CHANGE OF MEETING DATES
WRITERS CLUB WILL BE MEETING ON THURSDAY NIGHTS
ON 3RD THURSDAY EACH MONTH STARTING FEBRUARY
GARDEN ROOM - MENDOCINO HOTEL
Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays the Garden Room will serve Italian cuisine - Stop in !
WRITERS CLUB WILL BE MEETING ON THURSDAY NIGHTS
ON 3RD THURSDAY EACH MONTH STARTING FEBRUARY
GARDEN ROOM - MENDOCINO HOTEL
Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays the Garden Room will serve Italian cuisine - Stop in !
RIDE SHARING
MEMBERS SEEKING to attend upcoming meetings are asked to forward contact information, with cross streets for listing here and in future newsletters. Members living near ride-seekers may then offer to drive by contacting [email protected] Jan Edwards - From downtown Point Arena Offer to drive from Rancho Navarro - Ron Morita |
Member Jay Frankston / Whole Loaf Publications is putting together another writers' workshop to meet twice a month for 2 hours in Little River. He welcomes anyone who may want to join. Contact him at 937-0208 or [email protected]
Anybody residing in Lake, Sonoma or Mendocino Counties is eligible to submit an original play running no longer than 10 minutes. The deadline for submissions is Valentine's Day, Saturday, Feb. 14. http://goo.gl/3A34uy
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Hello, and welcome to opportunities to publish your writing whether or not you live on the Mendocino Coast.
MEMBER WRITING PROJECTS:
EKPHRASIS
"Art describing art" in Greek. Twenty pairs of writers and artists of the Artists Co-op of Mendocino presented a gallery exhibit and readings during October, 2014. ANTHOLOGY (pub 2015)
Writers of the Mendocino Coast MIXED WATERS Submissions closed September 1 more... SMATCHUP 2014
Results of fourteen writers blindly matched for a collaborative writing project with another writer. LITERARY REVIEW
is published by the state California Writers Club. More info at Literary Review 2014 www.calwriters.org Latest Issue Arrived Dec 12 Via USPS
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 Thursday of every month. We host speakers, workshops, open mics and other yet to be discovered events and activities (link to archive.) 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
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 each of the club's recent anthologies, copies of our state organization's Literary Review magazine, space for member biographies, and opportunities to see your writing in: -The 2015 Anthology Writers of the Mendocino Coast THERMALS, submissions closed September 1, 2014 -The Literary Review is published by the state California Writers Club. More info at www.calwriters.org -The yearly collaboration, Ekphrasis, with the Artists Coop of Mendocino Our second anthology is available at Gallery Bookshop, in Mendocino, The Bookstore and Vinyl Cafe, and Visit Mendocino, both in Fort Bragg.
Gualala area is Four-Eyed Frog country! GO INDIE ! To purchase by mail, send a message to [email protected]. RECAP OF 2014
MONTHLY MEETINGS JANUARY Preview readings of anthology participants FEBRUARY Michelle Richmond, NY Times bestselling author, talk on craft MARCH Anthology release party with readings. APRIL Smatch-Up, one writer starts a story with one page and another ends it with one page. MAY Shirin Yim Bridges talk on "Digital First" JUNE Panel discussion by writing group, Write Women, on "Effective Critiques and Editing" JULY Ekphrasis III exchange of writing and art with artists from the Artists Co-op of Mendocino AUGUST Cynthia Frank, publisher, Cypress House, talk on "Preparing Your Manuscript for Publication" SEPTEMBER "Honor Among Writers" readings by members nominated by peers OCTOBER Ekphrasis III readings by twenty authors while images of artwork were displayed behind them NOVEMBER "Poetry For Non-Poets" a workshop with Maureen Eppstein DECEMBER Wrapped book exchange and readings of members' writing of their best, worst, or strangest holiday. |