About
Summer Writing Camps offers week-long camps for grades 3-12. Campers can take part in camp offerings including Cabin Writers, Illustrative Tales, One Acts, Picture This, Strange Lands, Time Travelers, Urban Ink, and Wildlife Words, along with Nature Writers, Vision & Voices, and Wildlife Words at Zoo Boise.
Programs
- Summer Writing Camps — Grades 3-12 · Week-long
- Nature Writers at Jim Hall Foothills Learning Center — 4th-6th Graders · Full-day · A collaboration of The Cabin and Jim Hall Foothills Learning Center.
- Vision & Voices with The Wassmuth Center for Human Rights — 4th-6th Graders · All-day
- Cabin Writers — 5th & 6th Graders
- Illustrative Tales — 5th & 6th Graders
- One Acts — 5th & 6th Graders
- Picture This — 3rd & 4th Graders, 5th & 6th Graders, 7th–9th Graders
- Strange Lands — 3rd & 4th Graders, 5th & 6th Graders, 7th–9th Graders, 9th—12th Graders
- Time Travelers — 5th & 6th Graders
- Urban Ink — 7th–9th Graders
- Wildlife Words at the Peregrine Fund’s World Center for Birds of Prey — 3rd & 4th Graders, 5th & 6th Graders
- Wildlife Words at Zoo Boise — 5th & 6th Graders · All-day · Pack a lunch!
At a glance
- Ages: 3–12 years old
About the provider
The Cabin is a literary arts nonprofit organization in Boise, Idaho. It says it forges community through the voices of readers, writers, and learners, and its programs provoke creativity and experimentation, foster literary excellence, and inspire a love of reading and writing in children and adults alike across the Treasure Valley and beyond. The Cabin says its summer writing camps are in partnership with Boise organizations and community spaces, including the Idaho Botanical Garden, Birds of Prey, The Cabin, Jim Hall Foothills Learning Center, The Wassmuth Center for Human Rights, Zoo Boise, and the Peregrine Fund’s World Center for Birds of Prey.
Financial aid is available. To inquire about accommodations for campers with disabilities, contact Hillary Colton at [email protected] or 208-331-8000.
What families say
“Thank you for making writing fun for both of my kids. They loved it! I also admired their confidence in reading their own writing — presenting is not easy but you prepared them for success! Can't wait for them to do another camp! Thank you!” — Summer Camp Parent
Last updated November 4, 2026.
Is this your business? There is no cost, but you will be asked to sign up or log in.