http://cache.io9.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/io9.com.png http://io9.com/tag/sharedworlds http://io9.com/tag/sharedworlds Every year, author Jeff VanderMeer organizes a two-week workshop for teens devoted to worldbuilding. It's called "Shared Worlds," and this summer's workshop at Wofford College in South Carolina still has some vacancies. More »
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Are you a teen who is interested in worldbuilding in fiction, videogames, or art? Then we've got the best summer school class you'll ever take. It's called "Shared Worlds," and it's a two-week workshop on a South Carolina college campus where you meet with science fiction and fantasy authors, who help you create the world of your dreams. Enrollment is now open. More »
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If you're a teenager and you spend a lot of time thinking about worldbuilding, then the SharedWorlds creative writing program at Wofford College is basically your homeland. The week-long program, co-organized by io9 contributor Jeff VanderMeer, took place in late July. Teens got to build their own worlds and then write about them, with input and help from VanderMeer, as well as other amazing authors like Ekaterina Sedia and Tobias Buckell. In fact, the program was such a success that program director Jeremy Jones ordered up a sequel. So you can go to SharedWorlds in 2009. Not convinced? Here's what Jones and VanderMeer had to say about this year's program. More »
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If you're a high school student looking for a way to reboot your creative brain for a couple of weeks this summer, check out the Wofford College Shared Worlds Creative Writing program. For two weeks, students will live at Wofford's South Carolina campus and have a chance to learn about building imaginary worlds from published authors, scientists, and artists. io9's Jeff VanderMeer, author of countless amazing short stories and editor of the recent collection The New Weird, will be Assistant Director of the program this summer as well as a teacher. More »
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