Programs & Events

NOTE: All forthcoming meetings will be held on Zoom unless noted otherwise.

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Poets on Earth: Environmental Write-In, Reading, and Open Mic

Poets on Earth: Environmental Write-In, Reading, and Open Mic

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“Retirement Planning- Snapshot Advice for Authors” with Mike Lockwood on March 17th, 2024

“Retirement Planning- Snapshot Advice for Authors” with Mike Lockwood on March 17th, 2024

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“Hiring a Virtual Assistant” with Mia Borja on February 18th, 2024

“Hiring a Virtual Assistant” with Mia Borja on February 18th, 2024

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We’re Leading the Poetry Express Open Mic February 20th

We’re Leading the Poetry Express Open Mic February 20th

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“Open Your Soul  Without Spilling It All” with Kevin Fisher-Paulson, LIVE January 21st, 2024

“Open Your Soul Without Spilling It All” with Kevin Fisher-Paulson, LIVE January 21st, 2024

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The California Writers Club offers a multitude of activities and programs for its members and for the public.

Writers Groups

Our ongoing Critique Groups help writers practice and polish their craft. We have a climate action group, the Wolf Pack Writers, and a poetry group, Poetrope. See Groups for more info.

Speaker Programs

Our informative and interesting Speaker Programs are the focus of our monthly Meetings. These meetings are open to the public.

Workshops

We also offer monthly Workshops for writers by professionals, with special rates for members.

Contests

Two annual Contests: the 5th Grade Writing Contest and the Write On! Story Contest (formerly the WestSide Story Contest), celebrate local writers. Occasionally we hold a poetry contest at year’s end as well.

Our contests are currently on hiatus. If you’d be interested to help organize the next one, please contact us.

Conferences

We promote various Writers Conferences and our members can get discounts to several.

Recent Events

We also have a more concise list of past speakers.

10 Ways to Make Your Website Sticky – Linda Lee – May 15

Linda Lee is the next CWC Speaker on May 15, 2011 – 10 Ways to Make Your Website Sticky (and keep readers coming back for more) So you have a website or a blog, now what? How can people find you?  What are they looking for?  How do you build up regular readers or followers? …

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“Status Update” with Matt Stewart 4/17/11

Matt Stewart will be speaking at the next CWC meeting on April 17, 2011. Matt will help demystify social media (Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube) to build a fan base and market for your work and address the latest trends in digital publishing (Kindle, iPad, Nook) that have made publishing infinitely more complicated—and rich with opportunities.…

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