HI WONDERFUL PEOPLE and welcome one and all to our kickoff session of 2025! This March SWC is shaping up to be an incredible month, so I hope you'll be joining us in one way or another <33 If you're participating in this session of SWC in any form, please take a read through the description here :) I know we're all excited for the session to start - while we wait, don't forget that you can stop by the Official SWC Big House ( https://scratch.mit.edu/studios/33868830/ ) to hang out with other SWCers until March comes around! (Additionally, please don't advertise cabins here!) ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ SWC, or Scratch Writing Camp, is a tri-annual virtual writing camp, in that each participant sets a word goal for themselves and aims to write that number of words throughout camp. But that's not all we do - SWC also entails activities to help you with your writing, fun challenges with creative elements, and other tasks that you can complete to earn your cabin points! There are 13 cabins, and you'll be sorted into one of them. All through camp, friendly competition is maintained between the cabins by a point system. The camp runs from the 1st of March to the 31st, and it's entirely online, so you aren't required to check in - though we encourage you to update words and finish activities as often as possible. ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ Official signups close at 23:59 UTC on the 22nd of February. But that doesn't mean you can't sign up after that! Comments will remain open, and just means you'll be sorted as a backup camper instead (keep in mind that it's particularly difficult to sort backups into their cabin preferences). You will be informed about which cabin you are sorted into in late February - or if you're a backup camper, in early March. The word goal limit is 100,000 words. To hit that goal would require you to write over 3000 words each day, and it is impossible to write this amount and still be healthy. Once you hit 100k words, your leader will not be allowed to count any more from you. Remember to follow Scratch Guidelines above anything else – be kind to everyone here no matter what, and no insulting or gossiping about other people. You are expected to know all of this, but we aren't too strict! We all make mistakes, but please remember - this is just an online writing camp, and we're all here to just have fun and keep the vibes happy <3 Prioritize your own mental + physical health and schoolwork over SWC. There are no prizes for winning SWC, and we would all much prefer it if you got eight hours of sleep rather than none because you were writing towards a cabin war all night! ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ To sign up, the only thing you have to do is to fill out this form in the *comments* below: 1 | Do you have any plans in March that will affect your activity levels? 2 | Of the cabins and leaders listed in the Notes and Credits, list a MINIMUM of three* cabins you would be comfortable with, *without* an order of preference. (If you have no preference, just say that!) * You may request The Cabin That Will Not Win (See explanation in the Notes and Credits) as your only preference (or you may list it as one of your preferences as usual). 3 | What is your word goal? (A good starting goal for an inexperienced camper would be around 5,000 – 10,000) 4 | On a scale of 1-10, how would you rate your activity levels for the month of March? 5 | Would you be comfortable having any of your comments during March quoted or screenshotted for the SWC memory book? (Answer with either "always", "ask first", or "never") 6 | Have you participated in SWC before? 7 | If you answered "yes" to the previous question, have you participated in 3+ sessions or co/led a cabin in the past? *Question 7 is solely for statistical purposes - the extent to which you have (or have not) participated in SWC in the past will have no impact on your signup ^^ *Please give an exact number for your word goal, not a range, and be as realistic as possible! *Ultimately, there is no guarantee that you will get one of your cabin preferences - but a fantastic experience can be promised from every cabin nonetheless <3 ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ Stupendously Whimsical Commendations: → All of those responsible for the growth and evolution of SWC over the years <3 https://scratch.mit.edu/discuss/post/7486195 → Thumbnail made on Canva by the absolute icon @-NightGlow- <3 → Music is an instrumental of Way Down Hadestown from the musical Hadestown! → SWC logo by @oceanspIash → Kat (@whiteandblackcat) for our sorting method, and Robin (@-redredrobin-) for continuing to sort all of our campers - thank you legends <3 → The Qualified Users Of Amazing Incredible Sorting (aka QUAILS) for helping to record signups! ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫
╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ The SWC March 2025 cabin list: (Cabin names have no correlation with what genre you write ^^ You can write anything at all; there are no genre restrictions. Make your choices based on the leaders, themes and atmospheres!) ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ Action ✪ @Eeveedonut | @-KenzieCamps- @FairyAyla "Take a leap of faith into the Spider-Verse with Action’s interactive storyline that focuses on cabin bonding and personal growth, with competition along the way! Anyone can wear the mask- will you?" Adventure ᨒ @hamilchaos | @Novanuhea123 @surfdudewave "suddenly dropped in the snowy mountains, you must join forces with the others to survive…in this dynamic cabin, we encourage creativity, making memories, and perhaps a dash of chaos!! ;)" Bizarro Fiction (Bi-Fi) ◍ @iinspirqtion | @-WildClan- @penguin-vibes "Escape reality as you venture between bizarre worlds. As you enter the Bi-Fi chasm, be prepared to band together for friendly competition, reaching your goals, and having a crazy amount of fun. ;D" Dystopian ✧ @Zyzeryko | @yumetopia @Froggola "Your life is perfect until you start to question things. Work together, make new friends and goals, enjoy friendly competition, and solve puzzles during your troubling escape from a "perfect" city." Fanfiction (Fan-Fi) ❈ @-NightGlow- | @Milkysplash @pepper-and-a-pencil @SnowdropSugar "Welcome to Fan-Fi Battle of the Bands, a storyline intensive and competition oriented cabin. Travelling through the musical realms, you'll solve clues, make friends, and hopefully escape the void!" Fantasy ♞ @Strawberry-Lemon | @starr-light @moosywoosy "Welcome to Oz - in a cabin filled with friendly competition and a focus on making memories, improving writing skills, and building friendships, everybody has a chance to fly." Illustrated Fiction (Illu-Fi) ❅ @-BookDragon- | @HippotheHippo @smalltoe @CatMeowLove7 "Defeat villains, fix the collider, and make new friends in this fast-paced Spiververse cabin where the plot is dynamic, the competition runs strong, and we’ll make memories to last a lifetime <3" Journalism ✉ @cb2jkl | @ForestPanther @KitVMH "Create your very own newspaper, complete with unique advice columns and chaotic interviews! Forge long-lasting memories and improve your writing skills, all while topping the leaderboard!" Mystery ☸ @ChueyTheCat | @BlauHourglass @Alfalfa78 "Blackouts. Cobwebs. A kidnapping. Take a crack at solving the case in Mystery, where you'll have the chance to participate in an interactive storyline while engaging with a friendly, welcoming community and achieving personal goals <3" Mythology ϟ @babyoda1546 | @starunicorn_5 @cceaneyes "This is where gods and greatness clash- with an interactive storyline, Mythology focuses on improving writing with friendly competition. Here, you’ll make memories that history will never forget!" Science Fiction (Sci-Fi) ∅ @ButterPopcorn8 | @Coco_animator @Black__Hole "The fate of the Internet is at stake! Fight off viruses in the virtual world, meet fellow Pathstriders, and enjoy friendly competition in Sci-Fi. Get ready, as Operation: Firewall is just beginning…" Thriller ♜ @essayist | @FireBlood23 @cinammcnx "step into the thriller games—an interactive cabin where trust is tested, and collaboration meets competition in a welcoming space for all! build alliances, solve mysteries, and win deadly prizes!" Fairy Tales (The Cabin That Will Not Win) ❂ @TheBibliophile7 | @metanoiaaa @rocksalmon800 "step into this storybook world with us, as we journey to the lights in an atmosphere of personal growth, vibrant community spirit, and lasting memories of friendship and fairy tales!" * The Cabin that Will Not Win is NOT a part of the rankings. You can find a more detailed explanation of the cabin here - https://scratch.mit.edu/discuss/post/6839332/ ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫
