FARMINGTON — University of Maine at Farmington is creating new opportunities for Maine students to attend the Longfellow Mountains Young Writers Workshop with a new day-rate for area high-school students. 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.

Returning for its third year, the 2012 workshop will be held from Sunday, July 15, through Saturday, July 21, on the UMF campus. The new day-rate schedule runs from 8:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m., at a cost of $525. This includes tuition to the week-long workshop, dinner Sunday-Friday and lunch Monday-Wednesday, as well as a day trip to Wilson Pond and access to the UMF fitness center during free time.

Applications can be found at creativewriting.umf.maine.edu/longfellow. The application deadline has been extended to June 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.