About: The Writers Circle has been teaching the joy of creative writing to students from ages 8-80 in suburban New Jersey and online since 2010. Their unique blend of creativity, fun, encouragement and gentle critique helps boost confidence in even the post reluctant writer while guiding more advanced writers toward their goals of completion, polish, and publication. All TWC instructors are published authors, hand-picked for their ability to encourage and support new and experienced writers at every stage and age. Workshops in fiction, novel writing, memoir, poetry, screenwriting and more, plus special events, guest speakers, private book coaching and editing. Plus their Summer Creative Writing Intensives for Teens and WordSMASH mini-camps for children.

About: Lighthouse's Young Writers Workshops are designed to foster creativity, self-expression, and excitement about writing. There are no grades here, just the stories. They offer workshops at Lighthouse including afterschool and weekend workshops, the Young Authors Collective, and summer camps, as well as youth outreach in schools, at juvenile residential treatment centers, and in