Writers of the Mendocino Coast meet the Third Sunday of the Month at Mendocino Community Center, 998 School Street in Mendocino.” Members receive a reminder via Email.
The club has a new Facebook page. We Facebook Live our in-person meetings. People who cannot attend will be able to tune in. Please Log into Facebook to Like and Follow WMC.
The club has a new Facebook page. We Facebook Live our in-person meetings. People who cannot attend will be able to tune in. Please Log into Facebook to Like and Follow WMC.
Sunday, June 18, 2:30-3:30 p.m.
Spotlight On Short Fiction
Each year, WMC highlights a genre and features three outstanding members practicing it. This year, the genre is SHORT FICTION, and our writers are Earlene Gleisner, Steve Sapontzis , and Philip Zwerling. They will be interviewed by Rowan Hawthorn.
Spotlight On Short Fiction
Each year, WMC highlights a genre and features three outstanding members practicing it. This year, the genre is SHORT FICTION, and our writers are Earlene Gleisner, Steve Sapontzis , and Philip Zwerling. They will be interviewed by Rowan Hawthorn.
Earlene Gleisner
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Steve Sapontzis
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Philip Zwerling
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Plans for the 2023 Ekphrasis are in place. Sign-ups start June 1 and end June 18. Read the guidelines and send your one-page story or poem to Nona Smith at nonarenee1@gmail.com Sign up early. Spots go fast. Link for guidelines
Submissions for 2024 WMC Anthology start June 1.
Theme: Transitions
(This can be interpreted loosely)
Prose/Poetry Submission dates: June 1-midnight, August 31
Photo Submission: June 1-midnight Sept. 22
See submission guidelines link
Theme: Transitions
(This can be interpreted loosely)
Prose/Poetry Submission dates: June 1-midnight, August 31
Photo Submission: June 1-midnight Sept. 22
See submission guidelines link
Sunday, July 16, 2:30-3:30 p.m.
Daniel Coshnear: The DNA of the Short Story
What is the difference between a picture and a motion picture? Why do we call stories weaves or yarns? When and how does an anecdote or a vignette become a story? How does a simple “slice of life” become representative, meaningful – a way of life? What gives a story resonance? Frank O’Connor in The Lonely Voice: A Study of the Short Story wrote: “Since a whole lifetime must be crowded in a few minutes those minutes must be carefully chosen indeed and lit by an unearthly glow, one that enables us to distinguish present, past and future as though they were contemporaneous.” In this brief workshop we’ll look closely at a single story and examine how it brings us to a feeling of resolution; how past and present are brought together in a moment which points to a future. And we’ll do an exercise.
Daniel Coshnear lives in Guerneville, California, works at a group home for the homeless and mentally ill, and teaches writing at UC Berkeley Extension, and in other north bay facilities. He is author of Jobs & Other Preoccupations (Helicon Nine 2001) winner of the Willa Cather Fiction Award and Occupy & Other Love Stories (Kelly's Cove Press 2012) and winner of the Novella Prize for Homesick, Redux (Flock 2015), He is the recipient of a Missouri Review Editor's Prize and a Christopher Isherwood Foundation Fellowship. His newest story collection, Separation Anxiety was released in 2021 by Unsolicited Press. www.danielcoshnear.com
Daniel Coshnear: The DNA of the Short Story
What is the difference between a picture and a motion picture? Why do we call stories weaves or yarns? When and how does an anecdote or a vignette become a story? How does a simple “slice of life” become representative, meaningful – a way of life? What gives a story resonance? Frank O’Connor in The Lonely Voice: A Study of the Short Story wrote: “Since a whole lifetime must be crowded in a few minutes those minutes must be carefully chosen indeed and lit by an unearthly glow, one that enables us to distinguish present, past and future as though they were contemporaneous.” In this brief workshop we’ll look closely at a single story and examine how it brings us to a feeling of resolution; how past and present are brought together in a moment which points to a future. And we’ll do an exercise.
Daniel Coshnear lives in Guerneville, California, works at a group home for the homeless and mentally ill, and teaches writing at UC Berkeley Extension, and in other north bay facilities. He is author of Jobs & Other Preoccupations (Helicon Nine 2001) winner of the Willa Cather Fiction Award and Occupy & Other Love Stories (Kelly's Cove Press 2012) and winner of the Novella Prize for Homesick, Redux (Flock 2015), He is the recipient of a Missouri Review Editor's Prize and a Christopher Isherwood Foundation Fellowship. His newest story collection, Separation Anxiety was released in 2021 by Unsolicited Press. www.danielcoshnear.com
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Our table at the Noyo Center's Earth Day celebration.
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Upcoming Events
The 2023 Mendocino Coast Writers' Conference, August 3 - 5, is accepting registrations through June 30th. Morning workshops include memoir, mysteries, screenplays, novels, middle grade/young adults, short fiction, poetry, speculative fiction, nonfiction, and emerging writers (mcwc.org).
Creative Writing Classes Available at Mendocino College Coast Campus
Message from Instructor Vincent Poturica: We'd love to have more Writers of the Mendocino Coast and local community members taking classes with us! We're here to help you with your current writing projects, with getting back into a writing routine, or with beginning to write for the first time. We're here to support you and sharpen your writing voice in either fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and drama (including screenwriting). For the Summer 2023 semester (June 12-July 20), the Mendocino College Coast Center will be offering English 210 (2010): Creative Writing on Mondays through Thursdays from 8-10:05 a.m. Kailyn McCord will be teaching this class, which costs $153 (though folks may qualify for fee waivers depending on their income). For the Fall 2023 semester (August 21-December 15), the Coast Center will offer two sections of English 503: Creative Writing for Older Adults. Vincent Poturica will be teaching English 503 (0828) from 12:30-3:20 p.m. on Wednesdays, and Molly Dwyer will be teaching English 503 (0053) from 9-11:50 a.m. on Tuesdays. English 503 costs only $11! During Fall 2023, Vincent will also be teaching English 210 (0021): Creative Writing and English 212 (0022): Intermediate Creative Wriiting from 12:30-3:20 p.m. on Wednesdays. Each of these courses costs $153. Please feel free to reach out to Vincent (vpoturica@mendocino.edu), Kailyn (kmccord@mendocino.edu), or Molly (mdwyer@mendocino.edu) with any questions about these classes or how to register for them. You're also welcome to call the Coast Center at (707) 961-2200 to register, as well as to register in-person at 1211 Del Mar Dr., Fort Bragg, CA 95437 or online at mendocino.edu. Mendocino 2024 Spring Poetry Celebration
Hill House, Sunday, June 11. 12-1 Meet and Greet. 1:00 pm First reading session. 5:00 pm Second Reading Session. Four minutes per poet. Broadcasts to follow, beginning June 18. Upwelling on KZYX
Bringing the richness of local literature to the airwaves Hosted by WMC member Michelle Blackwell Wednesday, May 31, 9:00 am Mario Dell O’lio, author of Letters From Italy, a love letter to his parents. WMC member Elizabeth Kirkpatrick-Vrenios, award winning poet, talks about loss and healing through art. 
HAVE A MINUTE?
See the current schedule. Mendocino Theatre Company's One-Minute Radio Theatre is a two-minute spot broadcast bi-weekly on KZYX. Collaborate by submitting an original one-minute play. All voices to be heard! Plays can be in English or Spanish. No fee for submission nor cash award if your play is chosen; all actors and directors give their time free of charge. Submit your one-minute play* (app. 150-170 words, for 1-3 actors) in the body of an email (no attachments) to mtc@mcn.org with the subject MTC One-Minute Play: [Title of your play]. Include your full name, contact information, and a brief, 50-word bio. You may submit as many one-minute plays as you wish, but only one submission per email, please. *Play may not contain the "seven dirty words" prohibited by the FCC. Play must be totally original and the author's work. Listen now: i am from the ocean by windflower Townley I Could Not Stop for Covid by Holly Tannen Something New & Murder She Wrote by Philip Zwerling Poetry on the River ~ Slack Tide Café
Last Sunday of the Month, 1-3 pm 32430 N. Harbor Dr., Fort Bragg Point Arena Third Thursday Poetry and Jazz
In person and Zoom, 6-8 p.m. 35590 Verdant View, Sea Ranch, Gualala blake@snakelyone.com Rhythm Running River (Poetry) on KZYX&Z
Alternate Sundays 3-5 p.m. Dan Roberts: outfarpress@saber.net Cartwheels on the Sky ~ Poets, Poems & Discovery
Saturdays 7-7:30 KGUA - FM Gualala FORT BRAGG LIBRARY
First Thursdays Open Mic 6-8 p.m. Dan Hess: hessd@co.mendocino.ca.us UKIAH LIBRARY Loba Poetry Series Open Mic for teen & adults, Third Saturdays 3 p.m. Melissa Carr: carrm@mendocinocounty.org Writers Reading Ukiah Last Thursday, 7 p.m Reading, 8 p.m. Open Mic Poetry, Spoken Word, Short Stories, Songs & Expository Prose. M E M B E R N E W S
Writing newly published, receives a nomination or award, or other notable exposure? Please send a short announcement to writersmendocinocoast@gmail.com Elizabeth Vrenios’ poem “Still Flying Over Lockerbie” was published in Poetry Distillery
www.poetrydistillery.com/poems/2023/4/19/still-flying-over-lockerbie Vrenios will also be reading as part of the Inflectionist Reading Series, May 29, 5 pm Pacific Time. To register for the Zoom reading (make into link) https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAvde2grz0jGdcjO9Xz7aL4t6sH7HmekZZm windflower, Poet & Photographer
Has a poem and photograph in Plant Your Words Anthology Fort Bragg's Alleyway Art Project includes poetry from Notty Bumbo ("Artist's Prayer for the Days Ahead," as part of the "Be a Light" mural) and windflower ("Mendocino Botanical Gardens," as part of "The Rhododendron" mural). www.fortbraggalleywayart.org
Ericka Lutz's poem, "In the Redwoods," written in response to Ryan Grossman's Fort Bragg mural "Sunlit Redwood Forest," appears on the Fort Bragg Alleyway Art Project website: https://fortbraggalleywayart.org/sunlit-redwood-forest/ Priscilla Comen published a short piece for Persimmon Tree's Forum ("Speaking of Rights--Our After the Midterm"), Winter 2023 (https://persimmontree.org). She also writes weekly book reviews under "Community Library Notes" for the Mendocino Beacon (mendocinobeacon.com)
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Questions? contact: writersmendocino@gmail.com
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The CWC website includes a calendar of monthly meetings for all state branches. Any of our members can attend the meetings of any other branch, for free or for the same fee as their membership pays. To view their meeting topics (many are still on Zoom), click on https://calwriters.org/events/.
WELCOME TO THE
CALIFORNIA WRITERS CLUB - FOUNDED in 1909 - The Mendocino Coast branch is proud to share in this legacy. Our intention is to expand the network and provide publishing opportunities for writers. 
MENDOCINO WRITERS MEET
The THIRD SUNDAY of the month Welcome New Member
Robert Boyd Weeks MEMBER COUNT 81 Writers of the Mendocino Coast
PO Box 762 Fort Bragg, CA 95437 The CALIFORNIA WRITERS CLUB is a 501(c) (6) educational nonprofit dedicated to educating members and the public-at-large in the craft of writing and in the marketing of their work. California Writers Club: https://calwriters.org/ California Writers Club calendar for other branch's events: https://calwriters.org/events-month 
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Email writersmendocinocoast@gmail.com Your email address will never be shared or sold. PUBLISHING OPPORTUNITIES
Redwood Writers Poetry Anthology Seeking Submissions All CWC members eligible Deadline: June 1, 2023 Guidelines and info: https://redwoodwriters.org/2023-poetry-anthology/ Redwood Writers Prose Anthology Seeking Submissions Theme: One Universe to the Left Pointed ears. Pointed teeth. Eyes that glow with magic or electricity. Aliens, robots, magicians, eldritch beings disguised as trees; what else might you find in a world different from ours? You are invited to explore the possibilities in this year’s prose anthology, which has a theme of fantasy and science fiction. Submissions open until June 30. OPEN TO ALL CWC. Guidelines and info: https://redwoodwriters.org/2023-one-universe-to-the-left-anthology/ INTERESTED IN A WRITERS' GROUP / PARTNER
WMC MEMBER SALLIE REYNOLDS Read Sallie's biography on the Member Bio page. Contact her through WritersMendocinoCoast@gmail.com. 
KELLEY HOUSE CALENDAR
Call for Writers There are so many stories yet to tell, and they welcome your voice. Articles are 400 to 700 words and can be paired with photos or illustrations usually discovered in their database of 10,000 images. Call the Kelley House curator, Karen McGrath, at 707/937-5791 or email her at curator@kelleyhousemuseum.org. Videos of previous meetings on WMC’s Facebook Page.
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