FARMINGTON — Longfellow Mountains, a University of Maine at Farmington workshop for young writers, will return for its third year Sunday, July 15 through Saturday, July 21, on the UMF campus. The only week-long young writers’ summer workshop in New England, Longfellow Mountains provides talented high school writers with the opportunity to work with expert UMF faculty and published authors as students immerse themselves in the writing world. The conference, which previously held small supportive workshops in poetry, nonfiction and fiction, will be introducing screenwriting workshops led by Nathaniel Teal Minton, new UMF assistant professor of creative writing.

Joining UMF’s creative writing faculty will be guest readers and lecturers from the dynamic local writing community, including:

Wesley McNair, Maine State Poet Laureate and UMF Writer in Residence; Steve Almond, author of many acclaimed books of fiction and nonfiction; and William Giraldi, novelist and senior fiction editor for AGNI.

Students will, as in the past, work with Alice James Books to publish a chapbook of student work, recreate in the beautiful Maine wild and reside in a campus residence hall under the guidance of campus staff and senior creative writing students at UMF. Cost of the weeklong program is $750, which includes tuition, room/board and fees.

Applications can be found at creativewriting.umf.maine.edu/longfellow and must be postmarked by May 15. A limited number of full and partial merit-based scholarships to the workshop are available. To be considered for a scholarship, a five-page writing sample must be submitted with a completed program application and be postmarked no later than April 15.

All applications should be mailed to Nathaniel Minton and Shana Youngdahl, directors, Longfellow Mountains Young Writers Workshop, 115 South St. – UMF, Farmington, ME 04938.