Education and inspiration for young writers interested in a variety of careers and genres. CCYW offers workshops, conferences, internships, scholarships, mentoring and more. For more info, visit
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- Meet the Author - November Wor...
Sacramento State University
Saturday, November 14 at 9:00am
Capitol City Young Writers I met with author Eileen Goudge tonight who has agreed to be a feature author in an upcoming CCYW newsletter. A few weeks ago, I met author Robert J. Sawyer in Canada and I expect he'll be the feature author for December's newsletter.
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Capitol City Young Writers (CCYW) is a national non-profit organization dedicated to the education and inspiration of young writers.
Thonie Thanks, Verna. I'm going to send this to my nephew who is also a writer.
Mike Wicks Thanks for the invitation Verna!
Capitol City Young Writers November Meet the Author Event will feature Michele Scott and Linda Joy Singleton. Special guest is Amy Burkhardt, literary agent with Kimberley Cameron & Associates. In celebration of National Novel Writing Month, young writers are encouraged to bring first chapters or short stories to workshop. Michele's workshop will help to encourage the writers to finish those stories and get past mid-manuscript blues!
Rokani David this is rokani david from uganda i need my fellow novel writers to teach me some new skills about writing
Scott Evans
Writers who are 15-20 years old can submit their poems, stories and essays to the Will Albrecht Young Adult Writers Contest sponsored by the Blue Moon Literary & Art Review, published in Davis, CA. First place is awarded $100, second place earns $50, and third place wins $25. Please mail entries to Scott Evans, Edito...r, at 327 Twelfth St., Davis, CA 95616 with a self-addressed, stamped envelope and a $10 readers' fee. Award-winning entries will be published in the next issue of the Blue Moon. Visit our website at www.bluemoonlitartreview.com to learn more.Read More
Capitol City Young Writers CCYW newsletter going out this week. Our feature author interview is with Caroline Leavitt. Other contributors include Lance Olsen, Mignon Fogarty, Sage Cohen, Deborah LeBlanc, Bob Stewart, Connie Goldsmith and more.
Kathryn Hohmann Good stuff. I'm inspired by anything that inspires young writers! Hats off to you all!
Capitol City Young Writers President and Founder of CCYW, Verna Dreisbach, is participating in Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson's For Art's Sake Initiative - the goal is to put Sacramento, CA, on the map as a leading arts community. Verna is serving on the education committee.
Capitol City Young Writers September "Meet the Author" event from left to right, Verna Dreisbach (president/founder), Jeff Knorr, Andy Jones, Indigo Moor, Bob Stanley. Bottom row is Elena, Ela and Breanne - youth advisory board members and editors to CCYW literary journal.
Capitol City Young Writers Writer's Digest has provided another scholarship opportunity to a CCYW member to "The Business of Getting Published" conference this weekend at The Marriott Marquis, Times Square, New York. Alda, a NY resident and CCYW youth advisory board member, will be attending this conference. Thank you, again, Jane Friedman!
Capitol City Young Writers CCYW's "Meet the Author" poetry event takes place tomorrow at Sacramento State University. Gain insight into the art and craft of poetry from our panel of guest speakers including Andy Jones, Indigo Moor, Jeff Knorr and Bob Stanley. Meeting will include a 1-hour poetry writing workshop. Meeting is professionally taped and edited and available on the website...one of these days (pending funding).
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