The Writers of the Mendocino Coast
Anthology 2013
At The Edge
Thanks to Cynthia Frank for her talk on Independent and E-Book Publishing  May 15th. Her excellent handout "Build a Better Book Resource List" is on the Resources page.
We are grateful to the Mendocino Hotel for use of the Garden Room.
WRITING CONTESTS - In other California Writers Club branches
The anthology is available at Gallery Bookshop,  Mendocino, in Fort Bragg at The Bookstore & Vinyl Cafe, and on Amazon. Members may pick up their free copy at a future meeting of the Mendocino Coast branch of the California Writers Club. 
The E-book version is available in the iTunes store, on Amazon, and Barnes & Nobel.
Call For Submissions | Deadline June 12 - Artists & Writers Collaboration - Ekphrasis - 18 Writers
For the second year! In cooperation with Artists' Coop of Mendocino.
Members: send in your best one-page story or poem. Must fit on one 8 1/2 x 11 page.
If chosen, half of you will inspire a painting. Nine of you will respond to a painting with another one-page story. 
Entries will be juried by Katherine Brown (w8forwords@att.net). Send her your one-page story or poem. Your deadline is June 12.
The show will be in October. 
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Norma Watkins' fall Creative Writing classes at College of the Redwoods are open for registration. Tuesday class begins August 27; Thursday class August 29. Both classes from 9-12 A.M. for ten weeks. Tuition: $110

Good Words is a collection of the best poems, fiction, and nonfiction, written and performed by students attending Creative Writing classes. 

Send Your News

MEMBERS : When your writing is published or receives a nomination 
or award, please send a short 
announcement to 
writersmendocinocoast@gmail.com 
We'll include it in the newsletter 
and on this website.
   Member Ginny Rorby's book, Lost in the River of Grass, won the 2013 Sunshine State Young Readers Award.

Four Mendocino Coast
Writers Selected 

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This Winter 2012-13 issue of 
The California Writers Club's 
Literary Review 
includes four of our members: 
Steve Sapontzis, Jan Edwards, Katherine Heimann Brown, and Jay Frankston. 
Congratulations writers.

Submissions for the 2013-2014 issue open July 1st and end August 30 '13.
 Members! Send your best writing. 

See the cover and table of contents of 
the Spring 2012 Inaugural Issue
    Member Catherine Marshall's book, "Field Building: Your Blueprint for Creating an Effective and Powerful Social Movement” has been named the Gold Medal winner of the 2012 e-Lit Awards in the category of Current Affairs—Social Issues, for the digital edition.
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Members Maureen Eppstein, Karen Lewis, and Alena Deerwater are participants in an artful conversation about the place of the written word, books, arts and engagement in our modern age. 
Now through the end of June at the Odd Fellows Hall in Mendocino.

Where to Place Your Work,
Especially Short Pieces

The first is about Amazon's Kindle Singles--novella-length books.

The second talks about resources for shorter pieces because more people are reading on their devices.

Next Meetings

On Bloomsday, June 16, the day Ulysses is set, people around the world celebrate James Joyce (and all writers) by recalling the times, and reading from the novel.
     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.
     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

Bloomsday

June 16th - First Celebration

In cooperation with Gallery Bookshop, Writers of the Mendocino Coast will join  this Bloomsday 2013 by reading from Ulysses on Sunday, June 16, from 11-4, while strolling up and down in front of the bookstore in Mendocino. 

We need 10 readers, who will read for a half-hour each. Hopefully, we'll have some bits of costume for you (a jacket or hat) to make it seem more like 1904.

If you would like to volunteer, contact Norma Watkins, nwatkins@mcn.org. Deadline June 1.

Future Events

Members Open Mic

Each month we'll set aside time for two members to read for 3 minutes (375 to 500 words.) To participate, put your name in the basket. A name will be drawn at the start of the evening, and another at the end. Please time your reading before the event to ensure it's within the limit. 
Second Celebration - June 19th

Mendocino Hotel - Garden Room
On June 19th, 6:00 P.M.  our third Wednesday meeting of WMC will celebrate Bloomsday by 1) reading a five-minute selection from anything Joyce wrote; or 2) reading your original five-minute piece honoring Ulysses by having as its subject--a part of the human body.


If you would like to read from Joyce or from your own work, send a copy of your selection to host Alena Guest: alenag@mcn.org. 
Deadline: June 1. 

Writers Group
Clearing House

Members, please send a description of your writing experience and genre, the frequency of meeting you would like, and other information you consider pertinent. We will connect you with other members.
WritersMendocinoCoast@GMail.Com 
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Good Words is a collection of the best poems, fiction, and nonfiction, written and performed by students attending Creative Writing classes at College of the Redwoods, in Fort Bragg, California.

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