The Cape Cod Writers Center
2010 Young Writers Workshop
is now accepting applications
The Cape Cod Writers Center is reaching out to talented writers between the ages of 12 and 17 to participate in our annual Young Writers Workshop. The 5 day workshop, this year held from August 16 to 20 at the Barnstable Middle School, offers daily two hour sessions for writers of poetry and prose. Taught by published authors with extensive experience in teaching young people, these classes offer students a chance to improve their skills while enjoying the camaraderie of like-minded peers.
The deadline for submissions has been extended to May 17, 2010. Judges will review the applications and accept 50 students for the program. The only charge is a $35.00 registration fee on acceptance. No student will be turned away for an inability to pay.
Our faculty are prominent Cape Cod writers, author Theresa Barbo, author/columnist Jim Coogan, and poet/ professor, Sheila McGuinness.
To be considered for this opportunity to improve your skills and share your work with fellow writers, apply today!
To apply, submit an application with writing samples by the deadline of
May 17, 2010. Applications are available from local schools and libraries, online at www.capecodwriterscenter.org or by calling 508-420-0200.
Use the links at the bottom of the page to download an application and FAQs. To have an application mailed to you, please E-mail us writers@capecodwriterscenter.org
This Year's Faculty for the Young Writers Workshop:
Theresa Barbo has authored six nonfiction books on American history, including Nantucket Sound: A Maritime History and The Pendleton Disaster off Cape Cod. The founding director of the Cape Cod Maritime History Symposium, Theresa often lectures before civic and academic audiences and has taught at the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth.
Prose Faculty
Sheila Sinead McGuinness has taught poetry writing at the University of Montana and Cape Cod Community College. Named a Poetry Fellow by the Massachusetts Cultural Council in 2002, she also won an Academy of American Poets award and has edited the literary journal CutBank. Her poetry appears in many journals.
Poetry Faculty
Jim Coogan is the author of seven books about Cape Cod. His Sail Away Ladies won the 2004 U.S. Maritime Literature Award for an independent publisher. Retired after almost 30 years as a high school teacher, he is a regular columnist for the Cape Cod Times daily newspaper.
Prose Faculty
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