The Ventana Sierra Advanced Writers Workshop at Western Nevada College in Carson City is designed for young writers.

The free, daylong workshop on June 15 is for those ages 18 and younger. It is to help improve and promote writing through safe and social networking.

Four award-winning authors, including Ellen Hopkins, and a literary agent will lead separate topic sessions.

Grants from the Nevada Arts Council are enabling the teens to attend the 8am-4pm workshop at no cost.

Optional one-on-one critiques also are available to the young writers at a manuscript review rate of $100.

Topics will include “Keeping It Real: Making Fiction Believable When All (or none) of It Is Made Up,” “Building a Safe Social Networking Platform,” “Creating Compelling Characters,” “Create a Scene,” and “Humor ’em: Spice Your Writing With Humor.”

Register and learn more about the one-day youth writing workshop online, as well as the three-day advanced writers’ workshop June 14-16.