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Assisting  published and aspiring writers of all genres, abilities and ages to develop their writing skills and to learn the business of editing, publishing and publicizing; to publicize authors and their works; to provide opportunities for writers to congregate for inspiration, education, and networking; and to introduce readers to authors and their work.

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NEW! Become a Patron and we'll link to your website - an excellent way to reach your readers. We have added over 100 new CCWC members during 2008, many who live off-Cape, and many younger writers, helping to rejuvenate our organization. (See Membership page.)

CCWC welcomes young writers in to it's Young Writers Workshop

The 46th Annual Writers Conference took place August 17- 22, 2008.

Our evening speakers included: Eleanor Clift of Newsweek and the McLaughlin Group and David Godine, founder of the award-winning Boston company, David R. Godine, Publisher.

The conference Master Class, with David Godine as moderator, updated authors on the contemporary publishing world, and included a mock  editorial board meeting.

Two NYC literary agents, Adam Chromy, Literary Agent-in-Residence and Jamie Brenner, both of Artists and Artisians, two editors - Wallace Exman, Editor-in-Residence, and Frances Whistler, Assistant Director of Boston University's Editorial Institute, and several conference faculty evaluated manuscripts and mentored registrants.Two of these manuscripts were used in the mock editorial meeting, with the permission of the authors.(See 2008 Conference Schedule webpage.)

Meet authors at our Breakfast with the Authors events.

At this summer's conference (see Conference Schedule page) authors

Chris Knopf (mystery),

Suzanne Strempek Shea (memoir),

Jo Ann Ferguson (romance), and

Sara Pennypacker (children's fiction)

Susan Nagel

(biography)

taught weeklong workshops.

Breakfast with the Authors resumes September 12 with three authors: Daniel Robb, John Hansen Mitchell, and Nancy Robin Stuart. (See Breakfast with the Authors webpage)

In September, these authors will be interviewed on Books and the World.


The Cape Cod Writers’ Center’s mission is to assist published and aspiring writers of all genres, abilities and ages to develop their writing skills and to learn the business of editing, publishing and publicizing; to publicize authors and their works; to provide opportunities for writers to congregate for inspiration, education, and networking; and to introduce readers to authors and their work.


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.


The Cape Cod Writers’ Center’s mission is to assist published and aspiring writers of all genres, abilities and ages to develop their writing skills and to learn the business of editing, publishing and publicizing; to publicize authors and their works; to provide opportunities for writers to congregate for inspiration, education, and networking; and to introduce readers to authors and their work.