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Register now for Badgerdog Creative Writing Summer Camp!

Posted: 31 January 2025

Registration for our popular Badgerdog Creative Writing Summer Camp is now open!

Badgerdog Creative Writing Summer Camps offer a nurturing environment for students to cultivate a passion for writing, uncover authentic self-expression, broaden language skills, and showcase writing in workshop readings.

All Badgerdog camps are capped at 15 students per workshop. Our traditional three-week and two-week camps  include fun exercises in poetry, fiction, and other forms of creative writing.


Two-week camps: $400 | Three-week camps: $550 | Payment plans available

2025 Badgerdog Summer Camps

 

All Badgerdog summer camps run from 9 a.m. to 12 noon and operate in several locations throughout Austin.

Session A: June 2 – June 20 
  • Griffin School
  • Meridian School
  • Parkside Community School

 

Session B: June 9 – June 27
  • Austin International School

 

Session C:  July 7 -July 25 
  • Griffin School
  • Trinity Episcopal School
  • Austin International School

For questions email badgerdog@austinlibrary.org.

Summer Camps are organized according to the grade the students will be entering in the fall:

  • Lower Elementary School: Campers who will be entering 3rd + 4th grade in the fall
  • Upper Elementary School: Campers who will be entering 5th + 6th grade in the fall
  • Middle School: Campers who will be entering 7th + 8th grade in the fall
  • High School: Campers who will be entering 9th to 12th grade in the fall

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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.