Welcome to opportunities to publish your writing, whether or not you live on the Mendocino Coast.
The 2017 Anthology Writers of the Mendocino Coast MENDOCINO
submissions opened April 1, 2016 and will close August 31, 2016. See submission details
Theme: Mendocino stories and poetry of the history, the people,
what brings it together, and what makes it special
submissions opened April 1, 2016 and will close August 31, 2016. See submission details
Theme: Mendocino stories and poetry of the history, the people,
what brings it together, and what makes it special
August 18th 6:00 p.m.
Mendocino Hotel "You CAN Go Home Again" with Elizabeth Rosner Thursday lecture by poet, novelist, and essayist Elizabeth Rosner discusses her multi-genre approach to the themes Free and open to the public. August 20th 9:00 a.m. to Noon Mendocino College Fort Bragg Center, 1211 Del Mar Drive, Fort Bragg "Writing Your Way Home" with Elizabeth Rosner Saturday workshop on "How to discover your material and how your material discovers you." In this three-hour workshop, Elizabeth Rosner will guide you through a series of exercises designed to deepen your access to the stories, images, and language that define your unique voice. $35 non-members, $25 for California Writers Club Members (any branch) and high school students. Please RSVP Katherine Brown at WritersMendocinoCoast@gmail.com to hold a spot. Elizabeth Rosner is a bestselling novelist, poet, and essayist living in Berkeley, California. Her newest novel, ELECTRIC CITY, was published by Counterpoint Press and named one of the best books of 2014 by National Public Radio. Her highly praised autobiographical poetry collection,GRAVITY, was published by Atelier26 Books in Fall 2014. VISIT ELIZABETH'S WEBSITE FOR LOTS MORE 
ANNOUNCING THE 2016 CWC LITERARY REVIEW
CWC members will soon be receiving the 2016 edition of the CWC Literary Review, an anthology published yearly containing stories, essays, and poetry written by Club members. The fifth Review, produced by CWC volunteers is published by the Central Board; providing an opportunity for member-authors this year to be read by well over two-thousand pairs of eyes.
The submission window for the 2017 issue will open on September 1 this year, 2016 and submission will be accepted through November 30. Guidelines are on the club's website, www.calwriters.org. Members may submit one or two items for $10. Submission details will be on the website soon.
SMATCHUP 2015 Results of eighteen writers blindly matched for a collaborative writing project with another writer. READ 2014 STORIES
ROLLING RECAP OF MONTHLY MEETINGS
See Archives tab above for details
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August is Renewal Time
Please support the writing community here on the coast. Yearly renewal is $45: to CWC, PO Box 762, Fort Bragg, CA 95437 More information on the Membership page. The Mendocino Coast CWC branch celebrates its fifth year with seventy-three members. We have many reasons to renew our memberships, including these activities in the past twelve months: Our fourth anthology, this with a Mendocino theme, closes submissions at the end of August. The exchange of art and writing occurred last month for Ekphrasis V, a collaboration with the Artists Co-op of Mendocino. “Art describing art” has ten writers handing over a page of prose or poetry to individual artists who will respond with a piece of art, and ten writers receiving art to inspire a single page, all to go on exhibit at the Co-op Gallery in October. Another opportunity to write is during Smatch-Up with the blind pairing of twenty writers, ten who write a single page, and ten who finish the story with a single page. The meeting for readings reveals the partnerships and great stories. In the past year we’ve had a publishing strategies panel, a lecture on the anatomy of a query letter to hook an agent by Emily Lloyd-Jones, and a workshop with Karen Green on “Dusting out the Corners”; all well worth our time. Members have space for their biography on the website, WritersMendocinoCoast.org, and the opportunity to announce their publication and award credits. RENEWALS NOT RECEIVED BY 8/31 WILL BE DROPPED FROM THE ROLLS AND WILL REQUIRE NEW MEMBERSHIP, $65 WritersMendocinoCoast@GMail.com Welcome to the Mendocino Coast branch of the California Writers Club founded in 1909. We are proud to share in this legacy.
Our intention is to expand the network and opportunities for writers here on the Mendocino Coast.
Writers of the Mendocino Coast
PO Box 762 Fort Bragg, CA 95437 The CALIFORNIA WRITERS CLUB is a 501(c) (3) educational nonprofit dedicated to educating members and the public-at-large in the craft of writing and in the marketing of their work.
MEMBERSHIP
NEW MEMBERS $65 includes $20 initiation fee. More information on the website's Membership page. YEARLY RENEWALl is $45. Membership includes a copy of the club's recent anthology, copies of our state organization's Literary Review magazine, space for member biographies, and opportunities to see your writing in: -The 2017 Anthology Writers of the Mendocino Coast MENDOCINO, submissions to open April 1, 2016 and close August 31, 2016 -The Literary Review is published by our parent, California Writers Club. More info at www.calwriters.org -The yearly collaboration, Ekphrasis, with the Artists Coop of Mendocino SPONSORED MEMBERSHIPS
Financial aid is available for membership WritersMendocinoCoast@GMail.com MEMBER WRITING PROJECTS:
Our fourth anthology is available at Gallery Bookshop in Mendocino.
To purchase by mail, send a message to WritersMendocinoCoast@Gmail.com. CALIFORNIA WRITERS CLUB
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