Join us for a New Year Quiz!
We’re delighted to announce our first event of 2021.
Special Guest to Join January Book Club
On 12/01/2021, the YCAA Book Club will welcome special guest Damian Barr, author of ‘You will be Safe Here’.
YCAA Book Club 08/12/2020
Introducing an update on our latest Book Club get-together from Co-Ordinator Elaine. It is deeply comforting to read books that we are used to and that reinforce our feelings of security and happiness. Pushing our reading outside of personal comfort zones can be challenging, but this is precisely what Book Club is so very good…
2021 Book Club Dates Announced
The dates for next year’s book group meetings are now available.
Mini-Saga Competition 2020 Launched
We are delighted to announce the launch of the 2020 YCAA and Western Gazette newspaper mini-saga writing competition.
2020 Literary Prize Winners Announced
YCAA is delighted to announce the winners of its 2020 Yeovil International Literary Prize.
2019 Mini-Saga Winners Announced
The winners of the our annual Mini-Saga competition have been published in the 9th January 2020 edition of the Western Gazette newspaper.
Yeovil International Literary Prize 2020 Now Open!
Yeovil International Literary Prize is now open for entries. Organised by the Yeovil Community Arts Association and now in its 17th year, Yeovil International Literary Prize provides an opportunity to enter four very different categories.
Mini Saga Competition Now Open!
The YCAA and the Western Gazette have launched the annual 50 word Mini Saga writing competition for 2020.
Full Yeovil Literary Festival Programme Announced!
The full programme of Yeovil Literary Festival events for 2019 is now available! FInd out more on the Festival website.
Yeovil Literary Festival Dates 2019 Announced!
This year’s highly anticipated Yeovil Literary Festival will take place from Thursday 31/10/2019 to Monday 04/11/2019. A full calendar of events will be announced in August.
YCAA Grants to young people studying the arts
It’s hard having a dream to become a book illustrator, or be involved in film making, but with hard work and commitment and a little help from people like you who donate and the YCAA charity, it can be achieved.
2018 Fundraising and Donations Received
YCAA has received donations from Hazelgrove School, Helen Laxton Dance School and the Somerset School of Performing Arts, and Dance, Dance, Dance with The Dance Factory.