California Writers Club, Sacramento Branch

Dedicated to Educating Writers of all Levels

  • Home
  • About CWC
    • Background
    • Benefits
    • Mission
    • Branch Leadership
    • Governing Documents
  • Join Us
  • Activities
    • Meetings
    • Contests
      • CWC Literary Review 2024
      • Literary Review 2024 Submissions
  • Newsletters
    • Branch Newsletters
  • Members
    • Members’ Books
  • Meeting Archive
  • Member Resources
    • Critique Groups
    • Book Launch
    • Beta Readers
    • Writers Conferences
    • External Resources
    • Internal Resources
    • Build A Website
  • Contact

Renew Your Membership 2024

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.

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.)

Filed Under: Renew Your MembershipTagged With: annoucement

Melissa Hart, How to Write & Submit Short Personal Essays to Magazines & Newspapers

California Writers Club – Sacramento Branch presents.

How to Write & Submit Short Personal Essays to Magazines & Newspapers

Saturday, February 17th

1 pm to 3 pm

At Arcade Library

2443 Marconi Ave, Sacramento, 95821

In this fun and lively presentation, veteran essayist and author Melissa Hart helps you to identify topics for your personal essays, then explains how to craft them for magazines and newspapers. She’ll offer revision and submission tips, as well as how to negotiate payment, fan mail, and the occasional internet troll.

We will be looking at:

       

  • How to identify compelling personal essay topics based on their life experience.
  • How to craft the rough draft of a personal essay.
  • How to revise a personal essay.
  • How to find suitable magazines and newspapers for submission and reach out to editors.
  • How to navigate the publication and post-publication process.

        Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 831 1220 0475
Passcode: 568644

 

 

Filed Under: Luncheon, MeetingsTagged With: annoucement

January 20th, 2024 Saturday Building a Critique Group

California Writers Club – Sacramento Branch presents.

Building a Critique Group

Saturday, January 20th

1pm to 3pm

At the Arcade Library

2442 Marconi Ave, Sacramento, CA, 95821

If you are in a critique group, want to be in one, or have years of experience in critique groups, we invite you to join us for a round table discussion of what factors make a critique group a success.

We will be looking at:

        The various structures of groups, what works, what doesn’t work.

        The factors of quality critiquing, what information is useful, what is not.

        Different genres, the types of critiquing useful to them.

This is more than critique groups; this is a writer’s support group. Please join us to share your expertise, or simply bring your interest.

This could be your New Year resolution! To join or form your own critique group.

 

 

Filed Under: Luncheon, MeetingsTagged With: annoucement

Renew Your Membership!

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.

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.)

Filed Under: Renew Your MembershipTagged With: annoucement

November 18th, 2023 Saturday Dierdre Wolownick

Dierdre Wolownick

1pm at Arden-Dimick Library, 891 Watt Ave, Sacramento, 95864

Join Zoom Meeting

Meeting ID: 333 487 6691
Passcode: 500305

How to Succeed – at Anything

Dierdre Wolownick will be giving a presentation, using slides and narration.

Program Itinerary

You’ll learn:

  • How to differentiate between a goal and a dream (for writing, or anything else)
  • The importance of (the right kind of) baby steps toward that goal.
  • How to structure your baby steps to make your goal feasible and approachable.
  • The order, or Categories, of those steps • How to deal with doubt.

Dierdre’s writing has won awards & is published around the world (memoir, textbooks, essays, articles…) A (retired) language professor, she has also been an orchestra conductor, musician, marathoner, publisher and mother of 2 extreme athletes. At 60 she started rock climbing, and at 66 became the oldest woman to climb Yosemite’s iconic El Capitan (with her son, Alex Honnold, of the Oscar-winning documentary, Free Solo). She recently returned from a speaking tour in Europe, and in 2024, the documentary about her life, Climbing Into Life, will be available.

 

 

Filed Under: Luncheon, MeetingsTagged With: annoucement

  • 1
  • 2
  • Next Page »

Join the Club!

Click here to become a member of CWC-Sacramento.

"I have gained so much from my involvement in this club - support, connections, information and friendships. It's priceless!" - Club Member

2024 Membership Renewals

CWC Logo

Members find out how to renew. Information for prospective new members as well.

Facebook

Facebook

Meetup

Click here to  learn more.

Copyright © 2025