writing in a professional learning
atmosphere. Interns will learn about
magazine design and layout as well as gain
editorial and copy-editing experience. The
program culminates with the production of The
Atlas, a high-quality literary journal
featuring the best work produced by the
interns over the course of the program. The
journal will be released at The
Atlas Launch Party, an open house where
interns read from their selected works and
the journal is made available to the
public.
Ten to
twelve interns will be selected for the
program on the basis of their application
forms, writing or design samples, and
interviews. The writing and editing of
stories, essays, poems, and/or plays at home
is required, as is reading and responding to
work by other interns. Each intern will
also receive a small stipend, a free
full-conference registration the David R.
Collins Writers' Conference, a one-year
membership to the Midwest Writing Center and
three copies of The
Atlas.
Printable Application Form (PDF)
Program Funding
Funding support for the Young Emerging
Writers Summer Internship program generously
provided by the Melvin McKay Trust, Mary Iva
Gittens Knouse Trust, Quad City Arts Arts
Dollar$, and Fidlar Doubleday.
Middle School Camp:
July 23rd through 27th
Weeklong activities for students who have
completed sixth, seventh or eighth grade at
the end of the 2011-2012 school year. Check
back for fee details and information about
how to register.
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