Arts, Crafts & Performance · Wisconsin

Bummer Camp

Ann Garvin rented a summer camp for the fans. This is it.

Active Creator-run

Status check

Is Bummer Camp still open? Yes.

Bummer Camp is active as of 2026. The schedule, per the operator: Launched Aug 23-25, 2024 tied to her novel 'Bummer Camp'; repeated in 2025. Confirm dates on the official site before booking travel. Adult camps change venues and weekends more often than kids' camps do.

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Fact sheet

Status
Active
Location
Stevens Point, Wisconsin, USA
Format
weekend sleepaway (2 nights), ~80 campers in shared lodge cabins
Season
Launched Aug 23-25, 2024 tied to her novel 'Bummer Camp'; repeated in 2025
Price
not published (includes lodging and all meals)
Adults only
Yes
Type
Influencer / creator-run
Run by
Ann Garvin (Author/BookTok-adjacent); USA Today bestselling novelist; founder of Tall Poppy Writers
Official site
anngarvin.com/home/events

Bummer Camp is what an online community looks like with bunk beds. It's run by Ann Garvin (author/booktok-adjacent), whose audience is USA Today bestselling novelist; founder of Tall Poppy Writers. The bunks fill from that community, so nobody shows up cold.

Bestselling author Ann Garvin spun her camp-set novel Bummer Camp into a real women-only readers' retreat in the Wisconsin woods. Around 80 campers share a lodge for a weekend of author panels with guest novelists, book-club discussions, bonfires, crafts, and reading time. It's one of the clearest examples of the author-run, BookTok-era fan camp.

The experience

The format: weekend sleepaway (2 nights), ~80 campers in shared lodge cabins. The weekend length keeps the ask small. Arrive Friday, hand your schedule to someone else, be home by Monday. Adults only, which changes the tone more than you might expect. Everyone there chose it for themselves.

Cost

Published price: not published (includes lodging and all meals). There's no simple rate card, so ignore any number you see on a third-party site and ask the operator. For calibration: most all-inclusive adult camp weekends in North America run $400 to $1,000.

Where and when

The venue is in Stevens Point, Wisconsin. The current schedule: Launched Aug 23-25, 2024 tied to her novel 'Bummer Camp'; repeated in 2025.

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Sources

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