District Writers’ Academy’s mission is to create a safe and inspiring space for young writers to explore, learn and empower themselves through writing.

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Get your college essay done early,
easily and painlessly!

Enrollment Cap:  12 students.

Instructor: Suzanne Zweizig

Location: Virtual (Zoom)

Camp Tuition: $485 (Includes Handbook)

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College Essay Summer Bootcamp

Session I: Monday, July 27 – Registration Closed
Session II: Tuesday August 18 – Friday August 21. 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

This camp offers students the time and space to draft their college essay, while teaching writing skills that are essential for a strong personal statement: vivid detail, structuring a narrative arc, creating compelling introductions, and crafting and editing sentences for efficiency and concision. 

Students who are daunted by the idea of writing the college essay will find encouragement, guidance and camaraderie in our group workshop--and hopefully have some fun too! Our recent grads have a history of acceptance to schools such as Yale, Penn, NYU, UNC, Colorado College, Oberlin, Washington University, Bowdoin and a long list of other great schools. 

The best part? The skills learned in this class will translate into other areas of writing, making your student a better writer overall! 

This course will 

  • Provide students the structure, guidance and schedule to complete a rough draft of their college essay
  • Help students brainstorm creatively about a college essay topic.
  • Use dynamic exercises and an interactive workshop structure to teach writing skills such as effective introductions, description, and narrative structure
  • Provide supportive, constructive feedback to each individual student
  • Provide a handbook with models, tips and reference tools that students can keep as a writing resource

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Instructor: Suzanne Zweizig. Suzanne is the Founder and Director of District Writers Academy She holds a Ph.D. in English from the University of North Carolina and an M.F.A in Creative Writing from the University of Florida. An award-winning writer herself, Suzanne has been teaching writing for almost 30 years, the last ten of them to students privately in the D.C. area.
Read more about Suzanne here.

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What people are saying about our courses:

"Suzanne convinced my kid that her creativity is worth sharing. I feel great knowing those foundational skills and confidence will benefit my daughter well into college and beyond.” 

Becky

Parent, Walt Whitman High School (MCPS)

“Suzanne heavily influenced both of our children to open up and write like nobody had ever done before!  She has a gift!!”

Marci

Parent, Maret School, Washington, D.C.

“I loved working with Suzanne. I never thought I could like writing and poetry, but somehow she made me enjoy it.” 

Toni

Former Student

“Camp was very fun because I felt like, as much as the teacher was teaching us, we were all working together and sharing thoughts and feedback as a group.” 

Maile

Student, Summer Poetry Camp 2023

"Suzanne helped me discover my creativity and confidence, and most importantly, she taught me how to love writing."

Ariana S.

Former Student, Maret School

“It was fun! There were many writing exercises that I had never explored before. My instructor was very helpful and encouraging. We all took turns sharing our work, and everyone was kind. It made me feel very secure.”

Lexi

Student, Summer Poetry Camp 2023

District Writers’ Academy’s mission is to create a safe and inspiring space for young writers to explore, learn and empower themselves through writing.