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This workshop is sponsored by the UAB English Department. It is named in honor of Dr. Ada Long, founding director of the UAB Honors Program, Professor of English, and lifelong advocate for community outreach, the value of a liberal education, and the enduring significance of literature.

Do you write or want to? Do you have stories or poems squirreled away in a journal or in a corner of your mind? Would you like to see your own words in print? If so, apply to the Ada Long Creative Writing Workshop where you will find inspiration, guidance, and support to express your ideas. Each day of this summer camp, you will work with nationally recognized authors and teachers. You will also explore and find inspiration in Birmingham’s rich culture and history. Best of all, you will learn and make friends with students who are just as interested in expanding their creativity.

The Ada Long Creative Writing Workshop is a summer day camp for rising 9th-12th grade students. It takes place on the UAB campus in Birmingham, Alabama, with visits to local cultural and historical sites. You can find specific information about the workshop below.


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To feed our imaginations, the Ada Long Creative Writing Workshop seeks out unique activities such as catching river creatures with the Cahaba River Society and sewing quilt blocks for The March Quilts project with Bibb & Tucker Sew-Op. Writers never know where inspiration may strike.

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Student Highlights

Each year we collect our students' poems, stories, and memoirs in The Writer's Block. You can read excerpts online, listen to audio files, or download the complete anthologies below.

Students in the Ada Long Creative Writing workshop Summer 2024 introduce themselves and share what creativity means to them.

Y’onna Hale

To My Hands

Anita Cade

Middle School Soup

The Mystery of the Spencer Honors House


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The Ada Long Creative Writing Workshop and its students depend on the support of contributors like you. Learn more about making gifts to the workshop.