The 2019 Anthology Night Waves submission dates
Prose/Poetry: June 1 through August 31 (midnight)
Interior photos and cover photo/art deadline is September 1 (midnight)
See submission guidelines
Prose/Poetry: June 1 through August 31 (midnight)
Interior photos and cover photo/art deadline is September 1 (midnight)
See submission guidelines
List of Open Classes - Mendocino Coast Writers Conference
The Magic of MG/YA Novels with Guadalupe Garcia McCall
Why and How Poetry Works with Indigo Moor
Deepening and Refining Non-fiction with Elizabeth Rosner
The Business of Show: Successful Screenwriting with Nina Sadowsky
Emerging Writers' Workshop: Your Voice, Your Story with Jason S. Ridler
A few seats are available in these five workshops.
See the website at mcwc.org where it lists which workshops are open and which are full.
The Magic of MG/YA Novels with Guadalupe Garcia McCall
Why and How Poetry Works with Indigo Moor
Deepening and Refining Non-fiction with Elizabeth Rosner
The Business of Show: Successful Screenwriting with Nina Sadowsky
Emerging Writers' Workshop: Your Voice, Your Story with Jason S. Ridler
A few seats are available in these five workshops.
See the website at mcwc.org where it lists which workshops are open and which are full.
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MENDOCINO HOTEL
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC MASTERS of the CRAFT Interviews and Readings Thursday, June 21st, 6:00 p.m. Maureen Eppstein, Charley Furey, Donald Shephard Join us for a talk with a few writers from the Mendocino Coast Branch of the California Writers Club MENDOCINO COLLEGE COAST CENTER
CREATIVE WRITING CLASSES Two creative writing classes are being offered this fall at Mendocino College Coast Center. Students can sign up for credit Beginning and Intermediate Creative Writing, or non-credit Creative Writing Tuesdays 9-12 - Instructor: Molly Dwyer, PhD and founder of the WMC Saturdays 9-12 - Instructor: Lisa Locascio, PhD, Creative Writing and Literature, MA in English Literature Registration now open. The College is on summer hours. Open Monday-Thursday. 
MENDOCINO HOTEL
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC SUSAN BONO "Imperfection and the Art of Writing Memoir and Essay" Thursday, August 16th, 6:00 p.m. Author and dear friend to WMC, Susan Bono will speak at the August 16th meeting on “Imperfection and the Art of Writing Memoir and Essay.” How what you don’t know can help you. Susan Bono is a writing teacher and freelance editor who specializes in memoir. She edited and published Tiny Lights: A Journal of Personal Narrative from 1995 until 2014. 
Seeking Judges for the May 22 County High Schools Poetry Slam at Mendocino High School — Get More Info
MEMBER NEWS
Writing newly published, receives a nomination or award, or other notable exposure? Please send a short announcement to writersmendocinocoast@gmail.com CWC member Harriet Gleeson has had a poem accepted for Scarlet Tanager Books (http://www.scarlettanager.com/)
forthcoming anthology Fire and Rain: Ecopoetry of California. October 1, 2018 is the scheduled publication date. The anthology editors note: "The collective contributions to this anthology come together to weave a braid of voices examining and celebrating the dazzling variety of California’s unique biological zones. This anthology will provide an arguably much-needed platform for the ecologies of California—from Sierra to Mojave Desert; valleys and streams; coast and forest—and will hopefully take its place in the canon of the finest writing and writers of our state." CWC member Maureen Eppstein has had four poems accepted for Scarlet Tanager Books' (http://www.scarlettanager.com/)
forthcoming anthology Fire and Rain: Ecopoetry of California. October 1, 2018 is the scheduled publication date. The anthology editors note: "The collective contributions to this anthology come together to weave a braid of voices examining and celebrating the dazzling variety of California’s unique biological zones. This anthology will provide an arguably much-needed platform for the ecologies of California—from Sierra to Mojave Desert; valleys and streams; coast and forest—and will hopefully take its place in the canon of the finest writing and writers of our state."
FORT BRAGG LIBRARY
POETRY WRITING WORKSHOPS The workshops include samples of the various styles and techniques of poetry writing, displays of published works, in-session writing exercises along with readings and discussions of individual works produced during the workshops. Every third Wednesday of the month, 2-3:30 pm, find your hidden poet within! Workshops are free. All ages are welcome. Visit the library site for more.
IN THIS ISSUE
MEMOIR: Tail of a Hollow Leg - Susan Lundgren POETRY: A Woman Goes Through Airport - Nancy McLelland Gray Fox - Donald Shephard ESSAY: Pigments of Our Imagination - Susanna Janssen Abuse and Family Secrets - Susan Lundgren CONGRATULATIONS WRITERS ROLLING RECAP OF MONTHLY MEETINGS
See Archives tab above for details
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May 17th NaNoWriMo Readings Event
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.
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. CWC NorCal website: http://cwcnorcalwriters.org/ 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 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 2019 Anthology Night Waves -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 
COVER FOR THE 2018 ANTHOLOGY - Many thanks to BOB RHOADES for allowing us to use images of his paper mache creations
CALIFORNIA WRITERS CLUB
MENDOCINO BRANCH 
Drop in to the library site for the list of recently added books and reviews by CWC member Priscilla Comen.
Click on image to go to flip-page view of all pages Spring 2018 v4#1
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Welcome to opportunities to publish your writing, whether or not you live on the Mendocino Coast.
