A
small group of Cape writers founded The Cape Cod
Writers' Center, Inc. (CCWC) almost half a century
ago. The summer of 1963 they gathered published
writers to teach a workshop that has evolved over
the past 45 years, gaining national recognition
in professional writers' circles.
The key contribution of the CCWC is this annual
summer CONFERENCE,
still held the third week in August at the charming
Craigville Conference Center in the Craigville
area of Centerville on Nantucket Sound.
For the past 30 years CCWC has received funding
to sponsor a tuition-free creative writing program
for 12 to 16 year olds, the YOUNG
WRITERS WORKSHOP, held in conjunction with
the CCWC conference. This program will be expanding in the future.
In addition, other programs have evolved. During
the spring and fall, BREAKFAST
WITH THE AUTHORS , a literary event open to
the community, features three authors
with recent books, each presenting for 15 minutes
or so, discussing and signing their books.
Our TV show BOOKS
AND THE WORLD showcases four authors a month, in 30-minute interviews about their
recent books.
For CCWC members only:
PATHWAYS
TO PUBLICATION offers writers one-day and
weekend seminars at different levels in various
genre and dimensions of writing, editing, publishing,
and publicizing. See plans for our November workshop on the Pathways webpage.
WRITERS GROUPS,
and a monthly Writers Night Out give members a
chance to network and support one another's writing.
CCWC has expanded into playwriting, working with
Huntington Theater Fellow Sinan Unel, who leads
workshops and has overseen the New Plays, New
Playwrights Competition, a partnership with Eventide
Arts, 2006 and 2007.
We have a Board of Directors and Advisory Board
of writers, including best-selling authors Robert
Finch, Anne LeClaire, Paul Kemprecos, and Hallie
Ephron, as well as the support of generous literary
figures, such as Mary Higgins Clark and Poet Laureate
Ted Kooser, helping us in various ways.
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