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Hello, and welcome to opportunities to publish your writing  whether or not you live on the Mendocino Coast.
Please join us!
RIDE SHARING
MEMBERS SEEKING to attend upcoming meetings are asked to forward contact information, with cross streets for listing here and in future newsletters. Members living near ride-seekers may then offer to drive by contacting WritersMendocinoCoast@GMail.com


Jan Edwards - From downtown Point Arena


EKPHRASIS 2014 - VIEW PAIRINGS OF 20
LITERARY AND VISUAL ARTISTS
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Writers, “Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” ― Mary Oliver

Fabulous young man, a 9th grader at FBHS needs help in English. He is quiet but highly intelligent and very appreciative of help. Thirty minutes twice a week or 60 minutes once a week​, ​probably at​ ​the Fort Bragg​ library.​​
Learn more: WritersMendocinoCoast@gmail.com​

Member Henri Bensussen has heard from Finishing Line Press, the publisher of her forthcoming chapbook Earning Colors, that they expect to have books ready by Christmas. Originally, the publication date was to be November 15. The radio show she and member Maureen Eppstein were to have done has been re-scheduled for March 23d. Henri's Gallery reading will be in mid-January rather than Dec. 11th. For those that pre-ordered the book, Henri is hopeful that books will arrive in December. Contact her if you have questions.

DECEMBER 17TH
Mendocino Hotel  6:00 p.m.

We celebrated the season of good cheer with readings of our best, worst, or weirdest holiday, fiction and nonfiction.  
The gift exchange of wrapped books provided new inspirations.

A writing opportunity for members to read their work. Great fellowship, too.

Members Open Mic

Each month, when time permits, we'll have two members read their work for 3 minutes each. Put your name in the basket for a drawing at the start of the evening, and another at the end. Please time the reading to stay within the limit. 

The Redwood Coast Senior Center's Gazette is accepting submissions: personal recipes, poems, stories, histories, anecdotes, photos, and articles of general interest. Read the Premier Issue, and see page six for more details about writing for the Gazette. With your submission, include a brief description of what you do at the Center. The deadline is the 5th of each month. The March issue is available online, as is the latest, July/Sept 2014 issue.
CALIFORNIA WRITERS CLUB - MENDOCINO BRANCH
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MENDOCINO COAST
  WRITERS CONFERENCE
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MENDOCINO
HAS FIVE WRITERS IN 
THE LATEST LITERARY REVIEW 

Ann Thomas would make it six,
but this appears to be a typo.
From 1,800+ members eligible, of 33 accepted, our branch had five: 
Charlie Furey x 2
for a Fiction & a Memoir piece,
Steve Sapontzis, Jan Edwards,
Holly Tannen, T. James Moore
LITERARY REVIEW
NEXT EDITION
SUBMISSIONS CLOSED OCT 31ST
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OPEN MIC
SOLSTICE READING & PARTY
Thursday, December 18 at 7:30pm,
The Third Thursday Poetry Reading Series at 215 Main in Point Arena also features jazz. 

FIRST FRIDAY POETRY READINGS IN FORT BRAGG
 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm
Upstairs, 353 N. Franklin Street
Bookstore and Vinyl Cafe 
More info: Oasis 707 964-5378

CREATIVE WRITING
CLASS ON SATURDAYS

Mendocino College
at the Fort Bragg Campus
A three-credit, transferable creative writing class covering fiction, non-fiction, a touch of poetry, and perhaps a drop of screenwriting for those who want to dabble. 
Classes: Saturdays, 

9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
February 21st through May 16th. 
All genres and levels of writers welcome. There is a Pass/No Pass option.
For new students: Go online to www.Mendocino.edu and  fill out the Mendocino College Application.  Registration staff will also be available at the Fort Bragg campus in January (yet unannounced).  Come prepared with previous college transcripts or be ready to take a quick, painless English placement test. 
For MC students, register online at www.Mendocino.edu.
If you have questions, email Instructor Katherine Brown at kbrown@mendocino.edu


ATTENTION MENDOCINO COAST RESIDENTS

Mendocino College will be at the Mendocino Campus location, 1211 Del Mar Drive in Fort Bragg on Tuesday, November 18th and Wednesday November 19th to offer help with admission, financial aid, placement testing, scheduling counseling appointments, and DRC counseling for the upcoming spring 2015 semester.
For more information, please contact Mendocino College, North County Center at 459-6224.

Tuesday November 18th – 10:00am – 1:00pm, 2:00pm – 4:00pm
Admissions, Financial Aid, Online Orientation, Placement Testing, Scheduling Counseling Appointments

Wednesday November 19th – 10:00am – 1:00pm, 2:00p, - 4:00pm
Admissions, Financial Aid, Online Orientation, Placement Testing, DRC (Disability Resource Counseling) Counselor
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Member Maureen Eppstein: 
Publication by Finishing Line Press of her new poetry chapbook, Earthward. 
     If you pre-ordered the book from the publisher, the books will be on their way very soon. 

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Check out member Sharon Bowers' successful project on Kickstarter.com which closed Sun, Nov 16 2014 5:00 PM PST. Kickstarter is a crowdfunding platform based in the United States. The company’s mission is to help bring creative projects to life. People who back Kickstarter projects are offered tangible rewards in exchange for their pledges. 
Amazed & Elated, Depressed & Deflated is a 144-page, humorous graphic memoir. Six short stories explore heartache, hysterical laughter, alienation, boredom vs. vice, stage fright and a mortifying personal history of underwear.
- Thanks to all the supporters -

Member News

When your writing is published, receives a nomination or award, or other notable exposure, please send a short announcement to writersmendocinocoast@gmail.com 

Letter from Josh Weil of July 19th, 2014 with further news of The Great Glass Sea. Josh spoke to our group in September, 2012
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T H A N K   Y O U
 WHY BROKEN SLEEP IS A GOLDEN TIME FOR CREATIVITY

Winter 2012-2013

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From 1,700+ members eligible, and of 28 accepted, our branch had 4:
Steve Sapontzis, Jan Edwards, Katherine Heimann Brown, and Jay Frankston.
CONGRATULATIONS, ALL! 
Archive: Spring 2012 Inaugural Issue

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MEMBER WRITING PROJECTS:
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EKPHRASIS
"Art describing art" in Greek.
Twenty pairs of writers and artists of the Artists Co-op of Mendocino presented a gallery exhibit and readings during October, 2014.

ANTHOLOGY (pub 2015)
Writers of the Mendocino Coast
MIXED WATERS
Submissions closed September 1 
more...
SMATCHUP 2014
Results of fourteen writers blindly matched for a collaborative writing project with another writer.
 LITERARY REVIEW
is published by the state California Writers Club. More info at

Literary Review 2014
www.calwriters.org

Latest Issue Arrived Dec 12 Via USPS
PictureVol. 2014 No. 2 FALL/WINTER Published by the California Writers Club



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  Welcome to the Mendocino Coast branch of the California Writers Club founded in 1909. We are proud to share in this legacy.
  The Writers of the Mendocino Coast meet in the Mendocino Hotel at 6:00 pm on the third Wednesday of every month. We host speakers, workshops, open mics and other yet to be discovered events and activities (link to archive.)
  Our intention is to expand the network and opportunities for writers here on the Mendocino Coast. We hope you'll join us. 
Writers of the Mendocino Coast
PO Box 762 Fort Bragg, CA 95437



MEMBER COUNT 65
WELCOME 
Tom Pope
CALIFORNIA WRITERS CLUB COUNT:  1,583
(Dec 27, 2014)

See MAP of  CWC BRANCHES
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Founding President, Molly Dwyer, invited local writers to her kitchen table in 2009 to form the Mendocino Coast branch of the California Writers club chartered in 2010.

Membership 
 
NEW MEMBERS  $65 includes $20 initiation fee. More information on the website's Membership page.
Yearly renewal is $45.
Membership includes a copy of each of the club's recent anthologies, copies of our state organization's Literary Review magazine, space for member biographies, and  opportunities to see your writing in: 
-The 2015 Anthology Writers of the Mendocino Coast  THERMALS,
submissions closed September 1, 2014 
-The Literary Review is published by the state 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


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Our second anthology is available at Gallery Bookshop, in Mendocino, The Bookstore and Vinyl Cafe, and Visit Mendocino, both in Fort Bragg. 
Gualala area is Four-Eyed Frog country!
GO INDIE !
To purchase by mail, send a message to WritersMendocinoCoast@Gmail.com.

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