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Marin Branch Flash Fiction Contest: Left Behind

The California Writers Club Marin is accepting short-short story submissions! Winners will receive certificates of excellence and will appear on our website and the statewide website. External expert … [Read more...]

Share Your Poetry at Live Reading in Lafayette

Click Here to Sign up now for April 29 Reading … [Read more...]

Vision & Verse II: a Fusion of Poetry, Prose, Art and Photography

In March, 15 pieces of art from CWC members were selected out of more than 150 submissions to the second CWC ekphrastic art contest. The winning art will appear in the forthcoming CWC book Vision … [Read more...]

Napa Valley Writers Memoir Story Contest

Open to all CWC Members & Non-Members Deadline: Feb. 28 Napa Valley Writers is holding a Memoir Story Contest during the month of February. Details and guidelines are below. For more … [Read more...]

03/08/2025: Mt. Diablo March Workshop with Debbie Weiss: Finding Your Voice in Memoir

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Writers Table: February 2025: Choose Your Topic

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Writer Advice: Winners of the Micro Fiction Contest

The winners and their pieces are listed here. Mt. Diablo members are highlighted. Congratulations to everyone! Writer Advice is the child of Mt. Diablo member B. Lynn Goodwin. Go here to … [Read more...]

2025 Art Embraces Words, Art Embraces Poetry, Poetry for the Ages

Announcing the 2025 Season with Lamorinda Arts Council: Sign up to read your work at one or more of these events! … [Read more...]

Author’s Publish: 41 Themed Submission Calls and Contests

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The Smalls: A New CWC Publication

From CWC Central Board: What better way to start the new year than acquiring this new book of small poetry and short prose from our CWC members? The Smalls includes selections from the … [Read more...]

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Member Spotlight

Free book for all CWC members (statewide): Fool’s Gold – AI’s Assault on Indie Authors by Bruce Lewis
Free book for all CWC members (statewide): Fool’s Gold – AI’s Assault on Indie Authors by Bruce Lewis

Click here to view more Spotlights or if you have a writing Spotlight to share with us.

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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Newsletter and Social Media

The Write Newsletter, February 2026, Corrected


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Critique Group


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

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