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Renew Your Membership 2025!

ANNUAL RENEWAL NOTICE

California Writers Club, a Non-Profit Organization

Our membership period runs from July 1 to June 30 of each year. Timely renewal ensures your continuing membership in the oldest writing club on the  West Coast. Membership offers you:

  • Monthly speaker meetings AND monthly informal workshops;
  • Access to writing and publishing experts not usually available to local writers;
  • Reduced fees to events and seminars;
  • Your own biography page on the branch website, providing you with a link for pitches to agents and editors;
  • Four quarterly Bulletins from the State CWC;
  • Annual copy of California Literary Review;
  • Opportunity to apply for stipend to writing conferences;
  • Writing community, including critique groups, to help you work toward your goals.

Simple to Renew

A. Send a check for $45 (or $15 for students) to :

CWC Sacramento
P.O. Box 1231
Orangevale, Ca 95662

  • Please be sure that your name appears on your check.
  • Provide any changes in address, telephone, email, or genre in the past year.

or

B.  Renew online here  with a VISA or Mastercard.

 Renewals are due by September 30. Late renewals are subject to an extra $20.00 in addition to the $45.00 renewal fee. This is arequirement. central Board 

Not Yet a Member But Thinking of Joining?

Now is the time to maximize your benefit of membership!

Membership Fee: $45 + One-time Joining Fee $20 = $65
High School/College Students: $15 + One-time Fee $10 = $25

Click here  to pay online for a new membership. Then download and submit this application form either by mail (see above) or via email to sacramentowriters@gmail.com.

(You may also send an application and a check to the P.O. Box.)

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Sacramento CWC Centennial

SCWC Sacramento Presents.

The 100th Birthday of CWC Sacramento

Saturday October 18th, 2025

At North Ridge Country Club.

7600 Madison Ave, Fair Oaks, CA 95628

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More detailed information will follow about the event. Tickets to attend will be on sale closer to the time.

In the meantime, you may donate towards the event here.

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Indie Author Project

Sacramento Public Library Presents.

The Indie Author Project Contest

Submissions, from April 1 and ending May 31, 2025

At Sierra 2 Community Center for the Arts & Community, Room 9.

2791 24th St., Sacramento, CA 95818

Local independent authors can submit their works to the annual Indie Author Project (IAP) Contest for a chance to win cash prizes and build an audience for their work. I’ve included information and a link to the submission page below. As with all services through the Sacramento Public Library, all of our local author resources are free.

IAP Contest Prizes and Eligibility include:

The winners of this contest will receive:

  • $2,500 to the 1st place winner and $500 each to two runner-ups in each genre
  • Honors at the 2026 Indie Author Day reception
  • Opportunities to promote your book(s) at public libraries
  • Inclusion in a full-page print spread in Library Journal
  • Opportunities to earn royalties through the IAP Select collection (ePUB format required for eligibility)

Each book that is submitted to the contest must be:

  • Indie-published
  • In one of the following genres:
    • Mystery/Thrillers
    • Romance
    • SciFi
    • Fantasy
    • Historical Fiction
    • General/Contemporary Fiction
    • Memoir
    • Young Adult
    • Geared towards an Adult or Young Adult audience

Authors can submit work to the contest and get more information here:

https://indieauthorproject.librariesshare.com/iap

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Copyright for Authors

California Lawyers for the Arts Presents.

Copyright for Authors

Saturday, January 25th, 2025

1:30 to 3:30

At Sierra 2 Community Center for the Arts & Community, Room 9.

2791 24th St., Sacramento, CA 95818

The presenter will be Steve Davis.

This will be an overview of copyright law, and the significance of registering your own copyright. Steve will then guide us through the registration process on the copyright website. The event does not entail personal or legal advice. It will serve as a hands-on overview and tutorial.

You must sign up early to reserve your place and avoid disappointment.

You can register on the CA Lawyers For The Arts website.

CWC members can use the discount code of “CWC”

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Winter Party 2024

This year, our winter party will be held at Zinfandel Grille.

2384 Fair Oaks Blvd Sacramento, CA. 95824.

Sunday, December 15, at 12pm

Winter Party 2024
Winter Party 2024

Our winter party is a celebration of a year of accomplishments, individually and as a club. Come prepared to join us in the holiday spirit with good food, good company and a chance to win prizes.

A BOOK TO TREASURE

Please gift wrap and bring a favored paperback from your bookshelf to exchange. (No hints as to what it is.) This is our take on the white elephant exchange.

PRIZE DRAWINGS

Include an online writers conference

Tickets are available here.

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