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Writers’ Corner

 

The Writers’ Corner provides a cache of tools to help SF Peninsula CWC members get published.

  • Publications and Small Presses provides publication opportunities created and/or edited by current or former CWC SF Peninsula members. We’re most proud of Fault Zone, founded and edited by branch members and published by Sand Hill Review Press. Standards are high, and this literary magazine offers our members an important means for making their voices heard.
  • Literary Magazines lists online and print publications where our members’ work has been published. The list does not include one-time publications such as books, but rather sources that are open to submissions on a regular basis.
  • Writing Conferences lists local conferences within 75 miles of our branch meeting location. These conferences give writers an opportunity to improve their skills and meet agents, editors, and other writers. Our branch participates in or attends the conferences listed here.
  • Contests lists CWC-sponsored contests and other local contests in which CWC participates.
  • Writing Services lists writing-related services provided by CWC SF Peninsula members for a fee.
  • Writing Organizations and Associations lists organizations (mostly local) that provide support, information, and networking opportunities.

CWC SF Peninsula Event Calendar

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  • [ONLINE] Shut Up & Write

    [ONLINE] Shut Up & Write

    March 2, 2021  9:30 am - 11:15 am
    Via Zoom

    Join us for a 15-minute writing-related check-in, followed by an hour and a half of writing time, with optional check in again at the end. 

    Held via Zoom. Please RSVP through MeetUp for the link. (Scroll down until you see CWC SF Peninsula event or click VIEW ALL).

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  • [ONLINE] Shut Up & Write

    [ONLINE] Shut Up & Write

    March 9, 2021  9:30 am - 11:15 am
    Via Zoom

    Join us for a 15-minute writing-related check-in, followed by an hour and a half of writing time, with optional check in again at the end. 

    Held via Zoom. Please RSVP through MeetUp for the link. (Scroll down until you see CWC SF Peninsula event or click VIEW ALL).

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  • [Online] Writers Helping Writers: San Mateo Main Library

    [Online] Writers Helping Writers: San Mateo Main Library

    March 10, 2021  7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
    Via Zoom

    REGISTER FOR THIS EVENT by emailing San Mateo librarian Cynthia McCarthy at cmccarthy@cityofsanmateo.org

     
    Get tips from seasoned editor and writer Lisa Meltzer Penn on bringing your strongest story elements FORWARD and pushing BACK the ones you don’t need front and center. We’ll practice techniques you can use on your own earlyand middle drafts and find out when an outside eye can be of help. Hone your next draft through the simple lens of “PUSH & PULL.”

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  • CWC SF Peninsula Board Meeting

    CWC SF Peninsula Board Meeting

    March 15, 2021  7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

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  • [ONLINE] Shut Up & Write

    [ONLINE] Shut Up & Write

    March 16, 2021  9:30 am - 11:15 am
    Via Zoom

    Join us for a 15-minute writing-related check-in, followed by an hour and a half of writing time, with optional check in again at the end. 

    Held via Zoom. Please RSVP through MeetUp for the link. (Scroll down until you see CWC SF Peninsula event or click VIEW ALL).

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  • MONTHLY MEETING

    MONTHLY MEETING

    March 20, 2021  10:00 am - 1:00 pm

    Featuring Literary attorney Helen Sedwick on“Four Legal Issues Every Writer Should Know About”

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  • [ONLINE] Shut Up & Write

    [ONLINE] Shut Up & Write

    March 23, 2021  9:30 am - 11:15 am
    Via Zoom

    Join us for a 15-minute writing-related check-in, followed by an hour and a half of writing time, with optional check in again at the end. 

    Held via Zoom. Please RSVP through MeetUp for the link. (Scroll down until you see CWC SF Peninsula event or click VIEW ALL).

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  • [ONLINE] Open Mic

    [ONLINE] Open Mic

    March 23, 2021  7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

    Join us for an evening of informal readings from a variety of authors and poets.

    If you’d like to enjoy the evening as an audience member, great! All are welcome! Your support is greatly appreciated.

    We will sign up readers on a first-come/first-serve basis through the Zoom chat function, so please come on time if you’d like to read. Those wishing to read should come prepared to read for 5-8 minutes, depending on the number of participants. As a courtesy to others, we will stop you at the allotted time to allow everyone the chance to read. If you have any questions, please email openmic@sfpeninsulawriters.com.
    Looking forward to hearing the voices of all the wonderful writers out there!

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  • [ONLINE] Shut Up & Write

    [ONLINE] Shut Up & Write

    March 30, 2021  9:30 am - 11:15 am
    Via Zoom

    Join us for a 15-minute writing-related check-in, followed by an hour and a half of writing time, with optional check in again at the end. 

    Held via Zoom. Please RSVP through MeetUp for the link. (Scroll down until you see CWC SF Peninsula event or click VIEW ALL).

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Outside Events

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  • CWC South Bay Writers

    CWC South Bay Writers

    March 8, 2021  6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
    China Stix, 2110 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, CA 95050, USA

    South Bay writer's monthly meeting.

    Dinner and cost to attend: $30 for members, $35 for guests.

    https://southbaywriters.com

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  • CWC High Desert Branch - Monthly Meeting

    CWC High Desert Branch - Monthly Meeting

    March 13, 2021  10:00 am - 12:00 pm
    11537 Apple Valley Rd, Apple Valley, CA 92308, USA

    It's the monthly meeting of the High Desert Branch of the California Writers Club. The public is welcome and admission is free.
    Branch home page - https://www.hdcwc.com/

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  • CWC Berkeley Monthly Meeting

    CWC Berkeley Monthly Meeting

    March 21, 2021  12:00 pm - 4:00 pm
    1204 Preservation Park Way, Oakland, CA 94612, USA

    Except for July, August, and December, we meet on the third Sunday of each month from 12:00 p.m. to 4p.m. at 1204 Preservation Park Way in Oakland (in the Robinson House Classrooms). Use street parking and enter from Preservation Park Way off of 12th Street. There is an ADA accessible entrance from Martin Luther King Drive parking lot.

    Our meetings always include a speaker program featuring writers, editors, teachers, publishers, and agents to speak about writing and publishing. We also highlight a club member each month… this could be YOU!

    These meetings are open to the public, and offer all writers the socializing, book sales, and writer support groups that we need to succeed—plus refreshments! There is a $10 charge for non-members, and it’s only $5 for members.

    Before each meeting, we host a Craft Group and a Marketing Support Group. Learn more about our craft and critique groups here.

    https://cwc-berkeley.org/

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  • CWC Inland Empire Branch Monthly Meeting

    CWC Inland Empire Branch Monthly Meeting

    March 27, 2021  10:10 am - 12:00 pm
    215 E C St, Ontario, CA 91764, USA

    The Inland Empire Branch of the California Writers Club meets…
    The fourth Saturday of every month (except December) from 10:10 a.m. to 12:00 noon at the Ovitt Family Community Library in Ontario.

    Our group meets for networking, announcements and updates from 10:10 to 11:00 am. From 11:00 until 12:00 noon we often host a guest speaker, an author who discusses the craft of writing, publishing, and promotion. Presentations are free to the public,.

    Ontario Library – Ovitt Family Community Library
    215 E. C Street, Ontario, CA 91764
    Telephone (909) 395-2004

    DIRECTIONS:

    On I-10 (San Bernardino Freeway), go to Exit 51, N Euclid Ave (CA-83 S).Turn South on Euclid. Go about 1.5 miles. Turn left onto C Street. The Library is straight ahead – one block. Our meeting room is to the left when you come in the front entrance.

    Branch Home Page - http://iecwc.com

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  • CWC Fremont Area Writers monthly meeting.

    CWC Fremont Area Writers monthly meeting.

    March 27, 2021  2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
    42 Silicon Valley, 6600 Dumbarton Cir, Fremont, CA 94555, USA

    Are you a writer?

    Would a supportive community of other writers help you when you need ideas as to how to get over a problem with your work or just feel overwhelmed, blocked, or stressed from the solitary nature of the trade?

    You’re not alone.

    FAW is a mutual support group. We’re helping each other push projects through to completion.

    Fremont Area Writers is the Centennial Branch of the California Writers Club.

    The California Writers Club is one of the nation’s oldest professional clubs for writers, founded in 1909. We are a nonprofit education corporation with eighteen branches in California. Our organization is dedicated to educating writers of all levels and disciplines in the craft of writing and in the marketing of their work.

    Here at Fremont Area Writers we sponsor on-going projects to help our members advance their skills and learn how to complete, market, sell and promote our books and articles.

    By encouraging participation in California Writers Club events we encourage the development of contacts with other publishing industry professionals.

    During our meeting we always recognize members who have reached milestones in their work or won awards.

    In the fifteen minutes before each meeting and during the break between the Speaker, members mingle and catch up with each-other’s work.

    At each monthly meeting, after our membership business is complete, we host a variety of industry professionals who share information on topics ranging from “How to Create an Opening Paragraph” (so compelling that your reader won’t be able to put your book down) to “Understanding the Laws and Basic Contractual Concepts Authors Need to Know”

    Check under Upcoming and Past Events for past and future speakers and their topics.

    On the Fourth Monday evening of each month, (7PM) anyone can come to Suju’s Coffee on Thornton in Fremont to read from their own work and request suggestions from other authors as to how to fix problems or get past roadblocks.

    Once your book is published, you’ll want to become active in our Book Signings, where authors read from, sell and sign their books at local venues.

    Sound good? Then come! Be our guest at our next meeting on the fourth Saturday of the Month at 2PM (excepting July and December). There’s no charge.

    We hope to see you there, but even if you decide to go it alone, best wishes to you and your project from all of us.

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