Berkeley Branch Officers 2025
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Executive Board
President Debi Mason berkeley.cwcVice President Jordan Pastor interim Kristen Caven vp.berkeley.cwcSecretary Karma Bennett secretary.berkeley.cwcTreasurer Gary Durbin treasurer.cwc.berkeley
Board of Directors
Central Board Representative Karma Bennett cb.cwc.berkeleyCommunications Chair Karma Bennett NorCal Delegate Bob Haus norcal.cwc.berkeleyMembership Chair Aleida Socarras ...
New Submission Support Group
New Submissions Support Group Meets Fourth Sundays at 1 p.m. on Zoom
For many writers, the dream is to see their words in print. Whether it's in their favorite literary journal, an anthology in the library, or even professionally narrated on a podcast, publishing can take many forms.But how do you get published? Is it normal to pay submission fees, or to not hear back for months? Where do you find places to submit, and how do you even do that?
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About the Virginia Prentiss Fund
The Virginia Prentiss Fund is named for Jack London's patroness, Virginia/Ginny/Jenny Prentiss. You all know who Jack London is, but did you know ...
Write Angles: May 2019
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The Wind In Your SailsSome words from your captain/presidentIn the big book of work-life balance, writing fits in both categories for most of us. In Chapter seven of my memoir, Perfectly Revolting: My Glamorous Cartooning Career, "Doodling for Dollars," I write: There are five or six ways to have art in your life when you’re living in the real world.1) drawing for free2) drawing on the job3) drawing as a job4) drawing off the clock5) getting successfully ...
Write Angles: April 2019
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The Wind In Your SailsSome words from your captain/presidentIt's spring and today for some reason I am thinking about eggs. Eggs! There are good ones and bad ones; they come before and after chickens; they are delicate and ubiquitous, beautiful in form, mysterious in their inscrutability, and downright miraculous in their function. Eggs are potent symbols in literature, and inspiring poetry prompts! They are both delicious and nutritious. (Also, have ...
Write Angles: March 2019
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The Wind in Your Sails
I woke up one morning and thought: What if I woke up one morning knowing we only had twelve years to save the planet? What else could I do that I'm not doing now?
At the CWC Berkeley board meeting this month, there were five talented writers sitting around the table going through the painstaking business of keeping this club going. As I struggled to get to the end of the agenda before we all had to rush off, this agitated inner ...
Write Angles: February 2019
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The Wind In Your Sails
Some words from your president
February is the month of love, and it's also Black History Month, a time to expand our focus on who has really shaped the world. The California Writers Club, going strong (or strong-ish) since 1909 (yes, it's our 110th birthday), has been traditionally made up of mostly white writers, but we represent many cultures now, and the future is what we make it. Muses don't discriminate based on color, race, or ...
Write Angles: January 2019
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Note from the editor. There is a typo in every issue! This is there to remind writers to always get a proofreader. Can you spot it?
California Writers Week 10/15-10/21
WHEREAS, The California Writers Club was founded in 1909, with Jack London, Ina Coolbrith, George Sterling and others as members; and
WHEREAS, California’s literary tradition dates back to the works of Mark Twain, Bret Harte, Mary Austin, Nobel prize and Pulitzer prize winner John Steinbeck, Delilah L. Beasley, Joaquin Miller, Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Barrio, Gertrude Atherton, Raymond Chandler, Pulitzer prize winner William Saroyan and a great many others, and
WHEREAS, The California ...
