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summer camps


Austin Bat Cave hosts a number of half-day creative writing summer camps all over the city. Summer camps explore genres like Fan-Fiction, Poetry Writing, Horror Writing, Songwriting, and more. Whatever your interests, we have a camp for you!

If each of our students donated $100 this summer, then Austin Bat Cave will be able to reach more students than ever before. For 15 years, Austin Bat Cave has provided free creative writing programs for Central Texas youth. This summer, we’re asking for a suggested donation in order to attend our week-long summer camps. Your donation will go towards supplies, teacher stipends, and other resources ABC needs in order to keep amplifying young voices. ABC’s actual cost is over $1,000 per camp, but we know the benefit of helping students tell their stories and sharing them with the world is priceless.

COVID POLICY: Austin Bat Cave is closely following the Austin Public Health data and safety guidelines for mitigating the spread of Covid-19 in the community. To ensure that our programs are accessible for all students, including those who are high-risk, we are making the wearing of masks voluntary for students and instructors while Travis County is in a Low Community Level, but we are strongly encouraging students and instructors to wear masks, and disposable masks will be provided as needed. However, Austin Bat Cave reserves the right to change this policy at any time should cases of Covid-19 rise in the greater Austin area or should Travis County move to a higher stage of Covid-19 risk-based guidelines.

Half-Day Summer Camps


Half-Day Summer Camps

Below are our 2022 Summer Camps!

Summer Camps

Summer Camp

Horror Comedy (3rd-5th Grade) with Grace Pinegar

9:00 AM - 12:00pm

June 19th to 23rd

$0.00

Class Details

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3rd–5th Grade

Horror Comedy

June 19th-23rd, 9am–12pm each day; In-person at the

Is laughter the cure for everything? Is joy truly stronger than fear? We invite you to overcome what scares you by laughing about it! Join us as we explore horror comedy where ghosts don’t boo, they lol and monsters might just be misunderstood and moody, not deadly. This camp is great for those who think the line between horror and hilarious should be blurred more often!

Registration Closed
8th-12th Grade

Post-Apocalyptic Fiction

June 5th-9th; 1pm–4pm each day; In-person at the Bat Cave (address provided upon registration)

What if society was overtaken by mushroom infections? What would be the everyday, when people have to start over for themselves and establish new norms? What does the future look like when you’ve reimagined it? Join us as we write about a post-apocalyptic life through a speculative fiction lens and explore the relationship between fear and survival.

Registration Closed
3rd-12th grade

Dungeons & Dragons Camp

July 3rd-7th,
1pm–4pm each day,
Dragon’s Lair Comics and Fantasy

In this camp, students will create a D&D character, designing everything from their physical traits to their backstory. Campers will then work together in small parties to solve problems, defeat monsters, and save the day as they invent fantasy stories and keep a journal of their daily adventures. Join a wonderful team of adventurers and Dungeon Masters and lead your party on an unforgettable quest!

Registration Closed

5th–8th Grade

Ghost Story Camp

June 12h–16th, 1pm–4pm each day

If you love haunted houses, scary legends, and spooky tales based on true events, join us for our ghost story telling camp where we’ll get down to what really gives us goosebumps! Together, we’ll explore local hauntings, famous frights, and draw inspiration from our favorite scary stories while we come up with our own to tell around the campfire.

Registration Closed
4th–8th Grade

Horror Comics Camp

June 5th–9th, 1pm–4pm each day

Do you love reading manga and comics? Are you a fan of creepy stories and scary movies? In this Horror Comics Camp, we’ll use the combination of writing and visual art to explore the many-faceted genre of horror. With guidance from a professional cartoonist, you’ll dive into comic making techniques and explore what the genre has to offer, finding your own voice within this incredibly diverse medium. You will leave the camp with the skills to create your own original spine-chilling comic. 

Registration Closed

“This was probably the best run, most interesting and engaging camp my daughter did all summer. Thank you so much. It was wonderful.”

“My oldest has a tough time with writing and he was reluctant at first, but after the first day of camp, he was excited to return. It was not like school with a strict regime, but rather encouraging children in the creative process and exploring.” — Cindy Miller, ABC parent

“We really loved the camp and truly appreciate the amazing experience. The teacher was fantastic and every day was full of energy.” — Kathleen Lucente, ABC parent

“The instructors were so positive and encouraging! I watched my child’s confidence in her writing blossom during the camp. I loved seeing her self-assurance in her own voice grow!”

“My child benefitted from meeting others who enjoy reading and writing. Socializing during this time was important also. It was valuable also because of the encouragement/positive feedback she received.” — ABC parent

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