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Fir Acres Writing Workshop
A Premier Residential Summer Creative Writing Program
for Talented High School Students
Workshop Dates: June 22-July 5, 2025
General Application deadline: March 7, 2025
The application deadline has now passed. Thanks for applying! General admissions applicants will hear from us in March and April.
Fir Acres Writing Workshop is open to rising 10th, 11th, and 12th graders. Summer 2025 will be our 37th Year!
At Fir Acres Writing Workshop, sixty high school students from across the country come together for two weeks to write and join a community of writers on the beautiful, wooded campus of Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon.
In daily Workshops, participants study great writing and produce their own under the guidance of dynamic, thoughtful, published faculty. At night, participants gather to socialize, meet and hear from distinguished visiting writers, and work on their own poetry, fiction, and creative prose.
Our mission is to provide a high-caliber, pre-collegiate, creative educational experience to bright, inventive, and passionate high school students. Our program appeals to young writers and artistic students who are drawn to the beauty of the Pacific Northwest and the fun, hip mystique of Portland.
Earn at Least $20,000 in Scholarship Funds to Attend L&C*
Students who complete a precollege summer program and are later admitted to L&C will get preferential consideration for merit-based aid and are guaranteed to receive a minimum of $20,000/year in renewable scholarship funding in the form of a Sequoia or Oregon Maple scholarship.
*Sequoia or Oregon Maple academic merit scholarships granted at the time of admission will already take into account any participation in a Lewis & Clark precollege summer program. Students with strong academic credentials who attend a precollege summer program and are later admitted to Lewis & Clark may find they are eligible for a Sequoia or Oregon Maple scholarship that exceeds the $20,000/year guaranteed minimum!
Visiting Writers Series
Fiction Capstone Reading, Spring 2025
Please join us on Monday, April 28, 6pm for the ENG 400 Fiction Capstone Reading and help us celebrate the accomplishments of these student writers! Manor House, Armstrong Lounge.
Poetry Capstone Reading, Spring 2025
Please join us on Tuesday, April 29, at 6pm for the ENG 401 Poetry Capstone Reading and help us celebrate the accomplishments of these student writers! Manor House, Armstrong Lounge.
Nonfiction Capstone Reading, Spring 2025
Please join us on Wednesday, April 30, 6pm for the ENG 403 Nonfiction Capstone Reading and help us celebrate the accomplishments of these student writers! Manor House, Armstrong Lounge.
email firacres@lclark.edu
voice 503-768-7932
Director Don Waters
Administrative Coordinator Amy Baskin
Fir Acres Writing Workshop
Lewis & Clark College
615 S Palatine Hill Road, MSC 58
Portland, Oregon 97219