<a href="/live/image/gid/313/width/650/80163_2019-fir_acres-3894.jpg" class="lw_preview_image lw_disable_preview" tabindex="-1"><picture class="lw_image lw_image80163"><source media="(max-width: 500px)" type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/313/width/500/height/240/crop/1/80163_2019-fir_acres-3894.rev.1568237592.webp 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/313/width/500/height/240/crop/1/80163_2019-fir_acres-3894.rev.1568237592.webp 3x" data-origin="responsive"/><source media="(max-width: 500px)" type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/313/width/500/height/240/crop/1/80163_2019-fir_acres-3894.rev.1568237592.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/313/width/500/height/240/crop/1/80163_2019-fir_acres-3894.rev.1568237592.jpg 3x" data-origin="responsive"/><source media="(max-width: 800px)" type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/313/width/800/height/383/crop/1/80163_2019-fir_acres-3894.rev.1568237592.webp 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/313/width/800/height/383/crop/1/80163_2019-fir_acres-3894.rev.1568237592.webp 3x" data-origin="responsive"/><source media="(max-width: 800px)" type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/313/width/800/height/383/crop/1/80163_2019-fir_acres-3894.rev.1568237592.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/313/width/800/height/383/crop/1/80163_2019-fir_acres-3894.rev.1568237592.jpg 3x" data-origin="responsive"/><source media="(max-width: 1200px)" type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/313/width/1200/height/575/crop/1/80163_2019-fir_acres-3894.rev.1568237592.webp 2x" data-origin="responsive"/><source media="(max-width: 1200px)" type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/313/width/1200/height/575/crop/1/80163_2019-fir_acres-3894.rev.1568237592.jpg 2x" data-origin="responsive"/><source media="(min-width: 1201px)" type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/313/width/1440/height/690/crop/1/80163_2019-fir_acres-3894.rev.1568237592.webp 2x" data-origin="responsive"/><source media="(min-width: 1201px)" type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/313/width/1440/height/690/crop/1/80163_2019-fir_acres-3894.rev.1568237592.jpg 2x" data-origin="responsive"/><img src="/live/image/gid/313/width/1440/height/690/crop/1/80163_2019-fir_acres-3894.rev.1568237592.jpg" alt="Fir Acres students reading by the Reflecting Pool." srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/313/width/1440/height/690/crop/1/80163_2019-fir_acres-3894.rev.1568237592.jpg 2x" data-max-w="3200" data-max-h="2134" data-optimized="true"/></picture></a><div class="hero-full_image_caption collapsable-caption">Fir Acres students reading by the Reflecting Pool.</div>

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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

Priority Applications begin on November 1, 2024

(link will appear on Nov. 1)

Priority Application deadline: January 1, 2025

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.