Woods Hole Research Center, 149 Woods Hole Rd, Falmouth, MA 02540, US

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 47 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.