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Applications for SYWC 2026 open in December 2025.
Looking for more writing community during the academic year? Apply now to our online Winterim program!
The SYWC is a summer conference for high schoolers passionate about creative writing. Here in Sewanee, at the southern end of the Cumberland Plateau, you'll spend two weeks reading, cultivating your writing, and forming a community with other young writers from near and far. Looking for a midyear writing opportunity? Check out our Winterim program.
Summer
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Learn about the history of our program.
Hear from past participants in our conference.
Find all of the SYWC policies and procedures here.
Questions? Contact us here.