Susan Bono

"The Personal Essay"
 
November 20th 6:00 pm
Mendocino Hotel

Writer and teacher, editor and coach, teacher and traveler. 

"In my former career as a high school English teacher and in my current work as a writer’s group facilitator, workshop presenter, editor, and small press publisher, I’ve been helping writers improve their vision for more than 20 years."



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Susan suggested the Greek word that's become the name of our Ekphrasis collaboration with the Artists' Co-op of Mendocino--Art Describing Art.
 Thanks Susan!

December 18th
6:00 pm

Garden Room
Mendocino Hotel

Celebrate the season of good cheer by reading your best, worst, or weirdest holiday, and exchanging a book.

This is a writing opportunity for members to read for three minutes and have some fun. It's also a gift-wrapped book exchange; bring one, get one. Your choice--new or one you've read and want to share.
Please time your reading.

Members 
Open Mic

Each month, when time permits, we'll have two members read for 3 minutes each (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 the reading before the event to ensure it's within the limit. 
Writing Opportunity 

The Kelley House Museum is planning to publish a huckleberry cookbook to sell in their gift shop as a fund-raiser. It will blend recipes, history, interviews with locals and useful information of the huckleberries' role in coastal life. Over the past few years, the museum has collected local huckleberry lore and recipes. A writer is needed to pull together approximately 15 pages of information for book content preceding the recipes, shooting for a publication date in the Fall of 2014.

If you, or someone you know would participate, or would like additional information, please contact Nancy Freeze, 707/937-5791. 
Thanks to emcee Jewels Marcus and the participating writers who read their work in the Ekphrasis collaboration with the Artists Co-Op of Mendocino on Wednesday, October 16th.   

We are grateful to the Mendocino Hotel 
for use of the Garden Room.
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Member News

When your writing is published or receives a nomination or award, please send a short announcement to writersmendocinocoast@gmail.com 
Member Henri Bensussen recommends The Raynes Poetry Prize.
Member Cheri Ause's story, "The Trouble with Sylvia," which won the 3rd place prize in the Redwood Writers 2012 Mystery Contest now appears in Reloaded (Both Barrels, Vol. 2), a Shotgun Honey press crime anthology of 25 new stories available at Amazon in both print and Kindle editions. 
"Waiting for the Cake," a poem by member Henri Bensussen, is about to be published in Voices from the Porch, by Main Street Rag. It's available for advance ordering now at a discounted price; look it over at the website. It's all about porches.
Member Alena Deerwater recently published "Thank God for Monsters" in the Summer MONSTERS issue at Exterminating Angel Press. 
Member Katy Pye announced the release of Elizabeth's Landing, the new novel for young readers.
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The Watertower art gallery in Mendocino has an opportunity to earn 30% commission on sales and write in the quiet times. 
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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 on the coast. 
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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.
     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 : 68
Membership 
 
NEW MEMBERS  $65 / includes $20 initiation fee. More information on the website's Membership page.
Membership includes a copy of each of the club's anthology, copies of our state organization's Literary Review magazine, space for a member biographies, and  opportunities to see your writing in: 
-The annual Anthology. Submissions 
for Writers of the Mendocino Coast Upwelling to be published in 2014 
closed Sept. 18, 2013.  
-The Literary Review published by the state California Writers Club. More info at  www.calwriters.org
-The yearly collaboration, Ekphrasis, with the Artists Coop of Mendocino

2014 GUIDELINES FOR SUBMITTING TO WMC’S SECOND ANTHOLOGY
WRITERS OF THE MENDOCINO COAST: UPWELLING
Submissions closed
September 18, 2013
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2014 LITERARY REVIEW
Submissions closed August 30, 2013
read more ...

Winter 2012-2013 Issue

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Congratulations to members: 
Steve Sapontzis, Jan Edwards, Katherine Heimann Brown, 
and Jay Frankston. 
Archive: Spring 2012 Inaugural Issue
The 2013 anthology 
Writers of 
the Mendocino Coast At The Edge
The anthology is available at Gallery Bookshop,  Mendocino, in Fort Bragg at The Bookstore & Vinyl Cafe, and on Amazon. Members should all have received a copy of the 2013 anthology. 
The E-book version is available in the iTunes store, on Amazon, and 
Barnes & Nobel.