The ambition of Shared Worlds, the creativity and brilliance of its students, and the camaraderie I felt with my fellow writers and teachers were all amazing. –Julia Elliott, Shared Worlds 2016 Writer in Residence

Shared Worlds was proud to host critically acclaimed author and South Carolina native Julia Elliott this summer as our Amazon Writer-in-Residence. Amazon awarded Shared Worlds an $18,000 grant for the 2016 camp, for the purpose of establishing an Amazon writer-in-residence and providing need- and talent-based scholarships for students from all over the world...