SWARM! (Student Writers and Readers Meet!) is a network of youth writing and publishing groups across the State of Maine. Students will meet once per week and write and share their stories in a connected set of writing groups (The Hives), each virtually led by a trained teaching artist and Telling Room student guest authors and volunteers. Every student will have the opportunity to get their piece published in a professional chapbook, and will receive a copy of their book!

Dates: June 23rd - August 11th (8 weeks) Wednesdays from 4-5:30pm

Ages: 10 - 18

Format: Zoom

Cost: Sliding Scale

Our goal at The Telling Room is to make programming available to all students who want to participate. No one will be turned away! The base cost for SWARM is $200. Paying that fee allows us to pay our amazing teaching artists! There are options to pay more (to support families who are not able to pay the full amount at this time) and options to pay less (again, this program is for everyone regardless of ability to pay). Please select the amount that feels right for your family.