Join us for Young Authors Collect-Summer for returning YAC students, no application required!
This is also a great time for interested students to come check out what YAC is all about with one free session! Simply email [email protected] for info.
The online cohort of YAC, meets via Zoom each Thursday from 5:00-7:00 PM MDT July-August. This group offers teens ages 14-18 an opportunity to connect with fellow writers across the United States and around the globe. Members enjoy connecting with each other through video/audio and an active chat as well as supporting each other on individual writing goals. The virtual Young Authors Collective cohort is known for its ability to pen powerful puns, flex around tech issues and jokester siblings, and Zoom in from wherever they may be on a given week.
Virtually, our instructor Jesaka Long explores themes of found family, identity, and the radical idea of being loved for who you are in their writing. Jesaka was selected and awarded the Daniel & Isa Shaw Scholarship twice for Aspen Summer Words juried memoir workshops and was a finalist for the Barbara Deming Memorial Fund grant for Memoir. Jesaka has also worked as a freelance editor and ghostwriter, editing books and penning speeches for leaders in Fortune 500 companies, celebrities, small business owners, and organizers. Humor is also an important aspect of their writing—and their teaching; raucous laughter is common in Jesaka’s classes.
