Programs & Events
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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.
“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.…