California Writers Club, Mt Diablo Branch

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A Big Contest for Small Poems

A BIG CONTEST FOR SMALL POEMS Announcing a statewide CWC poetry contest beginning on October 1, 2024. Details are posted on the CWC website under CONTESTS. https://calwriters.org/ A BIG … [Read more...]

Special Offers from Beth Barany, October Workshop Leader

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11/09/2024: November General Meeting with Michelle Glogovac

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10/12/2024: October Workshop with Beth Barany

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Winners! Of the Opening Lines Summer Contest.

Collage of three women

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Introducing CWC Mt. Diablo’s “Find or Create a Critique Group” Program

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Winners of the 2024 Young Writers Contest

PERSONAL NARRATIVE 6TH GRADEPERSONAL NARRATIVE 7TH GRADEPERSONAL NARRATIVE 8TH GRADE1st PlaceWhen the World is Taken From You by Shreya AmanWindemere Ranch Middle School - San RamonTeacher: Kirsten … [Read more...]

Writer Advice Scintillating Starts Contest

Writer Advice’s Scintillating Starts Contest is back, and it’s better than ever! This contest opens on July 1, 2024, and closes on September 2, 2024. Why not get some advice from a professional … [Read more...]

Redwood Writers: “In the Dark” A Call for Submissions

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A CWC Mt Diablo Summer Special Competition

Write the opening line to a story based on the photo below. But…give us only your very best. We will be looking for powerful, content, style and word selection, that will immediately ‘wow’ the … [Read more...]

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Member Spotlight

Deven Greene Will Release Her Next Novel, a Thriller, on October 22, 2025
Deven Greene Will Release Her Next Novel, a Thriller, on October 22, 2025

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Upcoming Programs

  • May 9, 2026, Three-Minute Flash Fiction and Writers Tables: choose from 6 topics. (This meeting is at the Pleasant Hill Community Center)
  • 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 News Newsletter, January 2026


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

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