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2024 CWC Literary Review

CWC-Sacramento Members

Voting is Now Open

for the CWC Literary Review

We are inviting you to submit your best prose (under 5000 words) and/or poetry for the 2024 statewide anthology.

Submission Deadline was February 3rd 2024.

Between Feb 3rd to Feb 24th, we will ask you, our members, to read the submissions on our website and vote for the ones you prefer.

The CWC-Sacramento Board of Directors will count the votes and send the winning submissions to the Central Board for publication.

You can read the official guidelines here.

You need to submit your work with this Word form.

Please use this MS Word template to create your work. When you open it, it will appear blank, but it is set with all the correct font, line spacing and headers that you will need. Simply save the file as your titled Word document and enter your text.

Submit your writing and the release form to sacramentowriters@gmail.com with the heading Literary Review. Submission of a story or poem to CWC Sacramento constitutes permission to place the story or poem temporarily on CWC Sacramento’s website to allow CWC Sacramento members to vote on the submissions.

CWC Sacramento is allowed to submit 4 short stories and 4 poems from our members. When it comes time to vote, we will ask all members to assess the entries posted on our web site and to vote by email with options for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th place winners.

We will update you at voting time.

Open Reading – with John Patterson

Thursday, January 25th, 2024 at 7pm

Sign-up to read—or—come & listen to your colleagues’ work.

Facilitator: John Patterson.

If you don’t sign up to share a part of, or a piece, you’ve worked on, maybe only to gauge audience reaction, you’re invited to attend and listen to fellow members’ work. We share comments and questions, but this is not a critique group. Please note, if you arrive after the reading has started, you will be admitted as soon as the piece is concluded. Pieces are approximately 6-8 minutes long.

Contact John Patterson (2johnpatterson@gmail.com) to Sign-up for the Open Reading on Zoom.
Check-in for readers between 6:35 and 6:50, and audience before 7:00.
Meeting ID: 859 1155 4051, Passcode: 954497

Intuitive Self-Editing Transform Your 2024 Writing

Wednesday evenings, January 3 to February 21, 2024

Transform Your 2024 Writing Journey with our weekly Zoom Course!

Final class is an open mic at Gini’s Elk Grove house.

Facilitator: Gini Grossenbacher, M.Ed., Professional Editor, Published Author Presented by Elk Grove Writers & Artists (celebrating our 13th year of writerly support).

Dive into a world where your creativity knows no bounds. We offer a nurturing and inspiring seminar environment designed to elevate and refine your writing skills. Our course is tailored for writers of all levels, guiding you through a rewarding process of self-discovery and growth. Techniques work for all genres of fiction and non-fiction, including poetry and flash fiction.

You’ll learn to master the art of self-editing, infusing your unique style into every piece. We strongly emphasize constructive collaboration, teaching you how to embrace and utilize feedback effectively. Engage in lively discussions and hands-on practices, honing your craft to perfection.
Guest speaker, Rebecca Evans, M.A.

Join us and unleash the full potential of your writing, crafting works that resonate and captivate!
Cost: $30/class, pay-as-you-go, PayPal or Check
When: Wednesday evenings, 6:00-8:00 P.M. (PST)
Email Gini to enroll and get the textbook title: ginis.writers1@gmail.com

Writers Network November 3rd – What makes a great book cover?

Friday, November 3, 2023

9 – 11 am

CH Cafe & Grill
6215 Sunrise Blvd (just off Greenback)
Citrus Heights

Join with Zoom

Passcode 227171

We all judge books by their covers. Investing in a professional cover will help sell your book.

Karen Phillips

What makes a Great Book Cover?

Attendees will learn about:

The three most important elements of a book cover.
Before and after examples of covers.
Tips on using the cover to its fullest potential.
Best practices for formatting the interior of a book.
Typical costs for book cover design and formatting.

Karen A. Phillips has a degree in Applied Art & Design. She has been designing book covers and book formatting for many years. She especially enjoys working with self-published authors. In 2023 she published her debut mystery, A DEADLY COMBO—and yes, she designed the cover.

Holiday Party – Snowed under with Fun

Sunday, December 17, 2023

Time 12:30 – 3:30

Location Cattlemen’s, Rancho Cordova, 12409 Folsom Blvd.

Click the image below for a quick view of last year’s party. This year will be even better!

CWC Annual Holiday Party

Let’s have fun while writing!

Book Your Tickets Here

This year we are doing something special for our winter party.

We will offer some spectacular raffle prizes!

First Prize;

A ticket to InkersCon Online conference, a value of $199!
This is an online conference, so no need to travel. You can access from the comfort of your own home, in your own time. This includes 14 days of classes, presentations, and Q&A, and more. You can attend these live sessions online or watch the recordings. July 20th, to August 2nd.
This offering is unprecedented, see the link below for details.
2024 Digital Conference – inkerscon

Second Prize;

A personal consultation with Kristen Tate, owner and lead editor at Blue Garret, an editorial services company. She helps authors transform their work from rough draft to finished book. This session is a $150 value and can open doors to getting your book professionally edited. Find out more about Kristen here The Blue Garret.

Other cool prizes will complement our flagship offerings.

Raffle tickets will be available for 5 tickets for $5. But you can buy 15 tickets for $10. The more tickets you buy, the better chance you have of winning the best prize.

When booking your ticket, you need to select one of the 4 menu options, you can do this for each person you book. We need to inform Cattlemen’s of the number of different servings, this also saves time as they don’t have to ask each person what their order is. You will be given a dinner place card to display your order.