MENDOCINO WRITERS MEET ON THE 3RD THURSDAY
GARDEN ROOM - MENDOCINO HOTEL
Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays the Garden Room serve Italian cuisine - Stop in !
Hello, and welcome to opportunities to publish your writing, whether or not you live on the Mendocino Coast.
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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
published by the state California Writers Club. More info at Literary Review 2014 www.calwriters.org Latest Issue Arrived Dec 12 Via USPS
 Vol. 2014 No. 2 FALL/WINTER
Published by the California Writers Club
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 Thursday 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
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 MIXED WATERS, 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 
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. RECAP OF 2014
MONTHLY MEETINGS JANUARY Preview readings by anthology participants FEBRUARY Michelle Richmond, NY Times bestselling author, talk on the craft of writing MARCH Anthology release party with readings. APRIL Smatch-Up, one writer starts a story with one page and another ends it with one page. MAY Shirin Yim Bridges talk on "Digital First" JUNE Panel discussion by writing group, Write Women, on "Effective Critiques and Editing" JULY Ekphrasis III exchange of writing and art with artists from the Artists Co-op of Mendocino AUGUST Cynthia Frank, publisher, Cypress House, talk on "Preparing Your Manuscript for Publication" SEPTEMBER "Honor Among Writers" readings by members nominated by peers OCTOBER Ekphrasis III readings by twenty authors while images of artwork were displayed behind them NOVEMBER "Poetry For Non-Poets" a workshop with Maureen Eppstein DECEMBER Wrapped book exchange and readings of members' writing of their best, worst, or strangest holiday. |
