Sunday, March 19th at 3:30 p.m.
2023 WMC ANTHOLOGY READINGS (Part II)--in person again
NOTE NEW TIME AND PLACE: 3:30 - 4:30 p.m., Third Sunday (March 19), The Well (At the corner of Albion and Lansing in Mendocino, head down Albion toward the ocean. The Well is on the first block on the right, between The Great Put On and the Garden Bakery). Come a little early to allow for parking. MASKING IS ENCOURAGED.
Continuing with celebrating 2023 anthology writings from Common Ground, the following authors will read five minute excerpts from their poems and stories: Aron Lee Bowe (Sharon Bowers), Michelle Blackman, Notty Bumbo, Molly Dwyer, Elizabeth Kirkpatrick-Vrenios, Matthew Sidney Long, Ericka Lutz, Peter Nash, Jonathan Pazer, Steve Sapontzis (to be read by Robert Goleman), Chrissy Sullivan, Holly Tannen, Karin Uphoff, Norma Watkins, and Philip Zwerling.
2023 anthologies (Common Ground) will be distributed during the March meeting. If you are unable to attend, ask another member to pick up your copy for you.
NOTE NEW TIME AND PLACE: 3:30 - 4:30 p.m., Third Sunday (March 19), The Well (At the corner of Albion and Lansing in Mendocino, head down Albion toward the ocean. The Well is on the first block on the right, between The Great Put On and the Garden Bakery). Come a little early to allow for parking. MASKING IS ENCOURAGED.
Continuing with celebrating 2023 anthology writings from Common Ground, the following authors will read five minute excerpts from their poems and stories: Aron Lee Bowe (Sharon Bowers), Michelle Blackman, Notty Bumbo, Molly Dwyer, Elizabeth Kirkpatrick-Vrenios, Matthew Sidney Long, Ericka Lutz, Peter Nash, Jonathan Pazer, Steve Sapontzis (to be read by Robert Goleman), Chrissy Sullivan, Holly Tannen, Karin Uphoff, Norma Watkins, and Philip Zwerling.
2023 anthologies (Common Ground) will be distributed during the March meeting. If you are unable to attend, ask another member to pick up your copy for you.
Sunday, April 16th, 3:30 p.m.
THE STORY BEHIND THE IMAGE
In this interactive workshop, Susan Ito will take you on a narrative journey through and beyond your most meaningful, mysterious, evocative and precious photo images. Using photographic images as prompts, we will explore the stories that lie beyond the frame. Bring 4-6 personal photos that mean something to you - family, individual, landscape, as well as writing materials (keyboard or notebook/pen).
Susan Ito co-edited the literary anthology A Ghost At Heart’s Edge: Stories & Poems of Adoption. Her work has appeared in Growing Up Asian American, Choice, Hyphen, Hip Mama, Catapult, The Bellevue Literary Review, and elsewhere. She has performed her solo show, The Ice Cream Gene, around the US. She teaches at the Writers Grotto, Mills College and Bay Path University. Her theatrical adaption of Untold, stories of reproductive stigma, was produced at Brava Theater. Her memoir, I Would Meet You Anywhere, is forthcoming from the Ohio State University Press in fall 2023.
THE STORY BEHIND THE IMAGE
In this interactive workshop, Susan Ito will take you on a narrative journey through and beyond your most meaningful, mysterious, evocative and precious photo images. Using photographic images as prompts, we will explore the stories that lie beyond the frame. Bring 4-6 personal photos that mean something to you - family, individual, landscape, as well as writing materials (keyboard or notebook/pen).
Susan Ito co-edited the literary anthology A Ghost At Heart’s Edge: Stories & Poems of Adoption. Her work has appeared in Growing Up Asian American, Choice, Hyphen, Hip Mama, Catapult, The Bellevue Literary Review, and elsewhere. She has performed her solo show, The Ice Cream Gene, around the US. She teaches at the Writers Grotto, Mills College and Bay Path University. Her theatrical adaption of Untold, stories of reproductive stigma, was produced at Brava Theater. Her memoir, I Would Meet You Anywhere, is forthcoming from the Ohio State University Press in fall 2023.
RECORDINGS OF MONTHLY MEETINGS Go to the YouTube channel for all the videos.
VOTE FOR WMC MEMBER HOLLY TANNEN IN ENVIRONMENTAL SONGWRITING CONTEST
(Deadline: March 24th)
Holly sent her song about the Jackson State Forest activists, The Grateful Dead Boogie, to an Environmental Song contest in London. The hosts played the song and discussed it on their show. People in Europe are starting to think about the redwoods and carbon sequestration!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oeI288TLH8&list=PL3HKcB8onU2yRyhlNvhiy_wMjRMKcZzdX&index=DO22
The song that receives the most votes wins: 500 pounds ($602) to the songwriter, and 500 pounds to an environmental organization of their choosing. Should The Grateful Dead Boogie win, Holly will give the money to Youth For Climate.
Should you wish to vote, please do so now! The contest ends March 24th: Let's put Holly over the top and win some money for Youth for Climate: vote: pFITE Vote — Home Stage
(Deadline: March 24th)
Holly sent her song about the Jackson State Forest activists, The Grateful Dead Boogie, to an Environmental Song contest in London. The hosts played the song and discussed it on their show. People in Europe are starting to think about the redwoods and carbon sequestration!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oeI288TLH8&list=PL3HKcB8onU2yRyhlNvhiy_wMjRMKcZzdX&index=DO22
The song that receives the most votes wins: 500 pounds ($602) to the songwriter, and 500 pounds to an environmental organization of their choosing. Should The Grateful Dead Boogie win, Holly will give the money to Youth For Climate.
Should you wish to vote, please do so now! The contest ends March 24th: Let's put Holly over the top and win some money for Youth for Climate: vote: pFITE Vote — Home Stage
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The 2023 Mendocino Coast Writers Conference is August 3-5. (mcwc.org).
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/.
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 Point Arena Third Thursday Poetry and Jazz
In person and Zoom, 6-8 p.m. 35590 Verdant View, Sea Ranch, Gualala [email protected] 
Cartwheels on the Sky ~ Poets, Poems & Discovery
Saturdays 7-7:30 KGUA - FM Gualala FORT BRAGG LIBRARY
First Thursdays 6-8 p.m. Dan Hess: [email protected] UKIAH LIBRARY Loba Poetry Series Open Mic, 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. 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 writersmendocinocoast@gmail.com Fort Bragg's Alleyway Art Project includes poetry from Notty Bumbo ("Artist's Prayer for the Days Ahead," as part of the "Be a Light" mural) and windflower ("Mendocino Botanical Gardens," as part of "The Rhododendron" mural). www.fortbraggalleywayart.org
Priscilla Comen writes weekly book reviews, under "Community Library Notes," for the Mendocino Beacon. mendocinobeacon.com
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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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Christine Anderson MEMBER COUNT 80 Writers of the Mendocino Coast
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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]. YouTube Videos of Monthly Meetings
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