Jeff VanderMeer just announced that registration is now open for the third summer of the Shared Worlds teen creative-writing camp. Go check out Jeff’s entry for links to last year’s world-wikis and the lovingly written and designed 2009 chapbook. I’ll be returning to talk writing and game design next summer, and hopefully we’ll see lots of returning faces from last year’s students, too. According to the official announcement, next year the camp will be full of great creative types, teaching the kids (and me, being me). Witness:

Instructors for 2010 will include Spiderwick Chronicles creator Holly Black, critically acclaimed YA and adult authors Kathe Koja and Marly Youmans, Nebula Award winner Michael Bishop, writer and gaming expert Will Hindmarch, and World Fantasy Award winner Jeff VanderMeer, plus Wofford College’s own Dr. Christine Dinkins, philosophy professor, and Jeremy Jones, lecturer and camp director. Artist Scott Eagle will also conduct a workshop during the camp. Although the full 2011 roster will be announced later, Shared Worlds is pleased to note that Philip K. Dick Award finalist Minister Faust and Nnedi Okorafor, winner of the Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature for her novel Zahrah the Windseeker, have both accepted invitations to attend as visiting writers.

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