About Our Nonprofit Organization Capitol City Young Writers is a national 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to educating and inspiring young writers up to and including high school. Our goal is to educate today's youth on the art and craft of writing, so as to encourage their own love of writing. Students are exposed to fiction, nonfiction, poetry, memoir, screenplay, broadcast radio, songwriting, and many other forms of creative writing.
Education and Inspiration for Aspiring Young Writers
Capitol City Young Writers (CCYW) is a non-profit organization dedicated to the education and inspiration of young writers. CCYW’s goal is to educate members on the art and craft of writing and to provide opportunities for young writers to pursue their writing and literary dreams.
CCYW provides career exploration, writing workshops, scholarships, internships and leadership opportunities. Members discover the skills necessary to enter literary related careers such as editing, journalism or broadcast radio. From fiction and non-fiction, to poetry, screenwriting, songwriting and broadcast radio, students are supported through workshops bringing professionals and mentors together in local communities through online tutorials, annual conferences, a youth run literary journal, writing and audio competitions, and mentoring.
AVAILABLE INTERNSHIPS A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A SAN FRANCISCO EDITOR Chronicle Books, San Francisco January 24, 2011 Details and application deadlines coming soon.
Litquake/Teenquake October 8, 2010 San Francisco, CA
Saturday "Meet the Authors" Events
...take place in Sacramento, CA. from 9 a.m. to Noon.
• September 11, 2010: Writing for the Young Audience H
• November 20, 2010: Celebrates National Novel Writing Month, workshop on revising by Tanya Egan Gibson and special guests include authors and literary agents for small workshop critique groups
Comments from out past meeting, May 16, 2009, The Art of Fiction, Laurel Ann Hill, author of Heroes Arise
Dear Verna,
What a lovely experience! What a great group of people! What delightful young writers! And what a great lady you are! Thank you for this opportunity to speak and the respect with which I was treated. And thanks also for giving Laurelsuch a wonderful and valuable forum. Laurelis so special as a writer and a person, besides which her book is such an important piece of fiction.
Sincerely,
Charlotte
Charlotte Cook
Publisher / President KOMENAR Publishing
Membership Features: Free
— Discover new and exciting careers — Meet Professionals in the Publishing Industry — Meet Published Authors — Attend Free Writing Workshops — Meet Other Young Writers with Similar Interests — Enhance your creativity through writing — Receive a Quarterly Newsletter with Updates on Writing Contests, Tips on Improving Your Writing, & a Spotlight Article by a Published Author
Young writers also discover the many different career paths of the publishing world through exposure to professionals in the industry, including publishers, editors, literary agents, book designers, published authors, and educators! Opportunities are presented for writers to improve their own writing by participating in readings, workshops, writing contests, and conferences.
