ECW is a non-profit organization dedicated to nurturing, educating, and promoting established and aspiring writers of all ages.
In addition to regular meetings, ECW sponsors workshops, critique and study groups, and open mike discussions. Members are active in community outreach, speaking at local schools, offering mentor programs for young writers, and Q&A sessions with professionals in the publishing industry.
Julia Schuster, a newcomer to the area, was frustrated by the lack of a local writers’ group. With encouragement, Julia started a new group.
The first meeting was held and eighteen people attended. Writers of every genre and interest answered the call—novelists, journalists, essayists, poets, children's writers, screenwriters—all with a desire to sharpen their skills, share their work, and gain assistance with publication. From this first meeting, Emerald Coast Writers (ECW) was founded.
