Membership Renewal Reminder
It's time to renew your membership. Don't miss out on all the writing opportunities available only to members. Download and complete the membership renewal form (below) and mail it with your check to:
WMC, PO box 762, Fort Bragg, CA 95437
It's time to renew your membership. Don't miss out on all the writing opportunities available only to members. Download and complete the membership renewal form (below) and mail it with your check to:
WMC, PO box 762, Fort Bragg, CA 95437
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Sunday, July 21st: Writing with Humor
Storytelling comedian Keith Lowell Jensen will speak about how to use humor in your writing effectively. This talk will cover respecting your plot and characters, choosing whether to let your narrator joke or limiting your punchlines to dialogue, balancing set up and punch line, and more.
Jensen has delighted audiences around the world, including headlining the First International China Comedy Festival in Shanghai. His most recent special, "What I Was Arrested For," is approaching a quarter million views on YouTube, and he boasts over 10 million streams on Pandora. The comedian became a first-time author in 2018, publishing Punching Nazis: And Other Good Ideas with Skyhorse Books. He followed this up with What I Was Arrested For published by CLASH Books in 2022. |
Sunday, July 21st
2:30 - 4:30, Mendocino Community Center, Activities Room 998 School St, Mendocino, CA |
Thanks to Tall Guy Brewery for hosting our Member Showcase
and thanks to Rob Hawthorn and Kailyn McCord
and especially to our members for reading their work!
We'll be back!
and thanks to Rob Hawthorn and Kailyn McCord
and especially to our members for reading their work!
We'll be back!
New Program: Creative Writing at the Library
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As an outreach into the community, WMC will be offering
a monthly creative writing class at the Fort Bragg Library.
Every second Wednesday, beginning September 11.
2:00-3:30 pm.
Free and open to all adults.
Community Room
The schedule so far.
Norma Watkins – Tell Your Stories - Memoir - SEPTEMBER
Rob Hawthorn - Ghost Stories – OCTOBER
Earlene Gleisner – Prompts for All Reasons and Seasons - NOVEMBER
Phil Zwerling – Write a Ten-Minute Play: Win a Contest and Get it Published. - DECEMBER
Kailyn McCord – Nonfiction – JANUARY
Maureen Eppstein – "Words to open the heart: POETRY" - FEBRUARY
Karen Lewis – Flash, Smash, Twist: Creating Short-Short Memoir and Fiction - MARCH
Ericka Lutz - Plotting the Novel - APRIL
Sharon Bowers – Humor – MAY
If you’ve been itching to teach, and you see a missing genre (romance? anyone writing romance?) contact Norma at [email protected]
Norma Watkins – Tell Your Stories - Memoir - SEPTEMBER
Rob Hawthorn - Ghost Stories – OCTOBER
Earlene Gleisner – Prompts for All Reasons and Seasons - NOVEMBER
Phil Zwerling – Write a Ten-Minute Play: Win a Contest and Get it Published. - DECEMBER
Kailyn McCord – Nonfiction – JANUARY
Maureen Eppstein – "Words to open the heart: POETRY" - FEBRUARY
Karen Lewis – Flash, Smash, Twist: Creating Short-Short Memoir and Fiction - MARCH
Ericka Lutz - Plotting the Novel - APRIL
Sharon Bowers – Humor – MAY
If you’ve been itching to teach, and you see a missing genre (romance? anyone writing romance?) contact Norma at [email protected]
2025 Anthology
Submissions Open until Midnight August 31st
The theme is Resilience
For full submission guidelines, go to here!
Submissions Open until Midnight August 31st
The theme is Resilience
For full submission guidelines, go to here!
Ekphrasis initiators: June 17th start date, submissions due to [email protected] by midnight July 16th.
Ekphrasis responders: need to pick up artwork at the Artists’ Co-op Gallery starting on July 20th. The Gallery is located at 10400 Kasten Street in Mendocino and is open daily from 11am – 4pm.
Send your written responding piece to [email protected] by midnight August 30th.
Ekphrasis responders: need to pick up artwork at the Artists’ Co-op Gallery starting on July 20th. The Gallery is located at 10400 Kasten Street in Mendocino and is open daily from 11am – 4pm.
Send your written responding piece to [email protected] by midnight August 30th.
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 Membership: [email protected].
If you aren’t there or up-to-date, please send a brief bio (50 words) and a headshot to Membership: [email protected].
The club has a new Facebook page. We Facebook Live our in-person meetings.
People who cannot attend will be able to tune in. Please Log into Facebook to Like and Follow
We are also on Instagram! Follow us and try one of Kailyn’s prompts.
@writersofthemendocinocoast
People who cannot attend will be able to tune in. Please Log into Facebook to Like and Follow
We are also on Instagram! Follow us and try one of Kailyn’s prompts.
@writersofthemendocinocoast
UPCOMING EVENTS
Fall Creative Writing Classes at Mendocino College
Classes are $13 a semester, and registrations is open now! Creative Writing with Kailyn McCord Wednesdays, 12:30 - 3:30pm In-Person, Coast Center Campus, Rm 111 Creative Writing with Vincent Poturica Fridays, 10am - 12:50pm In-Person, Point Arena Library Creative Writing with Molly Dwyer Tuesdays, 9am - 11:50am In-Person, Coast Center Campus, Rm 111 For more classes, check out the searchable online class schedule; to register, stop by the Coast Center Campus, or apply online. 2024 Mendocino Coast Writers Conference – Free Events
Thursday, August 1 | 6:30 p.m. A medley of Faculty readings at Crown Hall, 45285 Ukiah Street, Mendocino. Friday, August 2 | 7:00 p.m. at Crown Hall, 45285 Ukiah Street, Mendocino. A medley of Faculty Readings. NOW OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS!
Off the Page Readers Theater and Redwood Writers invites local North Bay writers of all genres to submit up to five pieces of writing that may be selected for a dramatic reading. Open to members and non-members, so feel free to share with all your writing friends In the Dark
It happens to us all, doesn't it? Someone comes to us, expecting something, and we feel clueless about the particular circumstance... or, we find ourselves in a place and time that we don't recognize. Then there's the literal meaning... The physical dark holds the unseen, mystery, romance, danger, nightmares and sweet dreams... POETRY AT THE COBALT
2nd Sunday in April, 5 - 7PM 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. The new reading series, Poetry At The Cobalt, formerly Poetry On The River, has relocated to the beautiful Cobalt Gallery on Main Street in downtown Fort Bragg. 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 episode coming in May - Listen here!
Point Arena Third Thursday Poetry & Jazz
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!! 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 ![]() HAVE A MINUTE?
See the current schedule. Mendocino Theatre Company's One-Minute Radio Theatre is a two-minute spot broadcast bi-weekly on KZYX. Collaborate by submitting an original one-minute play. All voices to be heard! Plays can be in English or Spanish. No fee for submission nor cash award if your play is chosen; all actors and directors give their time free of charge. Submit your one-minute play* (app. 150-170 words, for 1-3 actors) in the body of an email (no attachments) to [email protected] with the subject MTC One-Minute Play: [Title of your play]. Include your full name, contact information, and a brief, 50-word bio. You may submit as many one-minute plays as you wish, but only one submission per email, please. *Play may not contain the "seven dirty words" prohibited by the FCC. Play must be totally original and the author's work. Listen now: 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 Videos of previous meetings on WMC’s Facebook Page.
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M E M B E R N E W S
Writing newly published, receives a nomination or award, or other notable exposure? Please send a short announcement to [email protected]
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.
![]() 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]. NEWS FROM THE BOARD
Want to Volunteer?
We’re looking for 2-3 folks to run our Earth Day booth next April. We need a new Greeter – join Robyn Koski to meet and greet members at monthly meetings. contact [email protected] The following officers were elected by acclamation at the July members’ meeting: Nona Smith and Leslie Wahlquist, Co-presidents Catherine Marshall, Vice-President Norma Watkins, Secretary Ginny Rorby, Treasurer. 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. ![]()
WHY WE PASS ROB'S HAT
WMC is committed to keeping our membership renewal fee low. Almost half of our dues go to the state club, and expenses have increased. We no longer have a free space to meet. In order to attract quality speakers, we provide them with a stipend to cover travel costs, a stipend we raised post-COVID. Your donation helps WMC continue to offer quality programs. 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. 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 The Summer CWC Bulletin is here!
The CWC Bulletin is a great way to publicize book launches or writing-related achievements: short stories or poems published, contests won, awards and recognition for members’ work. Send a blurb of around 50 words, plus the book cover in JPEG format to Editor Joyce Krieg, [email protected]. SUBSCRIBE TO THE MONTHLY NEWSLETTER
Email [email protected] Your email address will never be shared or sold. ![]() 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]. |