2025 – 2026 Membership
The Cape Cod Writers Center includes 200 members from the Cape Cod region and beyond. We always welcome newcomers.
Scroll to the bottom of this page for a list of current members.
Cape Cod Writers Center offers virtual Writers Night Out meetings in the winter through Zoom for members and in person from April-October and for our Pathways to Publication program. Our annual Conference is a live event in a Hyannis hotel in August 2025.
Annual Membership on all levels enjoys access to these benefits.
- Writing Groups: Writers meet on a regular basis to present their work and receive constructive feedback from colleagues as they work towards publication. For more details, please look at the tab “Connect” below the boat picture and you’ll find a heading for Writer’s Groups.
- Pathways to Publication: High-powered, one-day and weekend writing and publishing programs taught by prominent authors, editors, and agents held several times during the year. Members receive discount admission.
- Writers Night Out: Networking and talks by experts in publishing, social media, and writing techniques held in a local Cape Cod library/venue once a month.
- The opportunity to sell your books in our summer conference bookstore.
- Waived registration fee at the summer conference.
- The chance to read your work before others as well as practice pitches at the summer conference.
- Early notification of literary activities on Cape Cod and beyond. (Optional, for those who wish to receive e-mail from us.)
- The opportunity to have CCWC publicize your publications, contest winnings, and other writing successes in regular Member News Roundups on our blog
- Promotion on CCWC website for yourself and books/publications with links to sales channels.
Please note: We offer three levels of membership for 2025 – 2026
Membership is renewed annually on May 1.
Patron membership is $135.00 – Benefits include a link to your website on a separate Patrons page, additional social media promotion for your published work, and your book cover featured on CCWC website.
Basic membership is $80.00
Student membership is $30.00 – for anyone with a current student I.D., whether high school or college. Check with the CCWC office at writers@capecodwriterscenter.org or (508) 420-0200 for more details. Parents and grandparents often purchase these memberships to encourage children who love to write.
The Barbara E. Scholarship is also available for the first year of membership to an aspiring writer each spring. If you wish to apply please send a letter to writers@capecodwriterscenter.org with the subject heading “Member Scholarship.” Please explain your interest in becoming a member, your financial situation and your contact information.
2025 – 2026 MEMBERS
Frank Adinolfi
Terri Arthur
Kathy Aspden
Jared Auchter
Pamela Barton
Linda Benanti
Sandra Bernstein
Tom Brewer
Nancy Buonamano
Anita A. Caruso
John Chamberlain
Jane Chiong
Ellen Cliggott
Richard Cochran
Peter Collura
Margaret Costello
Donna Cramer
Jason Cullinane
Patricia Cully
Joseph Cunis
Janis Daly
Lorri Devlin
Linda Doll
Rolla Donaghy
Sean Driscoll
Laura Eldridge
Susan Fernald
Mary Findley
Diane Finney
Carol Forest
Amy Franey
Grace Gabriel
David Grady
Karl Hartmann
Leigh Herrick
Raeann Johnson
Perry Karfunkel
Jane Kokernak
Debi Leard
Margaret Lowe
Arlene Kay
Thomas Kersting
James Lang
Judith Lipson
Sandra Lundy
Jo Lyness
Susan Madaus
Teresa Mascarenhas
Nan McCann
Alyssa Metcalfe
Moonlite Muse Media
Alison Moore
Carlo Morrissey
Pat Mullaly
Robert O’Malley
Irene Paine
R. Wayne Parrish
Judith Partelow
Donna Patrick
Marcia Peck
Nancy Peterson
Robyn Peterson
Nancy Prager
Jon Quint
Paul Raymer
Suzanne Reid
Susan Santangelo
Pamela Schuneman
Joan Scott
George S. Semsel
Amanda Sinclair
Hans Stahlschmidt
Barbara Eppich Struna
Kevin Symmons
Carolyn Thomas
Colleen Thomas
Harris Thompson
Kirk Vazal
Anil Vyas
Terrence Walsh
Tracy Warren
Barrett Woodcraft
Robert Zibbell