Now open to all CWC NorCal published authors!
Story Café is a partnership project with the San Mateo County Library
A New Storytelling Video Every Week
CWC SF Peninsula has partnered with the SMC library to provide vibrant storytelling with a new story video and author featured each week. Story Café is in the “Between the Lines” section of the library’s homepage, where all author events and readings can now be found. We’re excited to be a part of it!
Check out this week’s featured story here and previous weeks’ in the archives.
If you are a current CWC NorCal member and a published writer, please consider making a 7-10 minute video of yourself reading from your story or poem to join our line-up. You will need to submit an MP4 video file along with a short bio and story tagline.
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Procedures for Authors:
- Choose your published piece. Then – practice, practice, practice!
- Review Best Practices and Tips documents on the CWC SF Peninsula website.
- Record your story or poem as an MP4 video file with a camera or cell phone.
Readings should be no more than 7-10 minutes long.
You can read a complete story as published, a modified version, or a partial version that leaves off with a cliffhanger.
You can also mention if you are a CWC member and where your piece was published.
Note that the San Mateo County Library is the final arbiter of what is showcased in Story Café. No inappropriate content, please.
To Submit to Story Café:
- Authors will submit to Christopher Lu the title of the story, a brief tagline, and a one- or two-sentence author bio, for the story at this email address with the Subject Line “Story Café.” (If you have submitted before, note that this is a new email address.)
- Chris will email you a link where you can upload your mp4 story recording file straight from your camera or phone – not a YouTube link. (Note: The file name label should be YOUR name—plus DATE, i.e. Jack London.2021.02)
Questions? Contact Christopher Lu at luc@smcl.org or Lisa Meltzer Penn at readings@