2018 SMATCHUP, “The Woman Next Door”
Participation is open to any WMC member in good standing.
What it is: Writers are anonymously paired to create either a story or poem (genre decided upon entering). One writer starts (one page maximum), one finishes (one page maximum), and pairs are revealed at the April 18th meeting when the finished pieces are read. Works will be posted on the website after the event. SEE ALL OTHER RULES here
To enter: Send an e-mail to Katherine Brown kheimannbrown@gmail.com by midnight February 2nd.
Participation is open to any WMC member in good standing.
What it is: Writers are anonymously paired to create either a story or poem (genre decided upon entering). One writer starts (one page maximum), one finishes (one page maximum), and pairs are revealed at the April 18th meeting when the finished pieces are read. Works will be posted on the website after the event. SEE ALL OTHER RULES here
To enter: Send an e-mail to Katherine Brown kheimannbrown@gmail.com by midnight February 2nd.
COVER FOR THE 2018 ANTHOLOGY - Many thanks to BOB RHOADES for allowing us to use images of his paper mache creations
MENDOCINO HOTEL
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Thursday, January 18th, 6:00 p.m. MEMBER READINGS FROM 2018
ANTHOLOGY, HOOKED Bryant Burkhardt, Kelly Daoust, Molly Dwyer, Daniel Fiddler, Jay Frankston, Robyn Koski, Susan Lundgren, Fran Schwartz, Nona Smith, Leslie Wahlquist, Joy Karin Weyland, Susan B. Wood READING LIMIT 5 MINUTES Remaining writers read on March 15th at the anthology release party MENDOCINO HOTEL
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Thursday, February 15th, 6:00 p.m. 
MAYA KHOSLA,Author and Film Director
SONG OF THE FOREST - AFTER FIRE Maya will present slides, film excerpts and poetry devoted to the wild after wildfire. For four years, she has been following teams of scientists through the Sierra Nevada, the Cascades Mountains and beyond, to document hundreds of living, breathing reasons why our publicly owned forests need to be saved from large-scale logging projects. Searching for the Gold Spot is her new film. Maya was part of the faculty for the Mendocino Coast Writers Conferences of 2007 and 2008 GALLERY BOOKSHOP
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Friday, February 16th, 6:30 p.m. MAYA KHOSLA, Author and Film Director
READING and BOOK SIGNING Web of Water: Life in Redwood Creek and Keel Bone
MENDOCINO COLLEGE
Spring Semester Writing Classes ENG-210 Section 0023 Creative Writing - Instr. Staff Sat. 9/12:05 Rm 111 3.0 credits 1/22 -5/25 ENG-210 Section 9038 Creative Writing - Instr. N.Watkins Tue. 9/1:05 Rm 111 0.0 credits 2/13 -5/8 ENG-212 Section 0024 Intermed. Creative Writing - Instr. Staff Sat. 9/12:05 Rm 111 3.0 credits 1/22 -5/25 ENG-212 Section 9040 Intermed. Creative Writing - N.Watkins Tue. 9/1:05 Rm 111 0.0 credits 2/13 -5/8 ENG-503 Section 0025 Cr. Writing For Older Adults - Instr. Staff Sat. 9/12:05 Rm 111 3.0 credits 1/22 -5/25 ENG-503 Section 0053 Cr. Writing For Older Adults - N.Watkins Tue. 9/1:05 Rm 111 0.0 credits 2/13 -5/8 See Spring Class Schedule for more info Mendocino Coast Writers Conference
Scholarship Submissions for MCWC 2018 Open until February 15th Based on genre and merit, scholarships that encourage diversity will be available. Visit mcwc.org for full details on their jaw-dropping 2018 faculty, the full conference schedule, all the scholarships offered, and how to apply. DON'T MISS OUT
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.
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 MEMBER NEWS
Writing newly published, receives a nomination or award, or other notable exposure? Please send a short announcement to writersmendocinocoast@gmail.com 
"HOW TO NOT SOUND LIKE A NARCISSIST
IN YOUR MEMOIR" CWC member Norma Watkins has an article dated September 21, 2017 in Luna Luna, an online diary and community interested in art, feminism, literature, opinion, sex and the occult.
2017 INDIE BOOK AWARDS
Winner HUMOR/COMEDY Category and Finalist in EDUCATION/ACADEMIC CWC Member Susanna Janssen For Wordstruck! The Fun and Fascination of Language CONGRATULATIONS SUSANNA ! ROLLING RECAP OF MONTHLY MEETINGS
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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. Our intention is to expand the network and 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. 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 2018 Anthology Hooked -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 
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 Winter '17 v3#3
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