Summer 2025 camp registration is open! Reserve your spot before we sell out.

We are excited to be offering multiple family member discounts (use code MFD) and discounts for employees and faculty (use OUFAC).

Register here:  https://pace.oakland.edu/search/publicCourseSearchDetails.do?method=load&courseId=1628276&selectedProgramAreaId=1035308&selectedProgramStreamId=1624928

Questions? Email the camp director at rvornberger@oakland.edu.

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Grades K-2
Emerging authors will tour the mansion and gardens with professional instructors and docents from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m., and workshop with fellow writers in their age group. They will continue on to Oakland University until 4:00pm to write additional genres and utilize the Splash pad, if they are interested.  Students will be guided using shared reading, read-alouds, shared writing, narrative writing, poetry and literacy stations. Presentations of one polished work will be conducted at the close of the last day of that week's camp.

Grades 3-5
Developing authors will tour the mansion and gardens with professional instructors and docents from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m., and workshop with fellow writers in their age group. Different genres of prose and poetry will be explored using mentor texts of fiction, fantasy, folklore, mystery and biographical origins.They will continue on to Oakland University until 4:00pm to write additional genres and utilize the Splash pad, if they are interested.  One day of camp will be spent at Oakland University rendering one of their works into a digital movie that will be uploaded to YouTube. Presentations of one polished work will be conducted at the close of the last day of that week's camp.

Grades 6-8
Maturing authors will tour the mansion and gardens with professional instructors and docents from 9 a.m.until 1 p.m., and workshop with fellow writers in their age group. Students will be engaged in poetry and prose in such genres as art journaling, fantasy, dystopian, historical, personal narrative, and magical realism.They will continue on to Oakland University until 4:00pm to write additional genres and utilize the Splash pad, if they are interested. One day of camp will be spent at Oakland University rendering one of their works into a digital movie that will be uploaded to YouTube. Presentations of one polished work will be conducted at the close of the last day of that week's camp.

Grades 9-12
Young authors will tour the mansion and gardens with professional instructors and docents from 9 a.m.until 1 p.m., and workshop with fellow writers in their age group. Advanced writing opportunities will include challenging poetry and prose in genres such art journaling, fantasy, dystopian, historical, personal narrative, and magical realism.They will continue on to Oakland University until 4:00pm to write additional genres and utilize campus amenities.  One day of camp will be spent at Oakland University rendering one of their works into a digital movie that will be uploaded to YouTube. Presentations of one polished work will be conducted at the close of the last day of that week's camp.

Camp A - July 7-11 Full day camp  
9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Cost: $450
K-2, 3-5, 6-8

Camp B - July 14-18, 2025  Full day camp 
9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Cost: $450
K-2, 3-5,  6-8, 9-12

Camp C Full Day Camp - July 21-25  Full day Camp.   
9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Cost $450
K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

Camp D July 28-August 1st    Half day camp 

9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Cost: $325
K-2,  3-5, 6-8, 9-12