About

THE YOUNG WRITERS WORKSHOP of the University of Virginia is a nonprofit arts organization established in 1982 as the nation’s flagship program for young writers. Now entering its fifth decade, it continues to lead the way in bringing together high school writers from across the country and internationally with a common purpose: to create a supportive, non-competitive environment where they can work together as artists in a dynamic residential environment.

The program offers four Genre Workshops which are shaped by the dynamic principles of play, invention, response, revision, performance, and publication. Participants invent, develop, and revise material using the writer’s most essential tools—language, imagination, and craft. They conference with instructors and peer writers, examine contemporary artists’ work beyond the high school canon, and become more discerning readers.