​Creative Youth of Arizona, L.L.C. (CYAZ), is a State of Arizona organization created by students and dedicated to the following charitable and educational purposes:

• To encourage and support the creation, publication, and exhibition of language and media arts from young creators in middle and secondary grades.
• To undertake projects that will assist young creators and their advocates to achieve standards of excellence in language and media arts, and to bring these projects before the public.
• To foster public appreciation, strengthen scholarship, and improve youth participation in language and media arts throughout Arizona and beyond.