TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- The University of Alabama Program in Creative Writing will sponsor a two-week summer institute for high school students interested in honing their writing skills.

The Creative Writing Club Summer Institute will meet in UA’s Morgan Hall in the afternoons June 5-16, with a final public reading and release of a student anthology on the last day.

The Summer Institute will feature writing workshops in fiction, poetry and nonfiction; small groups with experienced graduate student teachers from CWC’s spring after-school program; written and verbal feedback on student writing; readings by local writers; and electives on a variety of writing-related topics from flash animation poetry to paper making.

Tuition is $150 and need-based scholarships are available.

For more information and to apply send an e-mail query to cwc@bama.ua.edu or call Cayenne Sullivan at 205/310-0545 or M.C. Hyland at 205/246-2865. Visit the CWC Web site at http://www.bama.ua.edu/~cwc.