MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL
The 2020-2021 membership year closed June 30th. Please support the writing community on the Mendocino Coast with your $45 renewal. IF NOT YET RENEWED, PLEASE DO IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. Members accepted to the 2022 Borders anthology will be removed if renewal has not been received by August 31st. See the Membership page for more.
The 2020-2021 membership year closed June 30th. Please support the writing community on the Mendocino Coast with your $45 renewal. IF NOT YET RENEWED, PLEASE DO IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. Members accepted to the 2022 Borders anthology will be removed if renewal has not been received by August 31st. See the Membership page for more.
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The California State Library and local libraries are collecting COVID-19 stories. Please send your original essays, poems, photos, videos, and works of art to them. https://coviddiaries.library.ca.gov
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NO NEED TO REGISTER FOR THIS ZOOM EVENT
The link to enter the meeting will be sent via email on Aug. 8th and again on Aug. 15th. The public is welcome to request access. At the close of Emily's talk, the Zoom session will remain open for chatting for half an hour as a group or ask for a breakout room.
ROLLING RECAP OF MONTHLY MEETINGS
Links to recordings of select monthly meetings are near the end of the right column. Go to the YouTube channel for all the videos. MCWC NOYO RIVER LAUNCH PARTY
Sunday, July 25, at 3 p.m. New online magazine, The Noyo Review features writers from MCWC 2020. Register here. MENDOCINO COLLEGE
FALL 2021 SCHEDULE Apply, register, and check for the latest class. Semester begins August 16th and ends December 10th. Information at Mendocino.edu. 
2022 ANTHOLOGY SUBMISSIONS
Prose/Poetry Submission Dates: Now to August 31 (midnight) Photo/Cover Art Deadline is September 1 (midnight) Check all submission guidelines. The WMC 2021 anthology Erosion is on our bookshelves and now we’re all looking forward to the 2022 anthology with the theme of "Borders," without an "a." As always, the title can be interpreted loosely. Prose, both fiction and nonfiction, drama, memoir and personal essays as well as poetry will be accepted. Also consider submitting photographs and paintings that echo the anthology's theme and translate well into portrait mode, black and white images. Members in good standing of the Mendocino branch of the California Writers Club as of August 31st are encouraged to submit their work. For writers, there is a two piece maximum and a total limit of 4000 words. Please check all submission guidelines and submit! 46th Anniversary * 16th Consecutive Revival
Gordon Black's MENDOCINO SPRING POETRY CELEBRATION June 6th's Rhythm Running River show was the first of four to feature the poetry submitted to the 46th annual Mendocino Spring Poetry Celebration. Of 120 poems, seventeen poems were chosen from sixty brave poets that included WMC members: Elizabeth Vrenios, Karen Lewis, Karin Uphoff, Lynn Keiswetter, Marylyn Motherbear Scott, Michelle Blackwell, and Priscilla Comen. To listen, go to the KZYX Mendocino County Public Broadcasting Archive following each show. Look for "Na Mele O Hawai'i or Rhythm Running River or One Ocean." They will be available for at least two weeks after any show. 
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 radio 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. *NB: Play may not contain the "seven dirty words", which are prohibited by the FCC. Play must be totally original and the author's own work. Coming soon: I AM FROM THE OCEAN by WMC member windflower Townley with music by Linda Shear Listen now: I COULD NOT STOP FOR COVID A Dickinson–inspired poem for these times… by WMC member Holly Tannen SOMETHING NEW by WMC member Philip Zwerling 
Online Poetry
Workshop for Youth Professional poets from throughout California offer creative poetry writing lessons for youth and families. Lessons are free to everyone and require no prep. This online workshop is growing and lessons will continue to be added throughout the pandemic. Click to start writing! During 2021's National Poetry Month, California Poets in the Schools published poetry broadsides from thirty, K-12 youth. CalPoets published one of these broadsides each day throughout the month of April, and the completed broadsides can be seen here. https://www.californiapoets.org/post/california-poets-in-the-schools-youth-broadsides-2021 POETRY
Virtual Point Arena Third Thursday Poetry August 19th 7 to 9 p.m. Featuring Half Moon Bay poet Diane Moomey To watch or participate as an open mic reader, please email blake@snakelyone.com. POETRY
Rhythm Running River 1st Sunday, 3-4 p.m. and 3rd Sunday 3-5 p.m. on KZYX&Z public radio To listen live: https://www.radiorethink.com/tuner/?stationCode=kzyx For playlists: http://www.outfarpress.com/rrr.html To receive emails from Dan Roberts with links to listen or download, contact Dan at outfarpress@saber.net POETRY
Cartwheels on the Sky ~ Poets, Poems & Discovery Saturdays 7 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Live on KGUA FM Gualala and live streaming online KGUA.org with host Blake More Show Archive: https://www.bmoreyou.net/musings/ Highlighting a new poet in conversation each week, the show offers fresh, intelligent, living poetry and lively discussions. To be considered for future shows, contact blake@snakelyone.com FORT BRAGG LIBRARY
FIRST THURSDAY OPEN MIC POETRY 7 P.M. Use this link https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9748647159 Readers should limit themselves to eight minutes, for one to four poems. For more information, contact Dan Hesse, Branch Librarian at hessed@MendocinoCounty.org or 707 / 961-2625. And see FortBraggLibrary.org. UKIAH LIBRARY LOBA Poetry Series Last Thursday of the month Format: Virtual Open Reading Registration is required. Please email organizer Melissa Carr (she/her/they) at the Ukiah Library, carrm@mendocinocounty.org, to receive a Zoom link WRITING OPPORTUNITY:
VAN DAMME STATE PARK Volunteers at the Little River Museum have collected pictures and historical accounts that augment the rich history of what ultimately became the park. Members of our branch of the California Writers Club have an opportunity to use these source materials to write a nonfiction book and other monographs. Email the WritersMendocinoCoast@GMail.com for details. 
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. |
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
ONLINE ON THE THIRD SUNDAY 3:00 Members Receive Link via Email Public May Email a Request WritersMendocinoCoast@Gmail.com
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. California Writers Club: https://calwriters.org/ CWC Northern Branches: http://cwcnorcalwriters.org/ NorCal Events: http://cwcnorcalwriters.org/events/ 
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MEMBERSHIP
NEW MEMBERS See information on the website's Membership page. YEARLY RENEWAL is $45. $25 for dual memberships when a member of another CWC branch. 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 annual anthology -The Literary Review published by our parent, California Writers Club. More info at www.calwriters.org -The yearly collaboration, Ekphrasis, with the Artists Co-op of Mendocino -The annual SmatchUp blind matching of two writers on a theme, each writing a single page. SPONSORED MEMBERSHIPS
Financial aid is available for membership WritersMendocinoCoast@GMail.com 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. 
If you are interested in joining this Monthly Writing Group, send WMC member Earlene Gleisner an email to WritersMendocinoCoast@GMail.com. Write whatever you want to write, based on a monthly prompt, and share it through a group email process. The group can support each other by adhering to a set of guidelines that Earlene will post monthly when she sends out the prompt.
SEEKING A POETRY WRITERS' GROUP
WMC MEMBER JONATHAN PAZER Joining an existing group is his first choice but he is willing to start another group. Jonathan’s photographs and poetry have appeared at the Mendocino Art Center and are currently on display at the Mendocino Coast Photographers’ Gallery, on N. Franklin St. in Fort Bragg. Contact WritersMendocinoCoast@GMail.com if interested 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
WMC member Elizabeth Kirkpatrick-Vrenios' poem "Thin Crop" is in this month's issue of Poetic Sun. Many thanks to editors Shiyang Su and Jianing Ran for this lovely journal.
WMC member Elizabeth Kirkpatrick-Vrenios' chapbook Empty the Ocean with a Thimble, released in April, is now at Gallery Books. Reviewers have said: There's a strong current of 'Sisu' in Elizabeth Kirkpatrick-Vrenios's Empty the Ocean with a Thimble. 'Sisu,' the streak of madness that blew through her Finnish family, allowed the poet to endure a mother enraptured by its 'dark polar nights.' Despite its focus, this stunning collection shines with light, even wicked humor. Empty the Ocean with a Thimble casts a spell.
WMC member Phil Zwerling and his colleague Lorenzo Pace have recently published a play entitled "Locked."
Just out from Lamar University Press, the full length play tells the story of an African American family caught up in the ongoing legacy of slavey and racism. Read more about it and order at Amazon or your local independent bookstore. ROLLING RECAP OF MONTHLY MEETINGS
See Archives tab above for details. Recordings on YouTube
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Drop in to the library site for the list of recently added books and 217+ reviews by WMC member Priscilla Comen.
Welcome to opportunities to publish your writing, whether or not you live on the Mendocino Coast.
