California Writers Club, Mt Diablo Branch

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Apr 15
Featured 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm PDT

Open Mic on Zoom

Apr 17
Featured 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm PDT

What’s Your Story Reading Group

Apr 19
Featured 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm PDT

Holograph

Apr 22
Featured 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm PDT

The Writers Grotto Presents: An Evening with Publishing Expert Jane Friedman

Apr 24
Featured 9:00 am – 4:30 pm PDT

Publishing Professionals Network 2026 Conference

Apr 25
Featured 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm PDT

Sisters In Crime NorCal Chapter – Plot Twist: Why Writers Are the Protagonists in Publishing’s Future, with Jane Friedman

Apr 25
Featured 1:00 pm – 3:30 pm PDT

Local Author Bookfare

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Contests and Opportunities

Announcement: What’s Your Story Group Summer Collection

Announcement: What’s Your Story Group Summer Collection

The group is gathering short stories for its Summer collection to be published in July. Come to the group on the 3rd Friday of the month at…

Summer Writing Competition

Summer Writing Competition

Small Supportive Feedback Group for Your Writing

Small Supportive Feedback Group for Your Writing

Want to find or form one, often called “Critique Group”? Your CWC branch can help.See some current options below. For more info, email cwcwaynerez@gmail.com. Memoir, Personal…

Call For Entries: Next Generation Short Story Awards

Call For Entries: Next Generation Short Story Awards

Call for Poets, Writers, and Artists – Upcoming Opportunities

Call for Poets, Writers, and Artists – Upcoming Opportunities

For questions, please call Linda Hartmann at 650-291-4246 or e-mail at lindadhartmann@gmail.com See more information attached below:

Tell Us Your News!

Tell Us Your News!

Your submission must be ready-to-print. Think of it as a press release.  We do not edit your submission. It will be posted with the information you…


Member Spotlight

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Doré Ripley’s New Historical Mystery “The…

Doré Ripley’s New Historical Mystery “The…

Billie Hanson Dupree wins 3rd Place…

Billie Hanson Dupree wins 3rd Place…

Free book for all CWC members…

Free book for all CWC members…

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Resources for Writers

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Member Spotlight

Doré Ripley’s New Historical Mystery “The Crimson Bodice” Transports Readers to the Dangerous World of Elizabethan London’s Playhouses
Doré Ripley’s New Historical Mystery “The Crimson Bodice” Transports Readers to the Dangerous World of Elizabethan London’s Playhouses

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Upcoming Programs

  • March 14, 2026 10:00 a.m., Writers Table – Choose from 6
  • April 11, 2026, Lynda Smith Hoggan: From the Bedroom to the Page: Writing About Sex
  • May 9, 2026, Writers Table – Choose from 6
  • June 13, 2026, David Hakim: Poetry in Its Many Forms

Our Meeting Schedule and Location

General Meetings are held the second Saturday of each month, except July and August.
Location:
The Pleasant Hill Senior Center
233 Gregory Lane
Pleasant Hill, CA
Time: 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Optional post-meeting events until 1:30. Bring your lunch!
Our meetings are open to the public. See the Meetings and Workshops page to register. 

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The Write Newsletter, April 2026


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CWC Mt. Diablo Branch, P.O. Box 606, Alamo, CA 94507

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