The YCAA and Western Gazette pre-Christmas Mini-Saga writing competition was once again a popular challenge for established writers and for those of you who attempted it for the first time. This year the word to play with – ‘HOLD’ – has so many uses in our language that it can be used, as playwrights and…
It was great to see so many of you at this month’s meeting!
The YCAA Book Club ends the year with a discussion of its ‘desert island’ book choices.
Details of the 2022 Children’s Writing Competition for young wordsmiths in South Somerset have been announced.
Yeovil Literary Prize launches with new category for children and young adult novels.
The YCAA and Western Gazette newspaper launch their annual flash fiction prize.
The early 2022 YCAA Book Club meeting dates and reads have been announced.
On Wednesday 24 November, join us for a festive evening of performances by talented local people.
This month’s reads were ‘Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line’ by Deepa Annappara and ‘Mr Wilder and Me’ by Jonathan Coe.
YCAA has held a celebrated this year’s Yeovil Literary Prize winners with a Yeovil Literary Festival event.
Excitement is growing in the build up to the 2021 Yeovil Literary Festival, which starts on Thursday 28 October.
Novel, poetry and short story prize winners will feature in this Yeovil Literary Festival event.
The September update from Elaine of the YCAA Book Club.
YCAA members can claim discounts on some 2021 Yeovil Literary Festival tickets.
Join us and Waterstones for this year’s Good Book Winners Debate.
Titles shortlisted for the 2021 Yeovil Literary Prize have been announced.
The YCAA is delighted to announce the return of two of its most popular annual events.
Titles longlisted for the 2021 Yeovil Literary Prize have been announced.
This month, the Book Club were delighted to meet face-to-face for the first time this year.
The YCAA is looking for new volunteers to continue its work in South Somerset.
Congratulations to the winners of our children’s writing competition.
Applications for this year’s YCAA sponsorship grants must arrive by Saturday 31/07/2021.
An important update for entrants to the 2021 international Yeovil Literary Prize.
The YCAA Book Club dates and books for late 2021 have been announced.
A former Yeovil Literary Prize winner’s book is due for publication in September.
Author Tracey Gemmell joined the YCAA Book Club meeting this month.
The closing date for this year’s international Yeovil Literary Prize has been extended to Friday 31st May 2021.
YCAA Book Club welcomes a special guest in April, Tracey Gemmel, author of ‘Dunster’s Calling’.
There were lively discussions about this month’s reads at the YCAA Book Club! Find out what people thought in Elaine’s March update.
YCAA is delighted to announce a competition for young writers in years 4, 5 and 6.
Elaine updates us on the latest views and news from the YCAA Book Club.
‘HOPE’ was the theme for our most recent mini-saga writing competition.
We never expected to be chatting to a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature from the kitchen!
On 12/01/2021, the YCAA Book Club will welcome author Damian Barr.
The dates for next year’s book group meetings are now available.
We are delighted to announce the launch of the 2020 YCAA and Western Gazette newspaper mini-saga writing competition.
YCAA is delighted to announce the winners of its 2020 Yeovil International Literary Prize.
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 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.
The YCAA and the Western Gazette have launched the annual 50 word Mini Saga writing competition for 2020.
The full programme of Yeovil Literary Festival events for 2019 is now available! FInd out more on the Festival website.
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.
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.
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.
