Thanks to Josh Weil for reading from his book The New Valley
and his views on the craft of writing,  September 19th.
 
We are grateful to the Mendocino Hotel for use of the Garden Room.
Submissions for our first anthology: 
WRITERS OF THE MENDOCINO COAST: AT THE EDGE 
closed September 15th

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Latest update to the website:
See the Resources Page for 
a link to Pathways to Publishing

Members Open Mic

Each month we'll set aside time for two members to read for 3 minutes. To participate, put your name on a slip of our paper into 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.

Current member count: 67

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Voices of CALYX

Sat. October 27, 6:30 pm at Gallery Bookshop in Mendocino: Voices of CALYX: member Maureen Eppstein (exec. director of the Mendocino Coast Writers Conference) will be joined by four other contributors to the CALYX Summer 2012 issue: Iris Jamahl Dunkle, Luiza Flynn-Goodlett, Judy Halebsky, and Binh Nguyen, to celebrate CALYX Journal’s 36 years of publishing art and literature by women.

Creative Writing 
at the Senior Center

Workshops with Karen Lewis started in October, meeting from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. on six consecutive Mondays to November 5th. A signup sheet is at the front desk of the Redwood Coast Senior Center in Fort Bragg. Enrollment is limited to twenty.
Thanks to a grant from Poets & Writers, it is available on a low/no cost, sliding scale. If the attendance is great enough, the series will continue into winter.

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 Tony Camarda published his book, Standing In Gorda, this year.
          Page 2 includes these lines:
   "You will learn plenty about your narrator before this story is finished, there's no way of getting around that.
   But this story will not be about ME.
   It will be about hitchhiking.
   It will be about the Pacific Coast Highway.
   It will be about being objective, and alert, and succeeding in the task of writing it all down.
   It will be about stepping back and taking the time to observe the spirit of this country.
   These are my intentions."


Published by
Zeccola Ravioli International, 
PO Bx 400, Comptche, CA 95427
ISBN: 
978-0-9882144-7-7 
Read Tony's biography on the 
Member Biography page

California Writers Week

Click on the poster to download it or read the names of California writers
In 2003, the California State Assembly offically declared the 3rd week in October each year as California Writers Week.
The California Writers Club worked to establish the Joint Legislative Resolution.

NEXT EVENT

October 17th   6:00 p.m.
Mendocino Hotel - Garden Room

The Writers of the Mendocino Coast asked eight writers to craft one page of prose or poetry, fiction or nonfiction, in response to a piece of art provided by eight artists associated with the Artists' Coop of Mendocino.

Another set of eight writers provided one page to prompt a piece of art by eight artists representing the Coop.

On October 17th, the Writers of the Mendocino Coast will host each of the sixteen writers in a reading of their work while a photo of the art is projected onto a screen.

The artists are invited to attend and comment on their work. 

During October

The Ekphrasis Project
One medium of art relates to another medium by defining and describing its essence and form.

The pages crafted by the writers will be exhibited next to the sixteen pieces of art in the gallery at the 
Artists' Coop of Mendocino

45270 Main St., Mendocino 937-2217

Future Events

In November, our regularly scheduled meeting falls on Wednesday, the 21st, the night before Thanksgiving. We'll all be traveling or preparing for company.
There will be no meeting.

Happy Thanksgiving
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 other activities.
Our intention is to expand the network and opportunities for writers here on the Mendocino Coast. We hope you'll join us. 

For Members - WRITERS GROUP CLEARING HOUSE

     The California Writers Club fosters professionalism in writing and promotes networking of writers with the writing community. All genres and writing styles are supported. In order to provide an environment where members can obtain critique of their efforts, a clearing house has been established.
     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