By Alison Norris, PLWP Administrative Assistant
June 30, 2011
Eighty seven campers, grades three through six, came from elementary schools all over the St. Joseph area for four weeks this summer to attend “Rockin’ Writers” Youth Writing Camp 2011 at Missouri Western State University.
Ann Dotson, director of the writing camp and a sixth grade teacher at St. Joseph Skaith Accelerated Elementary, said the camp is important to students to help further develop their writing skills.
During the month of June 2009, PLWP welcomed nine middle school students onto the Missouri Western campus for the "CyberWriters: Publishing Our Generation" middle school writing camp.
The campers came from elementary schools all over the city of St. Joseph, grades three through six, and gathered at Missouri Western State University from June 2nd – June 25th.
During the month of June 2008, PLWP welcomed 27 middle school students onto the Missouri Western campus for the "Draw Your Own Conclusions…" middle school writing camp.
Flocks of aspiring writers (103 students) found themselves living the college life, at the "Writers in Progress" elementary camp on the campus of Missouri Western during June. 
For the month of June 2007, ninety three elementary and twenty-four middle school students attended writing camps at Missouri Western State University. The camps were organized by Prairie Lands Writing Project and funded by the St. Joseph School District.