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In 1971, the organization was founded as the Society of Children's Book Writers by a group of Los Angeles-based writers, including the group's President Stephen Mooser and Executive Director Lin Oliver. Authors Judy Blume and Jane Yolen sat on the original board and continue to be involved today. [citation needed]
Screenwriters from Los Angeles (137 P) Pages in category "Writers from Los Angeles" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 798 total.
InsideOUT Writers (IOW) is a Los Angeles-based non-profit organization that conducts weekly writing classes inside Los Angeles County juvenile halls and jails. IOW also serves as a support network for formerly incarcerated young people. [ 1 ]
WriteGirl is a Los Angeles–based project of Community Partners, founded by Keren Taylor in 2001. Taylor was recognized by CNN as a "CNN Hero" in 2021. [1] The organization's focus is connecting professional women writers in Los Angeles, CA with underserved teenage girls who might not otherwise have access to creative writing or mentoring programs.
The Writers Guild of America West (WGAW), headquartered in Los Angeles but unaffiliated. Although both organizations operate independently, they perform some common activities, including negotiating contracts and launching strike actions in unison.
In 1966, the Writers Guild Foundation was founded by Writers Guild members to raise money for writers to attend the International Writers Guild conference in Los Angeles. [37] The Writers Guild Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non profit organization that is affiliated with, but independent of, the WGAW. [38]
Poet K. Curtis Lyler of the Watts Writers Workshop, 1968. The Watts Writers Workshop was a creative writing group initiated by screenwriter Budd Schulberg in the wake of the devastating August 1965 Watts Riots in South Central Los Angeles (now South Los Angeles). Schulberg later said: "In a small way, I wanted to help....
Some moved to Los Angeles to work in defense industries. In the 1940s, some members such as Ray Bradbury began writing professionally, and an increasing number of professional science fiction authors visited meetings or joined as "Members at Large" elsewhere in the world. For some years, the club sponsored "Fanquets" for members who had made ...