California Writers Club, Sacramento Branch

Dedicated to Educating Writers of all Levels

Call For Submissions

 

Thin Air Magazine

Thin Air Magazine, an MFA-run literary journal at Northern Arizona University, invites all writers, emerging and established alike, to submit to our Spring 2022 issue. We accept fiction and creative nonfiction up to 3,000 words, up to five poems, and up to five pieces of visual art. Our editors are also interested in pieces that defy categorization. Regardless of form, we want material that feels fresh. The pieces we accept tend to surprise us and remind us why we fell in love with reading in the first place.  We continually strive to publish authentic work from a multiplicity of perspectives.  

We publish and circulate our journal annually. Alongside our print journal, we also offer the opportunity for publication through our online Web Features with no submission fee, as well as a submission fee-less day on the 15th of every month for submissions from Black and Indigenous writers of color. 

We are also excited to announce the second annual The Bird in Your Hands Prize: a contest that centers and celebrates BIPOC voices. This is a no-fee contest accepting poetry, fiction, and nonfiction in any form under 500 words. The winner of the contest will be awarded $1000, published in Thin Air Magazine, and interviewed for Thin Air Online. The winner will also be invited to read the winning entry, all expenses paid for, at the Northern Arizona Book Festival held in April 2022. First and second runners up will also be awarded an honorarium. The deadline for submission is 11:59pm (MST) on Tuesday, December 1 on Submittable. This year’s judge is Raquel Gutiérrez. Gutiérrez is an arts critic/writer, poet and educator.

Is the landscape of your piece one which we’ve never seen before? Send us your most resilient work, something that will survive above 7,000 feet. We’re excited to read it.

Please submit via the Thin Air Magazine Submittable Page. 

Time to Renew Your Membership!

 

ANNUAL RENEWAL NOTICE 2021-22

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.)

 

Elk Grove Arts Commission Short-Story Contest

October 9, 2021

 
The Elk Grove Arts Commission will be doing a Short-Story Contest during our combined Book Fair and Writers Conference.
 
Here are some details of the Short-Story Contest: 
  • First Place – $200. Second Place – $100.
  • Fiction or nonfiction, 2000 words or less.
  • The Story must take place in Elk Grove.
  • Open to all – age 18 and over.
  • Manuscript must be in a PDF format, with cover page including title, author’s name, and contact information. Pages should include title, but not the author’s name. 
  • There’s an entry fee of $10, due with submission of the manuscript.
  • Fees must be paid by credit card only.
  • Deadline for submission is August 1, 2021 at 5:00 PM. No submissions accepted after Sunday, August 1, 2021 at 5:00 PM.
  • Winners will be announced on Saturday, October 9, 2021 during the Book Fair.
More information on how to enter this contest, submit your manuscript, and other information on the Book Fair will be available on the:
 

Elk Grove Writers and Artists Winter Session

Revise with Magical Words

Tuesday evenings, 6 – 8 p.m.
January 12 – March 9, 2021

All classes on Zoom

Spend cold winter evenings learning new tricks and reexamining old ways to enliven your sentences, tickle your readers, and add vibrant writing to your toolbox.

This fascinating, word-loving class shows you how to boost the success potential of your writing project, whether an article, speech, poem, story, book, play, or advertising, by energizing the language in which it is written. Craft beginnings that hook readers, middles that compel them to stay on the hook, dialogue and descriptions that sizzle and enchant, and endings that leave them eager to read more of your work. Apply techniques that are joyful, exuberant, witty, and wise. Our course will manage to be many things at once: a celebration of language, an examination of its mysteries, and an invitation for you to pick up your pen and  join the party. Featuring a literary luminary as a guest speaker.

First class is free to returning members. $25 each class, pay-as-you-go. Textbook Word Magic for Writers by Cindy Rogers (Amazon books). Enroll with Gini Grossenbacher: email giniswriters1@gmail.com