Badgerdog 2026 Creative Writing Camps

All Badgerdog Creative Writing camps are capped at 16 students. Please register your student for the grade they will enter in the fall. 

Camps run 9 a.m. to 12 noon.  

Two-week summer camps: $450 | Three-week summer camps: $595  

Payment plans available. Cancellation policy: Refunds are available less a 10% processing fee.

For questions email badgerdog@austinlibrary.org.

Summer camp locations
Parkside Community School
Griffin School
Austin International School
Trinity School

Summer Camp

Online: July 27-31

College Essay Writing Workshop (10th-12th graders)

Griffin School

5001 Evans Avenue, Austin, 78751

Griffin School: July 6-17

Middle School (6th-8th graders)

High School: Novel writing (9th-12th graders)

Griffin School: July 6-24

Elementary (3rd-5th graders)

Austin International School: June 8-26

4001 Adelphi Lane, Austin, 78727

Lower Elementary (3rd & 4th graders)
Upper Elementary (5th & 6th graders)

Austin International School: June 8-19

Middle School (7th-8th graders)
High School: Poetry  (9th-12th graders)

Austin International School: July 6-17

High School: Creative non-fiction (9th-12th graders)

Austin International School: July 6-24

Lower Elementary (3rd & 4th graders)
Upper Elementary (5th & 6th graders)
Middle School (7th-8th graders)
 

Trinity School: July 6-17

3901 Bee Cave Road, Austin, 78746

Lower Elementary (3rd & 4th graders)
Upper Elementary (5th & 6th graders)
Middle School (7th-8th graders)

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Jena Stude

Interim Treasurer

Jena Stude is Vice President of Development at Good + West Residential. Prior to joining Good + West in 2021, Jena was an Investment Manager at Blueprint Local, a real estate private equity firm, overseeing direct real estate investments in Texas. Before Blueprint Local, Jena was an Associate Director at the University of Texas Investment Management Company (UTIMCO) from 2013-2019. Jena previously held similar positions at Ascension Health, a large non-profit hospital system based in St. Louis, Missouri and the University of Arizona Investment Office. Jena holds a B.S. in Business Administration and an M.S. in Finance from the University of Arizona.

Frank Livaudais

Board Vice President

Frank Livaudais is also Vice President of Enterprise Engineering for Cloudflare, an internet security company in downtown Austin. An avid runner and reader, he has run more than 250 marathons (including races in all 50 U.S. states, six countries, and four continents). Frank tries to read 100+ books a year. He lives in Austin with his wife Shelley, son Christopher and one fairly naughty vizsla.

Tom Oney

Board President

Tom Oney is Chief People Officer and Executive Vice President of External Affairs for the Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA). He oversees LCRA’s Human Resources team and all of LCRA’s public-facing and advocacy functions, including Communications, Community Resources, Environmental Affairs, Public Affairs, and Regulatory Affairs. Tom also advocates before the Texas Legislature on behalf of LCRA and led LCRA’s public policy team during the 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2021 Texas legislative sessions.

Tom was born and raised in Waco, Texas, and received his Bachelor of Arts in political science from Baylor University in 1996. He received his Juris Doctor cum laude from Tulane University School of Law in 1999. Tom currently represents LCRA on the board of directors of the Association of Electric Companies of Texas and serves as president of the board of directors of both the Austin Library Foundation and Green Doors, an award-winning non-profit benefiting homeless people in Central Texas.