Calling all young writers and storytellers!
Do you know a budding storyteller in your life who is looking for a way to unleash their creativity? Dive into a week of imagination and creative writing at the 2025 Summer Fishtrap Youth Workshop week.
From June 16th to 20th, young writers ages 9-12 will embark on a literary adventure at Fishtrap in Enterprise, Oregon. There, they’ll explore creative writing and storytelling in a weeklong workshop designed to help them to express what’s inside, learn to listen to the stories of others and connect with a community of storytellers.
Registration Fee: $100 (includes lunches and snacks)
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Make a difference in a young writer’s life with your additional donation. Your support ensures that anyone can access Summer Fishtrap regardless of financial constraints.
Schedule:
Open to youth ages 9-12.
Workshops are held Mon-Fri, 9am-2pm.
Showcase: Friday, June 20, 3pm
Don’t miss the chance to attend the Youth Summer Fishtrap showcase on Friday, June 20 at 3 pm. The showcase offers a unique opportunity to experience the captivating narratives penned by our talented young Summer Fishtrappers
It is our goal to ensure that no one is excluded from the joy of creative writing and storytelling due to financial constraints. Partial and full scholarships are available for Summer Fishtrap Youth Workshops. Shannon McNerney for more information.
Eric Braman
Eric Braman (they/them) is a poet, playwright, theatre maker, educator, and performer based in Springfield, Oregon. They were raised in Michigan, where a tenacity for niceties and a love of nature was born. Since coming out, their queer identity has pushed their art to explore themes of masculinity, mental health, ancestry, and queer possibility. They are inspired by the dualities of themself and the communities they have called home.
Eric is currently serving as Fishtrap’s Writer-in-Residence.
Learn more at www.ericbraman.com and catch them on Instagram @ericwilliambram
Amy Fairchild
Amy Fairchild is an educator, pianist, vocalist, recording artist, and composer who is living her dreams in Joseph, Oregon. She gets to hang out with amazing young people almost all the time as the creator and Director of Eagle Cap Youth Musicals (a program of the Wallowa Valley Music Alliance), as a theatre instructor at Enterprise School, and as a piano and voice teacher in her home studio. Amy’s music has taken her to the International Composers Festival in the UK, and she has released three albums of original music as an ASCAP artist (Serendipities, 2021; Beneath the Surface, 2022; and What Christmas Means, 2024). Her piano compositions are beloved by many teachers across the US and Canada.
Amy loves to write, compose, and direct musicals for youth and has premiered 5 original musicals between 2022 and 2025 at the Historic OK Theatre in Enterprise, and at Wallowa School as part of Fiddle Tunes camp. Learn more about Amy on her website: www.amyfairchildmusic.com