YOUNG WRITERS PROGRAM (FREE) Hyannis Arts Hall April 22-24, 9am-12pm Registration is now open for students to apply to the Cape Cod Writers Center’s Young Writers Program at Hyannis Arts Hall, 81 Willow Avenue, Hyannis, MA 02601. This free, long-standing program runs from 9:00 AM to noon from Wednesday, April 22 through Friday, April 24. This year’s three-morning workshop takes place during the April vacation week and welcomes young writers of poetry or prose in grades 8-12. The program fosters a cooperative and supportive environment to help students build confidence and develop their unique voices in writing. Their instructor is author Reade Scott Whinnem, who has been teaching media and English since 1997 at the Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High School. Students must complete the Young Writers Program application before they can be accepted. Parents and guardians should sign the application for students under the age of 18. The application deadline is Monday, April 15. Parents are invited to hear their teenagers read from their work on Friday, April 24 at 11 AM.
