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May 18th Workshop Meeting

2:00-3:30 at the beautiful Stanford Inn

arrive at 1:30 to socialize and enjoy a libation with fellow members
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NOTE: Our meeting is on the third Sunday this month due to Mothers Day.
​Happy Mothers Day!


​Get ready.
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Its time again for our most hilarious member-generated event

SMATCH UP!


where one member begins a one-page piece and another member finishes it.
A real challenge and always full of surprises.


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Sign-Ups now Open for EKPHRASIS 2025!


Write to Inspire an Artist, or Let an Artist Inspire your Writing
 
Signups are open for Ekphrasis 2025, our annual collaboration with the Artists Co-op of Mendocino, where you can write about how a particular piece of art moves you or create a piece of writing to inspire an artist’s response. 
 
To sign-up email Susan Nash at [email protected]. Sign-ups end on June 9 or as soon as the 20 available spots are filled. Please put Ekphrasis in the subject line and state your preference (“writer initiator” or "writer responder”). 
And mark your calendars for October 11, when a Second Saturday party at the Co-op will celebrate the display, and October 12, when writers will read their work accompanied by slides of the art at the monthly meeting of the Writers of the Mendocino Coast.

A special treat for our Open Mic meeting in June, as ten of our members read their work alongside the three WMC scholarship winners from Mendocino College Coast Center. More information coming soon!”

Members, Please check your Member Bio​, above.
​If you aren’t there or up-to-date, please send a brief bio (50 words) and a headshot to [email protected]

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artwork by Janis Porter
Join our meeting live on the Facebook page!
People who cannot attend will be able to tune in. Please Log into Facebook to Like and Follow
We are also on Instagram! @writersofthemendocinocoast

UPCOMING EVENTS

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Check out the exciting news for 2025 Mendocino Coast Writers Conference! for information: mcwc.org
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Our Earth Day Booth was a success!

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We generated lots of interest, especially with writers of the future who illustrated a few of our writing prompts (photo by Patty Joslyn). Thank you to everyone who participated and to those who donated books. A special thanks to our volunteers: Leslie Wahlquist, Patty Joslyn, Sharon Bowers, Audrey Wells, and Robyn Koski.
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Creative Writing at the
​Fort Bragg Library

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Check out ongoing Creative Writing Courses at
Mendocino College
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​For more classes, check out the searchable online class schedule; to register, stop by the Coast Center Campus, or apply online.

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POETRY AT THE COBALT
Every second Sunday year round 5-7 pm
THIS IS AN INVITATION TO ALL POETS, WRITERS, READERS, AND LOVERS OF LITERATURE, YOUNG, OLD, IN BETWEEN, KNOWN, UNKNOWN, SUBMERGED, EMERGED AND EMERGING:
Rhyming, free verse, expensive or expansive verse, reverses, metered, learned, unlearned, experimental—all varieties, styles and non-styles are welcome.
430 North Main Street in Fort Bragg

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​Michelle Blackwell, host, encourages members to listen to the most recent podcasts featuring Jean Hegland, Kim Bancroft, Tansy Chapman, Laura Marie Censabella and Maureen Eppstein. New episodes aired quarterly.

  Point Arena Third Thursday Poetry & Jazz
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7pm
THINK VISUAL
240 Main Street
Downtown Point Arena, CA 
Bring something to sit on, something to eat and/or drink,
your words, music and ears!!

Rhythm Running River (Poetry) on KZYX&Z 1st and 3rd Sundays
 3-5 p.m.
    Dan Roberts: [email protected]

​Cartwheels on the Sky ~ Poets, Poems & Discovery
Saturdays 7-7:30 KGUA - FM Gualala

FORT BRAGG LIBRARY
First Thursdays Open Mic 6-8 p.m.
    Dan Hess: [email protected]

UKIAH LIBRARY
Loba Poetry Series
Open Mic for teen & adults, Third Saturdays 3 p.m.
      Melissa Carr: [email protected]

Writers Reading Ukiah 
     Last Thursday, 7 p.m Reading, 8 p.m. Open Mic
    Poetry, Spoken Word, Short Stories, Songs & Expository Prose.

LOBA POETRY SERIES at Ukiah Branch Library
Reading and Open Mic
Second Saturdays, 3 pm

Linda Noel & Theresa Whitehill
MENDOCINO POETRY SERIES
Last Saturday of the month, 4 to 6 pm
Barth Studio at the Mendocino Art Center
45200 Little Lake Street, Mendocino
email Devreaux Baker, 
[email protected], for more info

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Listen now to our members read their one-minute plays!



i am from the ocean by windflower Townley

I Could Not Stop for Covid  by Holly Tannen
Something New &
Murder She Wrote by Philip Zwerling


M E M B E R   N E W S

​Do you have newly published writing? Have you received a nomination, award or other notable exposure? Send a short announcement and we’ll add it to the website to help spread the word!  [email protected]

Welcome to our new members!
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Welcome to the New Members who have joined our branch during recent months.
Please welcome them when you have the opportunity.
Let them know we are happy they’ve chosen to join WMC!


Bethany Yim, Logan Silva,
Kristan Larsen, Kelly Barlett, Chris Hougie, Joan Stanford, and Tom Fantulin

MEMBERSHIP
See information on the Membership page.


Member Audrey Wells’s ten-minute play has been accepted by the 18th Annual Festival of New Plays presented by Mendocino College in Ukiah! The two-person comedy, "Post Toast" will be directed by student Tom Simons and staged on May 15, 16, 17 in the Little Theater on the Ukiah campus.
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Congratulations, Audrey!!

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The 2025 Anthology will be available at member meetings. All members receive one complimentary book and additional books are $12.00. If you need them mailed, contact Elizabeth Vrenios at [email protected]”

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WMC member Kailyn McCord's latest, "Kill an Urchin, Save a Sea" is out this week. In it, she goes deep (about forty feet), covering Caspar Cove, the invasive purple urchin, and the fight for the North Coast's bull kelp restoration. Check it out online, or in the most recent print issue of Alta Journal, available by subscription or in some bookstores.

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WMC members Aron Lee Bowe, Susan Lundgren, Donald Shephard, and Karin Uphoff have stories or poems in the current Noyo Review. Click here to read their work.


​CWC’s Vision & Verse: A Fusion of Art, Photography, Prose and Poetry is now available on Amazon.
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​CWC’s Best of the Best: 2024 Literary Review by the California Writers Club is a collection of poems and stories selected from Branch publications


The famous poet Audre Lorde has said "Poetry is not only dream and vision; it is the skeleton architecture of our lives. ”

The Redwood Writers 2023 Poetry Anthology, Phases, is out. Several of our members had poems accepted. If you would like to purchase a copy, you can find them here.
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KELLEY HOUSE CALENDAR
Call for Writers
There are so many stories yet to tell, and they welcome your voice. Articles are 400 to 700 words and can be paired with photos or illustrations usually discovered in their database of 10,000 images. Call the Kelley House curator, Karen McGrath, at 707/937-5791 or email her at [email protected].


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Give yourself permission to write
at least 3-minutes a month by joining The WMC Prompt Group. Instructions and three to four topics are delivered to your email address by moderator, Earlene Gleisner, a self-confessed Prompt Geek. The goal is to inspire and create, while supporting each other. Send your name, phone number, and email to [email protected].


Writing Opportunities for Members!
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To reserve your online invitation, contact cwc-berkeley.org




The San Quaquin Valley chapter of the California Writers Club has invited us to take part in their August 2025 publication of the Bulletin. See Below!!

Dear CWC Member,
In preparation for the August 2025 Bulletin, a publication of the San Joaquin Valley Writers Club, we would love to hear from you about any of the following for the section Members' Highlights:
1. recent publication(s)
2. honors and awards received
3. other major professional achievements
The time period should span from April 2025 to August 2025. 
Submissions should be NO MORE than 50 words and use the following format that includes your branch affiliation. Send your Members' Highlights submission to [email protected]. Absolute strict deadline, July 15.

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The California Writers Club is excited to announce we will accepting submissions for poems and short prose to appear in Vision & Verse II: a Fusion of Poetry, Prose, Art, and Photography. 
For Submission and Guideline Details click on:
GO TO CWC WEBSITE

NEWS FROM THE BOARD

Want to Volunteer?
contact [email protected]
NEW THREE-YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN
The Writers Club is Reaching Out with all sorts of ideas for
future programs. Check it out in our Strategic Plan 2024-2027, available for download below, or on the About section of the main menu.
wmc_strategic_plan_2024-27-updated_jan2025.docx
File Size: 16 kb
File Type: docx
Download File


Questions? contact: [email protected]
WMC, P O Box 762, Fort Bragg, CA 95437

Do you have a topic on the craft of writing to teach at an upcoming meeting for forty-five minutes?
​Contact
[email protected]

The CWC website includes a calendar of monthly meetings for all state branches. Any of our members can attend the meetings of any other branch for free or for the same fee as their membership pays. To view their meeting topics (many are still on Zoom), click on https://calwriters.org/events/.

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.​

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MENDOCINO WRITERS MEET 
The THIRD SUNDAY of the month


The CALIFORNIA WRITERS CLUB is a 501(c) (6) educational nonprofit dedicated to educating members and the public-at-large in the craft of writing and in the marketing of their work.

California Writers Club: https://calwriters.org/

California Writers Club calendar for other branch's events:
https://calwriters.org/events-month

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