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.
Charter
Members
Julia Schuster - President and Founder
Carol Anderson
Lynn Bowling
Mary Brown
Cynthia Burton
Mahala Church
Wilma Frederick
Diane Harris - 1st ECW Secretary
Susan Horn
Arlene Karian
Valerie Lofton
Dawn Lyons
Sue Lutz
Ellen Martin - 1st ECW Treasurer
Delores Merril
Joan Mucci
Beverly Sassano
Gail Shorter
