Book Festival in France (photo by Allison Moe)
Dear Literary Folk,
September is Festival Month. There will be Kids’ Chalk Poems and Artwork Chalk Up at Water Street Plaza in Petaluma on September 13, The Sonoma County Book Festival in Courthouse Square, downtown Santa Rosa on Spetmber 19, and the fabulous Petaluma PoetWalk on September 20. Mark your calendars, and check the “County Wide News” for details about these and many more literary ways to celebrate the new season.
Back in 2004, my daughter Allison was studying abroad in Bordeaux, France. She clicked this photo above during a local book festival. I have no idea how the woman got up there, but she’s an inspiration!
Trouble with the August Update
Last month, many of you wrote to me to say you hadn’t received the August 1 Literary Update. Others of you may have just assumed that the June and July hiatus had been extended. The August 1 Update was sent to you all just before midnight on July 31. However, it didn’t arrive in everyone’s e-mail box. There didn’t seem to be any rhyme or reason for who received it and who didn’t, as I had followed my usual protocol. In following up with the requests to resend the Update, what I’ve come to realize is that many e-mail servers now limit, or even block e-mails with attachments, even if they aren’t group messages. It may depend on the size of the attachment. The Literary Update runs between 25-30 pages each month, so that may exceed the e-mail box limits.
I’ve always attached a printer-friendly version, knowing that e-mailing can distort the format and make the Update difficult to read. Starting with this September Update, I will no longer be including the word-document attachment.
My apologies for this slight inconvenience, but, alas, there is no way for me to know whose e-mail server is now refusing to accept the Update attachment, and it is labor intensive to resend the update to individuals after the group mailing goes out, then follow-up on each to see if they were received.
If you find that the e-mail version doesn’t work for you, you can still read and print the current Update on its website. In fact, I’ve reworked the website presentation so that it is very user friendly. You can click on different sections of the Update without having to scroll through the entire newsletter. You may find that you prefer the website format after all. In that case, feel free to let me know if I should take you off the monthly e-mail distribution list
West Ireland Literary Tour
Some of you have been asking for details about the Ireland trip in June/July. You are all welcome to visit the website for this: http://www.westireland.wordpress.com.
Included there is a link to the photo gallery slideshow of this year’s trip: http://picasaweb.google.com/tehret99/WestIrelandPhotoGallerySlideshow#
There are eleven galleries (whew!), each running 2-5 minutes and set to Irish music. Pick one and enjoy! Gallery 4 on the Aran Island of Inisheer is one of my favorites.
I might be available to lead a return trip next summer, so if you or anyone you know is interested in a writing workshop and literary tour in Yeats county–the traditional land of the druids–send them to the website or to me at my e-mail address: tehret99@comcast.net.
Upcoming Readings
I will be reading new poems at the Forum Room of the Santa Rosa Regional Library as part of the Sonoma County Book Festival on Saturday, September 19. My reading will be 2:00-2:30, but you might enjoy coming early and visiting the booths, exhibitors, and vendors on Courthouse Square. For information about the Book Festival, scroll down to the “County Wide News,” or visit their website at www.socobookfest.org.
Upcoming Workshops
As usual, I will be leading two workshops this fall through the Sitting Room in Cotati. The Monday workshop will focus on the Imagist Movement and the poetry of H.D. In the Friday workshop, which focuses on the prose poem, we’ll be discussing the short prose of Polish writer Wislawa Szymborska and Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges. The Imagist/H.D. workshop is currently filled. One seat is still open in the Prose Poem workshop. Click this link for details: http://literaryfolk.wordpress.com/spring-2008-workshops/
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List Your Readings and Events on BookTour.com
In addition to sending your announcements to me for the Literary Update each month, a great way to get the word out about your readings and events is to send your listing to the website BookTour.com.
I met Kevin Smokler of BookTour.com at the Napa Valley Writers’ Conference, and I really like the service his website provides. You can look up readings by author or location. There is even a way to find venues to promote your own publications and build your own book tour.
Here’s the link: http://www.booktour.com/.
September Calendar of Literary Events
The monthly calendar reflects announcements sent to me. To get a more complete list of author-events and workshop schedules, addresses and directions to the event locations, as well as bios of the presenters, you can use these links.
Copperfield’s Books http://www.copperfields.net/
Readers’ Books www.readersbooks.com
WordTemple Poetry Series http://www.wordtemple.com
Petaluma Writers’ Forum and Jumpstart Writing Workshops: www.thewritespot.us
Sebastopol Center for the Arts http://www.sebarts.org/index.htm
SoCoCo Poetry Reading Series edcoletti@sbcglobal.net.
The Sitting Room www.sittingroom.org.
Sunday, Sept. 6 2-4 M:The City of Livermore and poet laureate Cher Wollard invite the public to attend a special literary event. Featured poets Lynne Knight and Carolyn Miller will read, followed by an Open Mic. Refreshments will be provided by Checkers Catering. Admission is $5 at the door. For information, contact Wollard at 925 824-4824 or cherw@livermorelit.com.
Tuesday, September 8, 7-9 PM: Center Literary Café Presents Book Author Jeane Slone and Poet Donna Emerson. Open mic. Bring prose or poetry to share. Doors open at 6:30
Light refreshments. Donations appreciated. Parking is also available right behind the Senior Center, 133 Matheson St. (One block east of plaza), Healdsburg, CA 95448.
Call Cynthia Helen for info 707 696-1111 centerliterarycafe@gmail.com
Wednesday, September 9 at 7 PM: “Making and Impression” Workshop with Eric Johnson and Guy Beiderman begins. Anatomy of writing Lowfat fiction and poems meet the metal type & printing presses at Iota Press studio(925-c Gravenstein Hwy S., Sebastopol). Compose two short pieces, learn to set type, exult in pulling your very own proof. Get down to the bones of your work – letter by letter. Wednesday evenings, September 9, 16, 23, 30.7:00PM $150 Contact: Eric: 823-6152 <iota@sonic.net>, or Guy:<guyb@sonic.net>
Friday, September 11, 7-9 PM: WordTemple Poetry Series presents John Olivares Espinoza and Rusty Morrison, with opening poet George Stenger. NOTE: BEGINNING WITH THE FALL 2009 SEASON, THE WORDTEMPLE POETRY SERIES WILL BE HELD AT THE SONOMA COUNTY MUSEUM, 425-7th Street, Santa Rosa. Visit www.sonomacountymuseum.org. For details about the featured poets, visit the website at www.wordtemple.com.
Saturday, September 12, 1:30-3:30 PM: Copperfield’s Books in Petaluma presents Donna Emerson reading from her new book Body Rhymes. Jared Emerson-Johnson will play introductory and closing music on violin and mandolin. Location: 140 Kentucky Street, Petaluma.
Sunday, September 13 at 2 PM: Poetry Azul Reading Series – Ed Coletti’s popular reading series located at 521 4th St. in Downtown Santa Rosa. Featured readers will include Michael Rothenberg, Sue Stephenson, Carl Macki, Phyllis Meshulam, Centa Theresa, and Park Teter. Admission is free. 573-5935.
Monday, September 14 at 7pm: Rose Black reads from Clearing and Winter Light at Dr. Insomnia’s Café, 800 Grant Avenue, Novato. Open mic to follow, presented by Poetry Farm.
Wednesday, September16, 7-9 PM: Sunset Poetry by the Bay at Studio 333 hosts readings by three widely published Bay Area Rebecca Foust, Jannell Moon and Connie Post. Location: Studio 333, 333 Caledonia Street, Sausalito, Calif. More info poetnews@sonic.net or visit www.studio333.info.
Thursday, September 17, 7:00 to 9:00 pm: Writers Forum of Petaluma proudly presents J.T. Bymaster’s workshop on “Relaxing into (and through) the Creative Process.” Location: Petaluma Community Center, 320 No. McDowell Blvd. Petaluma. $15 at the door. Details available in the “Current and Upcoming Workshops” section of the Literary Update. For more information: www.thewritespot.us or contact Marlene – mcullen@comcast.net.
Saturday, September 19, 10 AM to 5 PM: Sonoma County Book Festival at Courthouse Square, downtown Santa Rosa. For exhibitors and vendors, authors, and events, check out the website at www.socobookfest.org.
Saturday, September 19, 2-3 PM: Donna Emerson reads from her new collection of poems Body Rhymes at the Rincon Valley Library, 6959 Montecito Blvd. in Santa Rosa.
Sunday, September 20, 10 AM-8 PM: Petaluma Poetry Walk at various venues in downtown Petaluma, starting at the Petaluma Arts Center at Lakeville and D Streets. Every hour participants may stroll from venue to venue to see poets and musicians. For details available in “County Wide News.”
Sunday, September 20, 2-4 PM: Healdsburg Literary Arts Guild presents featured writer Penelope LaMontagne, Healdsburg’s literary laureate 2004-2006. Location: Healdsburg City Hall,401 Grove Street. Open mic. Free admission. Open to the public. For more information, check “News from North County” in the “County-Wide News” section, or contact healdsburgliteraryguild@gmail.com.
Sunday, September 20, 12:30 to 1:30 P.M. Third Sunday Poetry Reading & Poetry Open Mic: Featured reader is Jewel Mathieson, poet Laureate of 5 Rhythms International Dance Community, Gabrielle Roth. Hosted by Sher Lianne Christian, poet, accompanied by John Christian on piano & accordion. Donation appreciated, $1 to $10. Coffee Catz, 6761 Sebastopol Ave., Sebastopol, 707 829-6600.
Monday, September 21, 7-9 PM: The North Bay Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) presents Seven Magical Ways to Bring out the Storyteller in You by author Marsha Diane Arnold. This meeting will be held at the Sebastopol Center for the Arts at 6780 Depot Street, Sebastopol, CA and is open to the public. Donation $10 for members, $15 for non-members. Contact charles-t@charlesmarkee.com
Thursday September 24, 9:30 to 11:30: Poetry and Esoteric Tradition, a workshop given by Daniel Polikoff. $60. Kentfield. Contact Rose Black at 510.633.1888 or moorpak@ix.netcom.com.
Thursday, September 24 at 7 PM: Quicksilver Mine Co. presents Storytelling, Gardening & Healing with Chester Arnold & Shepherd Bliss. Location: The Quicksilver Mine Co., 6671 Front St./Hwy 116, Forestville, CA 95436, (707) 887-0799 www.quicksilvermineco.com.
Saturday, September 26, 2-4 PM: Redwood Writers will celebrate the release of Vintage Voices: Cent’Ani: May You Live 100 Years with a reading and book signing at North Light Books and Café, 550 E. Cotati Ave., Cotati. Linda Reid will host the event. Food and wine will be available for purchase as well as copies of the anthology. Authors will be on hand to sign your copy. There is no charge to attend. Pre-publication orders may be placed here: http://www.redwoodwriters.org/vv4orders.pdf.
Saturday, September 26, 7-9 PM: Poets Rose Black, Donna Emerson, and Janet Jennings read at Book Passage, Corte Madera, 51 Tamal Vista Avenue, Corte Madera.
Saturday, October 3 starting at 8:30 AM: Menocino Watershed Celebration Day & Eco Groups Expo begins with an Open Mic Poetry Reading from 8:30 AM -12:30PM at Alex Thomas Park held in collaboration with the Saturday Farmers’ Market. Produced by Larry Sheehy and Doug Strong. For more information about this and other Watershed Celebration Day readings and events, contact Larry at 485-7072 or ecotopialarry@pacific.net . You can also visit the website at http://watershedpoetrymendocino.wordpress.com/
Thursday, October 8, 7:30 pm: Rose Black reads from her books Clearing and Winter Light with Rafaella Del Bourgo and Joe Zaccardi at Moe’s Books, Berkeley,2476 Telegraph Avenue.Presented by Poetry Flash.
Tuesday, October 13, 7pm: Rose and Stefanie Freele read their work at Healdsburg Senior Center, Healdsburg, 133 Matheson Street. Presented by Center Literary Café.
Friday, October 16, 7-9 PM: WordTemple Poetry Series presents Rebecca Foust, Opal Palmer Adisa, devorah major, and Donna Emerson. NOTE: BEGINNING WITH THE FALL 2009 SEASON, THE WORDTEMPLE POETRY SEat Copperfield’s Books, Montgomery Village, Santa Rosa, CA. For details about the featured poets, visit the website at www.wordtemple.com.
Don’t see your event in the calendar? Check to make sure you sent your announcement by the deadline. I am happy to include all announcements, text only (no PDF please), sent to me no later than noon on the last day of each month. Calendar entries are easier to include if they follow the format you see above, and if you can keep the information brief.
County-Wide News
Who Will Be Sonoma County’s Next Poet Laureate?
Sonoma County’s Poet Laureate Selection Committee is announcing open nominations for the County’s sixth Poet Laureate. The Poet Laureate is a person who is a resident of Sonoma County, whose poetry manifests a high degree of excellence, who has produced a critically acclaimed body of work, and who has demonstrated a commitment to the literary arts in Sonoma County. If chosen, the Poet Laureate must agree to participate from time to time in the official ceremonies and poetry readings of Sonoma County.
The Poet Laureate Selection Committee is composed of representatives from the five County Supervisory Districts, and from Sonoma State University, Santa Rosa Junior College, the Sonoma County Library, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, the Literary Arts Guild and the previous poets laureate. Each member of this panel has demonstrated a profound knowledge of and an active commitment to, the life of poetry in our county.
Deadline for nominations is September 25, 2009 and the new Poet Laureate will be announced in December.
Consistent with tradition, the Sonoma County Poet Laureate will not have a formal job description but will be encouraged to develop an agenda promoting poetry and the literary arts in Sonoma County. Organizers of various community events in Sonoma County may invite the poet laureate to participate in their events. There is no stipend or compensation for this position.
Download the submission requirements and application form from the Center for the Arts’ website at www.sebarts.org under the Calls for Entry tab or email lindag@sonic.net. For questions please contact Linda Galletta at lindag@sonic.net or call the Center for the Arts at 829-4797.
Linda Galletta, Executive Director
Sebastopol Center for the Arts
6780 Depot Street
Sebastopol, CA 95472
lindag@sonic.net
707.829.4797
Nominations for Healdsburg Literary Laureate
The Healdsburg Literary Guild, in anticipation of the ending of the term of its fifth Literary Laureate at this year’s end, is seeking applicants and nominations for the 2010-2011 Healdsburg Literary Laureate. Candidate must live in either of these two zip codes: 95448 or 95441, be an active writer, and be willing to serve for two years. Deadline for applications is September 30, 2009. For application and more information: healdsburglaureate@gmail.com.
Sonoma County has named a Poet Laureate every two years since 2000, but Healdsburg has been the only community in Sonoma County that has named its own Literary Laureate during that same decade. Previous Healdsburg Laureates have been Doug Stout [2000-2001], Armando Garcia-Davila [2002-2003], Penelope LaMontagne [2004-2005], Chip Wendt [2006-2007], and the present Laureate, Vilma Ginzberg [2008-2009]. In April of this year, in celebration of National Poetry Month, the Healdsburg Literary Guild hosted, at its monthly Third Sunday Salon, a gathering of 18 northern California county and community Poets Laureate in reading from the first anthology of California laureates’ poetry, “Sometimes in the Open”. A DVD of that event is available from the Healdsburg Literary Guild, proceeds going to its Laureate program.
Sonoma County Book Festival, Saturday, September 19th
The Literary Arts Guild will present another wonderful Book Festival and once again raise our flags on Courthouse Square to celebrate the literary arts.
For the past decade, the Sonoma County Book Festival has provided a free day of locally treasured and nationally recognized poets, novelists, essayists, reporters, children’s writers, aspiring writers, book group experts, publishers, bookstores, and other delightful and instructive displays on Old Courthouse Square in Santa Rosa. This year we are proud to continue this tradition of bringing the literary arts to the public connecting authors, readers, and publishers. Come and join us for a day of fun and inspiration.
For more information, check out the schedule, exhibitors, and authors at www.socobookfest.org.
Petaluma Poetry Walk, Sunday, September 20th
Sunday, September 20th starting at 10:00am at the Petaluma Art Center and concluding
at Aqus Cafe at 5:00pm until 8:00pm. Every hour participants may stroll from venue to
venue to see poets and musicians. Event is created by Geri DiGiorno
10 AM ART CENTER 30 LAKEVILLE ST.
CAROLYN MILLER, LYNNE KNIGHT, DONNA EMERSON
11 AM JUNGLE VIBES 136 PETLUMA BLVD. N.
JOAN GELFAND, GINI SAVAGE, NANCY DOUGHERTY
12 NOON APPLE BOX (AT THE MILL) 6 PETALUMA BLVD. N.
JUDY GRAHN AND JULIA VINOGRAD
1 PM APPLE BOX (AT THE MILL) 6 PETALUMA BLVD. N.
RACHEL GUIDO DEVRIES AND GREG SARRIS
2 PM BELLA LUMA CAFE 125 PETALUMA BLVD.N. (HELEN PUTNAM PLAZA)
ELLEN BASS AND HER STUDENTS
3 PM COPPERFIELDS BOOKS 140 KENTUCKY ST.
JOANNE KYGER AND BILL BERKSON
4 PM PHOENIX THEATER 201 WASHINGTON ST.
LUKE WARM WATER, KIRK LUMPKIN, DAVID MADGALENE
5 PM AQUS CAFE 89 H STREET (FOUNDRY WHARF)…
FIVE MINUTE PLAYS
6 PM AQUS CAFE 89 H STREET (FOUNDRY WHARF)
BILL VARTNAW, CHARLES CURTIS BLACKWELL
and G.P SKRATZ with SMOOTH TOAD
7:00 PM AQUS CAFE 89 H STREET (FOUNDRY WHARF)
DAVID MELTZER, MICHAEL ROTHENBERG
Petaluma Poetry Walk’s 5 Minute Play Festival
Newest feature organized by Nancy Long is Street Theatre! Plays will be performed in alleyways and street corners in between venues and concluding at Aqus Cafe.(see schedule)
Events sponsored by the Arts Council of Sonoma.
Free. Donations greatly appreciated!
For more info.: Nancy Long nsasha@earthlink.net
Sixth Annual Poetry of Remembrance/Poesia del Recuerdo Community Reading
On Friday, October 23 from 5:30-9 PM, members of the community are invited to the Petaluma Arts Center for the fifth annual Bilingual Poetry of Remembrance Community Reading.
This year’s event will be hosted by Beatriz Lagos and co-hosted by Jabez Churchill, Geri Digiorno, and Terry Ehret. It will include a special children’s program from 5:30-6:30. This will be followed by a pot-luck supper, in addition to the traditional treats of horchata, hot chocolate, tamales, and bread-of-the-dead. Those who wish to honor the memory of someone who has died are asked to bring a favorite dish of the person they wish to honor.
Those who would also like to be part of the community reading are welcome to read a poem (limited to one page) they have written for the occasion or a favorite poem that expresses their feelings.
The Bilingual Poetry of Remembrance Community Reading is part of a two-week celebration of El Dia de los Muertos, Petaluma 2008, featuring community altars, bilingual storytelling, sugar skull workshops, music, dance, and a Procession with Giant Puppets: from Helen Putnam Plaza to St. Vincent de Paul Plaza.
If you are interested in reading a poem, please contact Terry Ehret at tehret99@comcast.net.
For the community reading, poems may be in Spanish, English, or both. Participants are asked to limit their presentation to one-page (or no more than 250 words), and to make sure their introduction and the reading of the poem do not exceed the three-minute limit.
Admission is free. For more information about the Dia de Los Muertos events, check out the website at www.petalumaartscouncil.org. Click on “Programs.”
Al Young to be Keynote Speaker for October Conference of Redwood Writers
Redwood Writers, the Redwood branch of the California Writers Club, is pleased to announce Al Young as our keynote speaker for the October 23, 2009 pre-Conference dinner event at Santa Rosa’s Flamingo Hotel and Resort, running from 5:30 pm to 9:00 pm.
Al’s talk will be “How the Rainbow Works: Reflections on Poetry and Survival.” He recently returned from three days of Smithsonian interviews for their jazz history archives and will have lots to share.
Cost for the evening is $50.00 per ticket. Al Young is part of an evening of poetry featuring Armando Garcia-Davila, Mike Tuggle, Sonoma County Poet Laureate, and two members of Sixteen Rivers Press, Carolyn Miller and Lynne Knight. The all-day conference follows the next day, October 24th
Redwood Writers Announces Its Conference
The Redwood Writers 2009 Conference takes place on October 24, 2009 from 7:30 am – 6:00pm (check-in from 7:30 – 8:15am), at the Flamingo Hotel and Resort in Santa Rosa, 2777 Fourth Street, 95405, (707) 545-8530. This one-day conference, part of the California Writers Club Centennial activities statewide, will feature agents, editors, and writers from all genres. They will offer their insights and experiences in the craft of writing at beginning through advanced levels, as well as the encouragement of fellow writers in a relaxed and friendly, wine-country setting. Copperfield’s Books is our exclusive on-site bookstore seller. Conference web site: http://www.redwoodwriters.org/conference.html.
Contact: Linda Loveland Reid
president@redwoodwriters.org
707-484-4153
The following workshops will be offered:
Craft of Writing
9:30 – 10:30 am Jordan Rosenfeld & Jody Gehrman – How to Structure A Story
10:45 – 11:45 am Mark Sloan – The Art of Efficient Research
2:00 – 3:00 pm Adair Lara– First Person Writing that Sells
3:15 – 4:15 pm B. Lynn Goodwin – Finding Your Writing Voice
Genre
9:30 – 10:30 am Arlene Mandell – Non-fiction Writing
10:45 – 11:45 am Tamim Ansary – Memoir: Your Life as Story
2:00 – 3:00 pm Steve Hockensmith – Fiction Writing: What’s Your Hook
3:15 – 4:15 pm Christine Nora – Children’s Picture Book Writing and Illustrating
Technology & Business
9:30 – 10:30 am Catharine Bramkamp – Self-publishing
10:45 – 11:45 am Laurie McLean – Agents
2:00 – 3:00 pm Gil Mansergh, Seth Harwood, Scott Kemble & Patricia V. Davis
– New Ways to Get Published
3:15 – 4:15 pm Ann Wilkes – Developing Your Online Presence
Three areas of writing – the craft of writing, genre, and technology & business – offer registrants an opportunity to pick and choose workshops that suit their specific needs.
Our morning and luncheon keynote speakers, Tamim Ansary and Steve Hockensmith, will both lead workshops about memoir and fiction, respectively.
Register on-line at http://www.redwoodwriters.org/conference.html or download a registration form and mail it to the address shown below. Lunch is included in the price of registration.
About Redwood Writers:
Redwood Writers is one of 17 branches of the California Writers Club, the nation’s oldest professional club for writers, founded in 1909. Redwood Writer’s motto is “writers helping writers.” Early members include Jack London, George Sterling, John Muir, Joaquin Miller and the first California poet laureate, Ina Coolbrith. The Club has more than 1,200 members statewide.
Additional contact information:
http://www.redwoodwriters.org
Redwood Writers, P.O. Box 4687, Santa Rosa, CA 95402
Specify “Attention: Conference Registration” if registering by snail mail.
Photos of keynote speakers and workshop facilitators available upon request.
Iota Press has a New Locaton
Iota Press has moved into a studio in Sebastopol and will operate a letterpress print shop. There is a separate hosting space available for workshops or other kinds of events. Starting in the fall, classes in letterpress printing will be offered, with an eye to helping writers and artists see (& feel) the aesthetic power of hand-made typography. Although the letterpress work is tilted toward making chapbooks and broadsides, the shop can take on other projects where the unique tactile art of metal type and good paper are desired. Visitors welcome. Call Eric Johnson first at 823-6152; email at <iota@sonic.net>; or look for the shop at 925 Gravenstein Hwy S, Sebastopol (by the sign of the Bee).
News from East County
Thanks to Juanita Martin for this month’s announcements from the Sonoma/Glen Ellen/Valley of the Moon Area
UniverSoul Reading Series
The first Sat of each month, 6-8 pm is UniverSoul open mike poetry and music at Barking Dog Roasters, 18133 Hwy 12, Boyes Hot Springs, Ca. 95476(near Sonoma Mission Inn) This venue is hosted by Juanita J. Martin, Sonoma County Library Slam Champion and member of Redwood Writers. This venue welcomes poets and musicians to read and perform on open mike. This venue will host featured poets as well. For more info, call Juanita at (707) 435-1807 or email her at freelance@jmartinpoetwriter.com. You may also call the cafe at (707) 939-1905. Parking is limited.
News from West County
Thanks to Pat Nolan for providing this month’s news from the Guerneville Area
Low Power Literary Radio in West Sonoma Co.
There are two monthly book shows on local low power FM radio stations. Nearing its second anniversary, Off The Shelf, airs at 8 PM on the first Sunday of the month on Guerneville’s KGGV 95.1FM. The program is hosted by Peter Andrews and Pat Nolan. KGGV offers streaming at www.kggvfm.org. Book Flaps, the nexus between Books and Life, hosted by Suzanne Lang and Pat Nolan is offered on Occidental’s brand new radio station, KOWS 107.3 FM, on the last Thursday of the month at 5 PM. Previous shows have featured discussions on consciousness and guest poets from the West County.
Brian Martens hosts” The Poetry Hour” on KOWS-FM radio 107.3 fm. Every Wednesday from 5:00-6:00 pm. Poetry is read mixed with eclectic music. The program is also streamed over the internet at: www.kows.fm When you arrive at the site click on the streaming link. Thanks for listening. Feedback appreciated at b-r-m@sbcglobal.net
News from North County
Thanks to Cynthia Beecher and Vilma Ginzberg for providing this month’s Healdsburg/Cloverdale News.
Center Literary Café
Tuesday September 8, 7-9 PM
Center Literary Café Prresents Book Author Jeane Slone and Poet Donna Emerson
Jeane Slone has published her work of historical fiction She Flew Bombers From the Factories to the Bases During World War II. The Sonoma Arts Council is sponsoring her novel. This book “is a fascinating account of one woman’s love of flying and her involvement with the Women’s Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) during World War II.” (Jean Hegland, Reviewer)
Donna Emerson, award winning Petaluma poet, presents her just released chapbook, Body Rhymes, from Finishing Line Press. Her poetry and prose are published in many journals and anthologies. She will be accompanied by son Jared Emerson-Johnson on violin and mandolin.“She writes eloquently and elegantly about the body, focusing on sexuality, as well as love and loss.” (Susan Terris, Reviewer).
Tuesday, October 13, 7-9 PM:
Book Author Stefanie Freele
Poet Rose Black
Healdsburg resident Stefanie Freele’s short story collection Feeding Strays was published by Lost Horse Press in September. Her recent writing is in Glimmer Train, American Literary Review, Wigleaf, Night Train, Literary Mama, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, Frigg, Dogplotz, and Hobart.Stefanie has an MFA from the Northwest Institute of Literary Arts: Whidbey Writers Workshop. She is on the editorial staff for SmokeLong Quarterly and is the Fiction Editor for the Los Angeles Review. www.stefaniefreele.com
Rose Black lives by the Union Pacific Railroad tracks in Oakland, California. Her poetry is in The South Carolina Review, Runes, Wisconsin Review, Hampton-Sydney Poetry Review, Spillway, and Slant. Her books, Clearing (2005) and Winter Light, (2008), were accepted by Yale’s Beinecke Library for the Yale Collection of American Literature.
http://renaissancestone.com/rose-blackWL.html
Doors open at 6:30
Open mic Bring prose or poetry to share
Light refreshments Donations appreciated
Parking is also available right behind the Senior Center.
Healdsburg Senior Center
133 Matheson St. (One block east of plaza) Healdsburg, CA 95448
Call Cynthia Helen for info 707 696-1111 centerliterarycafe@gmail.com
Healdsburg Literary Arts Guild
Third Sunday Salon
proudly presents
Featured Writer: Penelope LaMontagne
Healdsburg Literary Laureate 2004/2005
Sunday, September 20, 2009
2:00 – 4:00 PM
Healdsburg City Hall
401 Grove Street
Penelope La Montagne is the author of River Shoes by Running Wolf Press and co-author of Fruit of Life, Poems of Passion and Politics by dpress. She will be reading from a new collection of poems called When Nature Chooses You Back which is scheduled for publication in 2010.
Penelope was the founder of Morning Haiku which ran for 6 years on KRCB, is a California Poet in the Schools. She is also Literary Laureate Emerita of Healdsburg, 2004-2005. She lives on the banks of the Russian River, and has learned much of what she knows about life from watching the river, not pushing, not holding back.
OPEN MIC ….. OPEN TO THE PUBLIC ….. FREE
healdsburgliteraryguild@gmail.com
Sonoma County in Print
If you are a Sonoma County writer with a book or chapbook newly published, let’s help you celebrate! Just send your announcement to tehret99@comcast.net. Be sure to include information on how your readers can find out more about you and your work or order a copy. You’re announcement will run for three Updates.
Eugene Ruggles’s Collected Works, a posthumous collection of his poems, is in production and readying for publication. Go to www.eugeneruggles.com
to see cover mock–up.
Stefanie Freele’s Motel
The innovative new publisher “Bannock Street Books” presents the artbook/chapbook MOTEL: a short story by Sonoma County author Stefanie Freele paired with color photography contributed by Sarah Black.
MOTEL will soon be available on the Bannock Street Books Website. http://www.bannockstreetbooks.com/
In the meantime, signed copies of MOTEL are available from the author:
$7 and $2 ship.
Paypal: Babingas@aol.com
Check:
Stefanie Freele
1083 Vine St. #352
Healdsburg, Ca 95448
www.stefaniefreele.com
Redwood Writers Vintage Voices Anthology Released
Contact: Linda Loveland Reid
president@redwoodwriters.org
707-484-4153
Redwood Writers, the Sonoma County branch of the California Writers Club, has published its fourth anthology, Vintage Voices: Cent’Ani: May You Live 100 Years, (ISBN: 978-0-9816848-2-6). Pre-publication orders may be placed here:
http://www.redwoodwriters.org/vv4orders.pdf.
Release Celebration
Redwood Writers will celebrate the release of Vintage Voices with a reading and book signing on September 26th from 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. at North Light Books and Café, 550 E. Cotati Ave., Cotati. Linda Reid, president of Redwood Writers will host this event. Food and wine will be available for purchase as well as copies of the anthology. Authors will be on hand to sign your copy. There is no charge to attend.
About Redwood Writers:
Redwood Writers is one of 17 branches of the California Writers Club, the nation’s oldest professional club for writers, founded in 1909. Redwood’s motto is “writers helping writers.” Early members included Jack London, George Sterling, John Muir, Joaquin Miller and the first California poet laureate, Ina Coolbrith. The Club has more than 1,200 members statewide.
Jeanne Miller’s On the Brink of Nora
On the Brink of Nora, was chosen by Redwood Writers for a joint publication project with Unlimited Publishing.
Set in the Northern California Wine Country, On the Brink is a true coming of age story. When Nora embarks on a radical journey of self-discovery, her family is called upon to evolve as individuals, and in concert with one another.
jcmillerwriter.com
http://www.unlimitedpublishing.com/miller/
Linda Loveland Reid’s novel, Touch of Magenta,
will be available on May 9 at local bookstores and on Amazon.com. For more information go to www.lindalovelandreid.com
Touch of Magenta explores, through the lives to two women, the right we all have to know our personal history; that all secrets be revealed, all lies untold.
The story is set in Sonora’s California gold country, Chinatown, Italy, Singapore, and England.
Coming bookstore events include:
May 9 Meet & Greet, Sat 1:30-3:30, at Copperfield’s Books, Santa Rosa in Montgomery Village
May 16, Meet & Greet, Sat 1:30-3:30 at Copperfield’s Books in Healdsburg
June 6 Meet & Greet, Sat 1:30-3:30 at Copperfield’s Books in Petaluma
June 13 Meet & Greet, Sat 1-3:00 at Copperfield’s Books in Napa
June 18 Book Signing, Thur 7pm at River Reader in Guerneville
June 27 Meet & Greet, Sat 1:30-3:30 at Copperfield’s Books in Calistoga
Stand by for more bookstore events in July and August.
Donna Emerson’s Body Rhymes from Finishing Line Press
I am happy to announce to my friends and acquaintances that my poetry collection from Finishing Line Press, Body Rhymes, comes out this spring. Since this is a limited edition collection, you may order now to reserve a copy. The press run will be determined by the number of orders made before April 10.The book, with a color photograph of mine on the cover, will be mailed to you by the end of May.
“Donna Emerson’s poems—each a small, complete world—reveal their tenderness in detail. The poet William Carlos Williams once said ‘Perception is the first act of imagination,’ and with her photographer’s eye, Emerson invites the reader to see, as if for the first time, what is extraordinary even in the most familiar. But as a poet, she also listens, deeply and intently, to her subject, whether it is a landscape, a memory, or one of the unforgettable souls she has counseled, struggling to reconcile themselves with mortality. And it is with a listening heart that the reader feels with her a wonder at the courage she has witnessed, and inspiration at the truth she captures.” Terry Ehret, author of Lucky Break
“A lilting voice from a new poet. A new daughter is not all that Donna Emerson gave birth to in her 50s. Her poems are loaded with rich imagery and memory.”
Susan Swartz, author of The Juicy Tomatoes Guide to Ripe Living After 50
Books can be pre-ordered through the website at www.finishinglinepress.com. Click on “New Releases and Forthcoming Titles,” scrolling down alphabetically.
Sagittarius Agitprop by Matthew Gavin Frank
Franks collection of poems is available from Black Lawrence Press at:
http://www.blacklawrence.com/frank.html
To see and hear Frank reading from his book, check out this link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdOR3_jrx88
Pierette Mimi Poinsett
Rose-Anne Clermont has written an article about my challenges in the Women’s International Perspective e-zine. The photographer who is uncredited is Michi Adams of Rohnert Park Petaluma. Below is the link:
http://thewip.net/contributors/2009/02/living_one_day_at_a_time_in_th.html
Over the last three years, I have been writing creative non-fiction and poetry. Going into “the family business”:) A memoir cookbook is in the works.
Pierrette Mimi Poinsett MD
http://www.snapdiva.blogspot.com
aka the Yayayarndiva on http://www.ravelry.com
Mary Lynn Archibald named in national “Best Books” 2008
USABookNews.com, the premiere online magazine and review website for mainstream and independent publishing houses, announced that Mary Lynn Archibald was a finalist in THE NATIONAL “BEST BOOKS” 2008 AWARDS (NBBA). Awards were presented for titles published in 2008 and late 2007.
This is the third finalist award (the second in the HUMOR category) for Mary Lynn Archibald, for her book, Accidental Cowgirl: Six Cows, No Horse and No Clue, which has attained something of a cult following here in the west. “Always a bridesmaid,” she says.
Mary Lynn Archibald is available interviews to discuss her latest book and related topics. Contact 707-395-0542 or marylynn@winecountrywriter.com
Bill Vartnaw ‘s new book, Suburbs of my Childhood, came out on January15th. Bill says, “This is a book of mostly early poems, lots of seventies, a few eighties and a couple of nineties about my mother, 74 pages.” For more information or to order the book, contact Bill at taureanhorn@hotmail.com. Taurean Horn Press’ address is P.O. Box 641097, San Francisco, CA 94164-1097.
Jeane Slone has just published She Flew Bombers From the Factories to the Bases. People can order it from my web site at www.jeaneslone.com.
Jean Heglund writes, “She Flew Bombers is a fascinating account of one woman’s love of flying and her involvement with the Women’s Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) during World War II. Anyone interested in Aviation History, Women’s History, or the World War II “war effort” will appreciate Jeane Slone’s careful research, as well as her ability to bring this little-know aspect of the US history to life so vividly.”
Margaret Caminsky-Shapiro has just published an anthology entitled Hair Pieces, containing the poetry and prose of 51 of her writing students. Hair Pieces is available for purchase at Copperfields and also at harlmarg@sonic.net. For information about Margaret’s Writing Practice workshops, scroll down to the section “Current and Upcoming Workshops.”
Ann Wilkes’s Awesome Layratt
Ann Wilkes’ first book, Awesome Lavratt (2009) is a tongue-in-cheek space opera with mind control, passion and adventure. Her stories have appeared in online zines and anthologies. She lives in California’s wine country with her husband, Patrick and their youngest son. She’s working on two novels while still cranking out the short funny stories that characterize her writing style. Visit her website, http://www.annwilkes.com, for a full bio, her blog and links to online stories.
Calls for Submission
If you have a call for submission or a contest of interest to Sonoma County writers, send it to tehret99@comcas.net.
If you’d like to explore ways to get your writing out of the drawer and into print, check out the information on the Literary Folk website and on my personal website:
http://literaryfolk.wordpress.com/recommended-northern-california-journals-and-presses/
http://www.terryehret.com/consulting.htm
Ginosko Literary Journal’s Call for Submissions
Accepting short fiction & poetry, audio recordings, creative non-fiction, interviews, social justice concerns for the 9th issue of the literary journal ginosko, the summer issue.
Editorial lead time 1-2 months; accept simultaneous submissions and reprints; length flexible, accept excerpts. Receives postal submissions & email—prefer email submissions as attachments in Microsoft Works Word Processor or Rich Text Format. Copyright reverts to author.
Publishing as semiannual ezine, winter & summer. Selecting material from ezine for printed anthology.
Check downloadable issues on website for style & tone: http://www.ginoskoliteraryjournal.com/
Use latest version of Adobe Reader.
ezine circulation 4500+. Website traffic 750-1000 hits/month.
Also looking for artwork, photography, to post on website and links to exchange.
Ginosko (ghin-océ-koe)
To perceive, understand, realize, come to know; knowledge that has an inception, a progress, an attainment. The recognition of truth by experience.
Member CLMP. Listed in Best of the Web 2008.
Ginosko Literary Journal
Robert Paul Cesaretti, Editor
PO Box 246
Fairfax, CA 94978
USA
MEMOIR (and) Call for Submissions
MEMOIR (and) is an up-and-coming print journal for the exploration of memoir as “the” genre of the 21st century. Our nonprofit mission is to publish traditional as well as nontraditional forms of nonfiction allied with memoir. This includes, but is not limited to, autobiography, personal and critical essay, graphic narratives, narrative poetry, “flash memoir,” autobiographical fiction, alternative histories, journalistic accounts, narrative photography and more. We award four cash prizes twice yearly and charge no entry fee. All work submitted to MEMOIR (and) is eligible to win a prize.
The reading period for Spring+Summer 2010 (Issue 6) is upon us! Accepting traditional and experimental prose, poetry, graphic memoir, narrative photography, lies, and more from 5/1/09 through 8/15/09.
Four prizes up to $500 available for prose, poetry and graphic memoirs. All submissions eligible for contest entry.
For guidelines, contest info and online submissions, visit www.memoirjournal.com.
New Millennium
OK, I know it’s confusing. We hold two competitions annually in four categories (fiction, nonfiction, poetry and short-short fiction). As a result, I often find myself sending emails regarding up to three contests at once. This is just such an email. Here’s the skinny.
1. Judging has begun for those who entered our Summer 2009 Writing Awards program, and we hope to begin announcing winners in October.
2. As previously announced, names of winners in our Winter 2008-09 contest follow Grants & Awards guidelines below.
3. Our next deadline is November 17, midnight, all time zones. In keeping with tradition, this deadline may be extended once only. This is what we call our Winter 2009-10 Writing Awards program. Enter as often as you like at www.writingawards.com or by U.S. Mail or other carrier (postmark ok.) Guidelines Follow.
Grants & Awards
$4,000 in Grants and Awards, plus publication in NMW and at the New Millennium Writings website
$1,000 for best Fiction; $1,000 for best Poem; $1,000 for best Short-short Fiction (1,000-word limit), $1,000 for best Nonfiction
(Nonfiction includes humor, memoir, creative nonfiction, travel, opinion, essay, interview, features, investigative reporting, etc.)
Recipients of NMW Awards are showcased along with interviews, profiles and tributes to famous writers, past and present, such as
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., J. D. Salinger, Julia Glass, Shel Silverstein, Khaled Hosseini, George Garrett, Ken Kesey, John Updike, Lee Smith, Cormac McCarthy, Lucille Clifton, Shelby Foote, Paul West, Norman Mailer, Sharyn McCrumb, William Kennedy, Faulkner, Hemingway, Dickinson, Keats, Percy, Warren and many others. Also, prize-winning stories, poems & articles, humor, graphic arts, writing advice and more.
To Enter, follow these Guidelines, or enter on-line at www.writingawards.com.
1. No restrictions as to style, content or number of submissions. Enter as often as you like. Previously published materials OK if online or under 5000-circulation in print.
2. Winners and selected finalists—including all poetry finalists—will be published in our 2010-11 issue–which all contestants will receive next fall, and on-line.
3. Send between now and midnight of November 17, 2009 (postmark ok). This deadline may be extended once only.
4. Simultaneous & multiple submissions welcome.
5. Each Fiction or Nonfiction piece is counted as a separate entry, and should total no more than 6,000 words except Short-short Fiction (no more than 1,000 words).
6. Each Poetry entry may include up to three poems, not to exceed five pages total per entry. All 20 poetry finalists will be published. If entering online, upload all 3 poems, plus cover page (optional) in a single file, per entry.
7. Include name, phone, address, email & category on cover page or letter only and submit with the submission. If entering online the cover page is optional, as our online site automatically uploads contact information you provide.
8. Manuscripts not returned except in hardship cases. Include email address (preferable) or SASE for list of winners. Yes, we recycle.
9. Include $17 check payable to NMW with each submission.
10. If entering by mail, send to: “NMW” Room EM, PO Box 2463, Knoxville, TN, 37901 (unless entering online). To order our current issue, add $12.
Current and Upcoming Workshops
Many Sonoma County writers offer their expertise and writing support through local workshops, classes, and consultations. Some are day-long, some are ongoing, and some are retreats. Workshops for this month are listed below. A more complete list of workshop leaders and their contact information appears at the end of this article.
If you have a workshop you’re offering, send a short description (150 words or less) to tehret99@comcast.net.
Stephen Altschuler’s Coaching Service for Non-fiction Writers.
My speciality is personal experience writing, but cover all aspects of the non-fiction genre. I’ve been writing and getting published since 1969. My latest book is The Mindful Hiker (2004), and have written four other books. My website which tells more of my work and this service is www.firstpersonwriting.com .
Stephen Altschuler
stephenaltschuler@mac.com
Workshops with Guy Biederman and Eric Johnson
Making an Impression: Anatomy of writing
Lowfat fiction and prose poems meet the metal type & printing presses at Iota Press studio. Compose two short pieces, learn to set type, exult in pulling your very own proof. Get down to the bones of your work – letter by letter.
Wednesday evenings, September 9, 16, 23, 30
7:00 p.m.
925-C Gravenstein Hwy S, Sebastopol
$150.
For more information, call Eric Johnson first at 823-6152; email at iota@sonic.net.
In Search of Lorca’s Duende.
October 17, 2009 9:00 A M to 3:00 P M at Iota Press, 925-C Gravenstein Hwy S, Sebastopol
Cost: $75.00
Come and help us find the blood and the skin, the muscle, the tendons of our poetic souls.
Find the flamenco spirit inside our writer’s minds. Come discuss the philosophy of Lorca’s duende. Come write, write write.
Contacts: guyb@sonic.net or kennetherodgers@msn.com
For monthly calendar in Upcoming Workshops
Saturday, 10/19/09, 9:00 A M to 3:00 P M: In Search of Lorca’s Duende, Guy Biederman and Ken Rodgers, $75.00, Iota Press, 925-C Gravenstein Hwy S, Sebastopol, CA: Contacts—guyb@sonic.net, kennetherodgers@msn.com.
Margaret Caminsky-Shapiro’s Sonoma County Writing Practice
Margaret Caminsky-Shapiro teaches eight week long writing semesters out of her Santa Rosa downtown office. Three different class times are offered each week. Margaret uses poetry and meditation for inspiration and writers are encouraged to read their work in a supportive atmosphere. The memoir is a valuable form for dropping deeper into the self allowing memories to come forth. This process allows space for self-knowledge to occur. For more information or to receive a flyer call (707)575-8820 or email Margaret at harlmarg@sonic.net. The website for Sonoma County Writing Practice is www.handwritingonline.net
Terry Ehret’s Workshops at the Sitting Room
The Sitting Room, 170 East Cotati Avenue
Cost: $180 for eight week session
plus $20 donation to the Sitting Room
Workshops are open to all writers, prose and poetry, beginning and experienced, male and female, young and old, or anything in between. To reserve a space or find out more about these workshops, e-mail tehret99@comcast.net.
$50 deposit required to hold your space.
The Imagists and the Poetry of H.D. (Hilda Doolittle)
Meeting times: Mondays 9 AM to noon Meeting Dates: September 21, 28; October 5, 12, 19, 26; November 2, 9
This workshop will give those who enjoy reading and writing poetry a chance to gather with like-minded folk to explore in depth a particular poet or poetic movement and to take from this inspiration for our own writing.
In the fall, we will read selections by the poets of the Imagist movement, focusing on the early poetry of H.D. (Hilda Doolittle).
H.D. was an American poet, novelist, and memoirist, who lived from 1886-1964. She moved from Philadedelphia to London in 1911, and joined a circle of avant garde writers which included Ezra Pound, D.H. Lawrence, Richard Aldington, Wallace Stevens, and others. The Imagist style emphasized clarity of imagery (“no ideas but in things”), and free-verse. H.D.’s later writing developed this aesthetic to incorporate a more female-centric version of modernism.
Discussion of the Imagists and H.D.’s work will be linked with writing prompts and exercises for writers interested in generating new work. The workshop will continue in the Spring of 2010, for those interested in H.D.’s later visionary work.
Prose Poem Workshop: Jorge Luis Borges and Wislawa Szymborska
Meeting Times: Fridays 9 AM to noon
Meeting Dates: September 25; October 2, 9, 16, 23, 30; November 6, 13
What exactly is a prose poem? Happily, the form defies strict definitions, leaving its practitioners free to invent and discover. The prose poem can be lyrical or narrative, philosophical or musing. It can be as brief as a sentence and as long as a page or two.
During the first four weeks, we will read and discuss selected short prose pieces by the Polish poet Wislawa Szymborska, and the Argentinian poet Jorge Luis Borges, exploring each author’s approach to the prose poem form. Though quite different in their linquistic and cultural heritages, their prose pieces often conjure deep existential puzzles of the human condition rendered with wit, economy, and courage. Our readings will be drawn from Szymborska’s Nonrequired Reading Prose Pieces (translated by Clare Cavanagh) and Borges’s Collected Fictions (translated by Andrew Hurley).
Each of these classes will include a free-write or a structured writing exercise, using the week’s featured author for inspiration. During the second four weeks, participants will bring in their own prose poems for workshop discussion and conversation.
Suzanne Murray
The Heart of Writing – Four-Week Classes with Suzanne Murray
Tuesday Mornings, 9:30 am to noon, September 15 to October 6
$100 paid by 9/7, $115 after, west Santa Rosa
Tuesday Evenings, 7:00 to 9:30 pm, September 15 to October 6
$100 paid by 9/7, $115 after, downtown Sebastopol
register early limited to 12
Small supportive group. Good for beginners and experienced writers as well as all styles of writing.
Learn simple, powerful techniques to find your voice, tell your stories, calm your inner critic, enter the creative flow, jumpstart your writing and supportyour creative self. Find support and encouragement and an understanding of the craft of writing and the joyful heart of the creative process.
for more information call or email Suzanne at 707.874.9614 or suzmurr@yahoo.com or website:www.creativitygoeswild.com
What her students say:
Suzanne is more than an excellent teacher. She is an inspiration. Her writing workshops are not only about the craft of writing, but are a journey into the heart of the writing experience. . . – Jill Cagan
Suzanne’s class was tremendously inspiring. She offers a nearly endless variety of tools and creates an atmosphere that is both challenging and unconditionally supportive. She showed me how to side step blocks and let the creativity flow. No question, it is the best writing class I’ve ever taken. – Ed Richards
Suzanne has just the right touch, so supportive and gentle as we birthed our little word babies, she showed us how to see the beauty in them. And it
wasn’t fake! Once she pointed out the beauty, it was there! – Martha Stedman
Suzanne’s knowledge and ability to facilitate the writing process is incredible. – Jody Tucker
Taught by Suzanne Murray. A gifted teacher and creativity coach, now if her eighteenth year offering these classes and workshops, she brings to class a passion for books and working with words and an ability to inspire others to write. An award winning essayist and poet, Suzanne’s work appears in various literary journals including Orion and The Sun.
The North Bay Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI)
Seven Magical Ways to Bring out the Storyteller in You
presented by author Marsha Diane Arnold.
This meeting will be held at the Sebastopol Center for the Arts at 6780 Depot Street, Sebastopol, CA on Sept 21, 7-9 pm and is open to the public. Donation $10 for members, $15 for non-members.
Labeled a “born storyteller” by the media, Marsha wrote the popular, award-winning Sonoma County newspaper column “homegrown treasures” from 1985 to 1995. She has authored eleven picture books including the soulful Ridgway award winner, HEART OF A TIGER, the Smithsonian Notable PUMPKIN RUNNER, based on a real event, and the uproarious ROAR OF A SNORE. Marsha travels nationally and internationally as a speaker and writing workshop leader for schools and conferences. She has taught aspiring authors for nine years, both privately, with the Institute of Children’s Literature, and online with Mediabistro.com. In 2008 Marsha was honored to be the only children’s author ever invited by the Sequoia Parks Foundation to participate in their “Artists in the Back Country” program.
Visit Marsha at www.marshadianearnold.com or at her blog, www.storymagician.blogspot.com.
SCBWI is a professional organization for writers and illustrators of children’s books. For more information contact Charles Markee, charles-t@charlesmarkee.com To find out more about the society visit the website at www.scbwi.org and to learn more about events in the North Bay go to http://www.scbwinorthca.org
Gwynne O’Gara’s Writing Workshops
Lighting Our Own Flames —Writing That Frees Our Genius
How do we address the gift of writing? Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote, Genius is the power for lighting your own flame. The Romans believed genius (or for women, juno) to be a guardian spirit that comes to us at birth with the fullness of our undeveloped powers, which it offers to us as we grow. A sense of gratitude moves a person to labor in the service of their genius, which finds freedom through our work.
Each week we’ll warm up with a different poet—T.S. Eliot, Seamus Heaney, Kevin Young, Gabriela Mistral, Sylvia Plath and Eavan Boland. We’ll write and share our own work, and explore how to keep our individual flames burning. Excellent for prose writers as well as poets.
Tuesday Nights, 7—9, Oct. 20—Nov. 24. All levels, genders, and ages are welcome, $75 for all six classes. For more information and to register, contact Gwynn O’Gara at gwynn@sonic.com or call (707) 823-2993.
Gwynn O’Gara is the author of Snake Woman Poems, Fixer-Upper and Winter at Green Haven. Her poems have been published in the Haight Ashbury Literary Journal, The Evansville Review and Yellow Silk, and will appear in future issues of Calyx, Sage Woman and descant. Her personal essays have been published in Image Magazine and Tiny Lights.
For more information and to register, call (707) 823-2993 or e-mail gwynn@gwynnogara.com.
The workshops will be held at the Sitting Room, 170 East Cotati, Cotati, CA.
Petaluma Writers Forum
Writers Forum of Petaluma proudly presents J.T. Bymaster
September 17, 2009 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Petaluma Community Center, 320 No. McDowell Blvd. Petaluma
$15 at the door
Relaxing into (and through) the Creative Process
In this workshop you will learn how the things that normally keep you from experiencing creative confidence, momentum and flow (i.e. ‘writer’s block,’ procrastination, lack of experience, etc.) can actually serve to deepen your creative work. You will learn simple yet effective approaches to transform your obstacles into your most powerful resources and even have some fun in the process.
J.T. BYMASTER is a body worker, musician, writer, tai chi/meditation instructor, and process oriented life coach. His passion is in helping people find their own unique power through ease and effortlessness instead of struggle and pain.
Supported by Poets & Writers, Inc. through a grant it has received from the Hearst Foundation.
For more information: www.thewritespot.us Marlene – mcullen@comcast.net
Daniel Polikoff
New Workshop on Poetry and Esoteric Tradition
Always and everywhere Western esotericism involves conscious cultivation of the spiritual imagination, and so bears an intrinsic relation to the impetus underlying art. In these workshops we’ll explore the intersection of art and esotericism in continuing pursuit
of a spirituality consonant with the genius and passion of the contemporary soul.
The workshops will be held in Kentfield on Thursdays: 9/24, 11/5,and 12/10, 9:30-1:30. $60each. For more information, please contact
Rose Black at 510.633.1888 or <moorpak@ix.netcom.com>.
Poet and Rilke scholar Daniel Polikoff (Ph.D.Comparative Literature, Cornell) has just completed In the Image of Orpheus: Rilke—A Soul History. He has also published two poetry collections (Dragon Ship; The Hands of Stars) as well as a translation of a dramatic version of Parzival.
Laurie Reiche ‘s Writing Soiree
Laurie leads writing workshops the third Sunday of every month, 3-6 PM at her home.
The focus is generating new work, both poetry and prose. Sliding scale. For more information, call 415-892-9430 or e-mail p.reiche@comcast.net.
Lessen-Reiche has facilitated workshops for many years. She was the 2006 Winner of Lilith Magazine’s Second Annual Charlotte Newberger National Poetry Award. Her work has also appeared in magazines such as SUNY Upstate Medical Journal: The Healing Muse, and The Southern Poetry Review.
Clara Rosemarda’s Write Mind™ Workshops
Creative Writing as Spiritual Practice
6 sessions begin
Thursday, September 17th, 10am – 12:30pm OR
Wednesday, September 23rd, 7 – 9:30pm
fee $180 ($170 if paid by September 10th) Space is limited.
These classes will be conducted in a comfortable environment near
downtown Santa Rosa. Contact Clara: 707:579-2081 rosen@sonic.net
Strong attention allows us to drop into deep writing. Creative writing propels the writer into the unknown. Whether you write prose or poetry, letters or fiction, this workshop will inspire your muse to write from a core place. Through meditation, visualizations, and other exercises that quiet the mind and expand the imagination, you will access and activate your creative muse. A comfortable, safe environment is provide for the writer to emerge. Open to beginning as well as seasoned writers.
“One can write nothing readable unless one constantly struggles to efface one’s own personality. Good prose is like a window pane.” George Orwell from “Why I Write”
Writing with Images: A Creative Writing Workshop
Saturday, September 26th, 10am – 4pm, at SRJC!
Section #9086, 1509 Emeritus Hall, SR Campus, Fee $67
To register contact SRJC at 707:527-4372
Whether you write fiction, nonfiction, poetry or articles, the use of imagery will super-charge your writing. Through meditation and other exercises that expand the imagination you will learn to access and integrate images into your prose and poetry. Work with this published writer and workshop leader to generate new material and leave with new writing tools. Open to beginning as well as seasoned writers. We will write and write some more!
For over 25 years Clara Rosemarda, writer and inspirational teacher, has been creating workshops that help writers of all kinds release their deepest and truest writing voices. Clara’s poems and essays have been published in literary journals. Co-creator and coordinator of the Writer’s Sampler at the Sebastopol Center for the Arts, she offers private consultations and coaching sessions for writers who want to move to their next level. She is co-author and co-editor of the anthology, STEEPED: In the World of Tea.
Andrew Todhunter
A Writers’ Workshop in Paris
October 12th through 16th, 2009 – Paris, France
Open to all writers, this five-day intensive workshop concentrates on strengthening the fundamental elements of strong, clear writing in fiction and non-fiction.
While suitable for newer writers, the Paris workshop also serves experienced and published writers who wish to develop the stylistic and structural principals at the heart of their craft.
The workshop format is highly interactive and includes lecture, written exercises, group editing exercises and extensive Q & A.
Andrew Todhunter’s Paris Workshop is lively and deeply collaborative. Participants return engaged and inspired, with closely revised material and renewed passion for the written word.
About the Instructor:
Born in Paris, raised in the US and educated at UC Berkeley, award-winning author and participatory journalist Andrew Todhunter has been teaching writing for more than fifteen years, including appearances at the Mendocino Coast Writers Conference and workshops in Paris. His work has been published in numerous journals and periodicals, including The Atlantic Monthly, the Wall Street Journal, Smithsonian, National Geographic and the Washington Post Sunday Magazine. His subjects range widely, from ice climbing in the Scottish Highlands to animal rescue, French cuisine and early medieval history. He is the author of three books, including the San Francisco Chronicle bestseller Fall of the Phantom Lord and the PEN USA Award-winning A Meal Observed. His work has been translated into Russian, Chinese, Japanese and Italian.
“Andrew’s warmth, his sincerity and his ability to create an inspirational learning environment all combine to make him an excellent workshop leader… His dedication to his students is inspirational.”
—Charlotte Gullick, Director, Mendocino Coast Writers Conference
“Andrew is a born public speaker and a superb presenter… Whether speaking to a group of ten or two hundred, he is riveting in his honesty, his insight and his ability with words.”
—Steve Mandel, President and Founder, Mandel Communications
Course Tuition: $1195
(Includes 5 days of instruction, a personal coaching session and lifetime email support)
Friend Discount: Any student who brings a paying friend will receive a $100 discount, one discount per person. Larger groups of friends may “chain” this discount to maximize savings.
Deposit: $500 due by September 1, 2009.
Class Size: 8-12 Students.
Other Features: Optionally, participants may gather in the evenings at a neighboring watering hole or stroll beloved Parisian neighborhoods with Todhunter as their guide.
Travel, Lodging and Meals: To control costs, travel, lodging and meals are not included in the course fee. When the classroom location is finalized, several hotels, restaurants and cafes within walking distance will be suggested.
For more information on the Paris Writers’ Workshop, or to register, please email:
workshops@andrewtodhunter.com
Centa Theresa: Creative Projects Coaching/Consultation for Artists & Writers
THE POD: ART & WRITING
workshops & monthly creative projects coaching circle…
Centa Theresa, M.A.
www.centatheresa.com 707-478-5903 vicenta@sonic.net
CREATIVE PROJECTS COACHING: Whether you have a manuscript in the making that
you can¹t seem to finish, a body of artwork that needs more of your time, an
idea you¹d like to see manifest but have no plan, etc., I help you to
clarify the vision, identify challenges, claim successes and keep
accountable for stated intentions. Private sessions held in my home
office/studio in Santa Rosa. Call for further inquiry.
ART/WRITING PROCESS: Through dialogue, meditation, free-writing exercises
and the exploration of various art media, focus on a question or theme of
present concern and let the process unfold. Come one time or for a
predetermined series of private sessions in my home studio. Call for further
inquiry.
Call for free consultation. 707-478-5903. www.centatheresa.com
<http://www.centatheresa.com> . vicenta@sonic.net
Centa Theresa M.A. has exhibited her art in Bay Area galleries & had poems
appear or are forthcoming in such journals as Harpur Palate, Eclipse, The
Hurricane Review, Tiny Lights, and DrumVoices Revue. Centa has authored the
letterset edition, Blameless Recognition of Natural Light. She currently
teaches art at Napa State Hospital and has trained in ³creativity coaching²
with Eric Maisel.
A list of other Sonoma County writing workshop leaders appears in the details about workshops and events at the end of the update. Feel free to contact them about their private consultations or to find out when their next workshops will be.
Sonoma County Writers
Offering Workshops and Consultation
Stephen Altschuler www.firstpersonwriting.com
Guy Beiderman www.lowfatfiction.com
Susan Bono sbono@tiny-lights.com
Margaret Caminsky-Shapiro harlmarg@sonic.net
Dan Coshnear dan@coshnear.org
Sher Christian poetrytalks@neteze.com
Marlene Cullen www.thewritespot.us/ or mcullen@comcast.net
Georgette G. deBlois GGdeB@aol.com.
Nancy Dougherty and Geri Digiorno ncaversd@sonic.net
Terry Ehret tehret99@comcast.net
Susan Hagenhagen@womenatgroundzero.com
Eric Johnson iota@sonic.net
Suzanne Murray suzmurr@yahoo.com
Laure Reiche p.reiche@comcast.net
Pauline Reif paulineerh@yahoo.com
Clara Rosemarda rosen@sonic.net
Scott Reid Serkes www.sonic.net/poetry/albany/workshop/intro.html>http: //www.sonic.net
Lisa Shulman www.lisashulman.com.
Shelley Singer http://www.shelleysinger.com
Andrew Todhunter workshops@andrewtodhunter.com
Centa Theresa, m.a.,Writing & Creative Projects Coach
creatvitycoaching@centatheresa.com
Pat Tyler www.writetoday.net
Writers’ Connections
If you’d like to invite others in the literary community to join your writers’ group or network, send an announcement to tehret99@comcast.net.
WESTWORD SECOND SUNDAY SALONS @ SEBASTOPOL, 4-6PM
All poets and writers are welcome to hear and read at monthly gatherings in the quiet comfort of the Center’s west-corner Library Room. Come hear and share home-grown literature, and your writing process, problems, and motives with colleagues in our sessions facilitated by Gor Yaswen, for $1 donation to the Center. Listeners also are cordially invited to these-smoke-and-fragrance-free meetings. For info. call: 707-829-1549
Location: SEBASTOPOL CENTER FOR THE ARTS, 6780 DEPOT STREET (@ BROWN ST. & behind Seb. Deli.)
GOR YASWEN
YASWEN@AOL.COM
Blog with me about: “Inspiring Young Children to Read”…
Reading aloud to young children yields benefits aplenty. The NAE sez it this way:
“The single most important activity for building the knowledge required
for eventual success in reading – is reading aloud to children.”
– Commission on Reading of the National Academy of Education
There are five well defined ‘Facts, Advantages and Benefits’ to reading aloud
that I’ve summarized here in relation to Ocean Rudee & Company’s program offerings:
https://www.oceanrudee.com/what.is.ocean.rudee.and.company.html#readaloud
I’d love to hear other thoughts and ideas (from any of you within the Sonoma County
Literary Update universe) in relation to your experiences, ideas and outlooks toward
the future – in regards to reading, books, reading aloud, inspiring young children,
early childhood education, multi-media programming, literacy and the like.
My blog is located here: http://oceanrudee.blogspot.com/
I await hearing the sounds of your keystrokes and absorbing your insights accordingly.
Responsively Reading Aloud I am,
Paul Ennis
pwe@ oceanrudee.com
Sitting Room Book Discussion Group
We meet 2-4 on the third Wednesday of every month, skipping December, at The Sitting Room and are always open to new readers. For more info, email Joanne Page at jpage@sonic.net. (The January 21 book is Pat Barker’s first novel in her trilogy about World War I, “Regeneration.”)
The Redwood Branch of the California Writers Club.
About Redwood Writers:
Redwood Writers is one of 17 branches of the California Writers Club, the nation’s oldest professional club for writers, founded in 1909. Its motto is “writers helping writers.” Early members included Jack London, George Sterling, John Muir, Joaquin Miller and the first California poet laureate, Ina Coolbrith. The Club has more than 1,200 members statewide.
The Redwood Writers 2009 Conference takes place on October 24, 2009 at the Flamingo Hotel and Resort in Santa Rosa. Our one-day conference, part of CWC Centennial activities statewide, will feature agents, editors, and writers from all genres. They will offer their insights and experiences in the craft of writing at beginning through advanced levels, as well as the encouragement of fellow writers in a relaxed and friendly, wine-country setting.
Additional contact information:
Call for Scriptwriters on Weekly Radio Show
Are you an accomplished scriptwriter looking for a long-term project to sink your creativity into? Ocean Rudee & Company of Sebastopol is in the process of pulling together a team of 4 to 6 ‘scriptors’. Project responsibilities will include: the development of an ongoing series of radio serial dramas and related multi-media programs for children from 4 to 8-years of age (as well as their parents, teachers and primary caregivers).
Prior experience writing for children is not necessary. An understanding of how to write for continuity, how to maintain and adhere to a well developed set of character profiles, the ability to function well as a team player, a love of children’s literature and an abiding commitment to the muse – are essential.
If this is you, please visit Ocean Rudee’s website (www.oceanrudee.com) and send them off an e-mail expressing your interest in learning more.
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Join the Staff of First Leaves
If you have ever wanted to be on the staff of an energetic, literary journal and learn the process of compiling a publication, plan to join English 80 (3 unit, CSU transferable) for the Spring ’09 semester. Students enrolled in English 80 are involved in all aspects of producing a literary journal (with the guidance of the instructor), from approving submissions to putting the actual journal together. Evaluating other people’s work is a great way to learn your own strengths and weaknesses. The class is fun, collaborative, and project-based: we will produce a high-quality, well-designed magazine. We welcome the participation of people throughout the North Bay, including mature working adults, young adults, teens and retirees.
Contact Instructor Abby Bogomolny for more information: (707) 522-2779
Have You ‘Jacket-Flapped’ Lately?
JacketFlap is an international social networking community where you can connect with upwards of 5,000 published authors and illustrators of books for Children and Young Adults. Paul Ennis of Sebastopol reports: “I’ve been a member of JacketFlap (http://www.jacketflap.com/profile.asp?member=OceanRudee) since late-June of 2008. My efforts to produce audio books for children and source read-aloud materials for my radio program production project (targeting an October 2009 broadcast premiere) have been greatly enhanced by the people I’ve been able to meet through JacketFlap. It’s FREE to join, the community is a vibrant one that does not seem to generate junk e-mails to any great degree and the atmosphere is very professional. If you are ready to network with folks around the world in the children’s book publishing industry this is an online community you need to be a part of. Their membership includes: children’s book authors, illustrators, editors, agents, publishing companies, designers, publicists, booksellers, librarians, teachers, students and just plain old ordinary folks who love children’s literature. Check it out – you’ll have fun in the process!”
The International Women’s Writing Guild
The IWWG is a network for the personal and professional empowerment of women through writing. As such, it has established a remarkable record of achievement in the publishing world, as well as in circles where lifelong learning and personal transformation are valued for their own sake. The Guild nurtures and supports holistic thinking by recognizing the logic of the heart—the ability to perceive the subtle interconnections between people, events and emotions—alongside conventional logic. For more information about how to join the IWWG, contact Caroline Brumleve: e-mail iwwg@iwwg. org or visit their website at www.iwwg.org.
Ongoing Writers’ Groups and Open Mic Readings
SUNDAYS
First Sunday of the month: The Redwood Branch of the California Writers Club general meetings are held on the first Sunday of the month, (except for holiday weekends), from 3-5 pm. at the Star Restaurant, 8501 Gravenstein Hwy, corner of Old Redwood Hwy and Hwy 116, in Cotati. A small fee of $4 for members, $6 for nonmembers is asked to cover room rental and light refreshments. For more information see www.redwoodwriters.org or call Karen at 795-4591.
Second Sunday of the month: Westwood Second Sunday Salons, 4-6 PM. All poets and writers are welcome to hear and read at monthly gatherings in the quiet comfort of the Center’s west-corner Library Room. Come hear and share home-grown literature, and your writing process, problems, and motives with colleagues in our sessions facilitated by Gor Yaswen, for $1 donation to the Center. Listeners also are cordially invited to these-smoke-and-fragrance-free meetings. For info. call: 707-829-1549. Location: SEBASTOPOL CENTER FOR THE ARTS, 6780 DEPOT STREET (@ BROWN ST. & behind Seb. Deli.) For more information, contact GOR YASWEN YASWEN@AOL.COM
Sunday afternoons at 2 PM: Poetry Azul Reading Series – Ed Coletti’s popular reading series (formerly “Sococo At the Toad”) has moved to Cafe Azul located at 521 4th St. in Downtown Santa Rosa. Following the successful first reading at the new location in July, future scheduled Sunday 2PM readings include Sept 13, Nov. 8, Jan 10, and March 14. Admission is free. 573-5935. For further information contact SoCoCo-At-the-Toad director and emcee Ed Coletti at edcoletti@sbcglobal.net
Third Sundays 11:30-1:00pm: People, Places and Poetry Discussion Group at Aqus Cafe in Petaluma 189 H street, hosted by Geri DiGiorno and Nancy Long of LiveWire Literary Salon. Writing exercise and reading of your work (only if you want to…)All levels welcomed! No experience required! Last month, twelve people showed up and we had a great time! Couldn’t drag myself out of there! For more info: Nancy Long at nsasha@earthlink.net or Geri DiGiorno at adageri@aol.com
Third Sundays12:30 P.M. to 1:30 P.M. Poetry Reading & Open Mic: Coffee Catz
Poetry Reading. Donations Appreciated. 6761 Sebastopol Ave., Sebastopol, 707 829-5643.
Fourth Sundays 4-6 PM. An open reading the 4th Sunday of each month is taking place at the Saint Rose Cafe, 9890 Bodega Highway, Sebastopol, from 4 to 6 pm. The next reading will be Sunday, August 23rd. Come and read your latest work.
Last Sunday of each month, 6-8:30 PM: Poetry, Pints, and Prose at Maguires Pub 145 Kentucky Street in Petaluma. Hosted by Michelle Baynes, the readings begin with a featured reader, followed by open-mic. For more information, contact Michelle at 707-326-3773 or Catherine at 707-338-1554 or e-mail them at PoetryPintsProse@aol.com.
MONDAYS
First Monday of the Month: Unitarian Universalist Congregation Santa Rosa (UUCSR) Writers meet in the “New Room”, Unitarian Universalist Congregation Santa Rosa, 547 Mendocino Ave.Santa Rosa, Ca 95401, 707-568-5381 or http://www.uusantarosa.org/ Meetings are held in the afternoon, 4 – 6 pm, and again in the evening, 6:45 – 8:45 pm. Focus: Whatever your creative endeavor: memoirs, letters, history, biographies, the Great American novel, poems, essays, song lyrics, reports, term papers, cook books, web pages, blogs, etc., our focus is to provide an atmosphere where you can improve and hone your writing skills.The UUCSR Writers is open to the novice, the more experienced, and the published author. Membership at UUCSR is not required. UUCSR Writers, Georgette G. deBlois, GGdeB@aol.com, http://uucsrwriters.blogspot.com
TUESDAYS
Second Tuesday of each month 7-9 PM: The Center Literary Cafe hosts a featured writer and an open mic reading at the Healdsburg Senior Center 133 Matheson St. (one block east of the Plaza). Light refreshments are served. Admission is free ($5.00 donation encouraged). Contact: Cynthia Helen Beecher (707) 696-1111.
SATURDAYS
The first Sat of each month, 6-8 pm is UniverSoul open mike poetry and music at Barking Dog Roasters, 18133 Hwy 12, Boyes Hot Springs, Ca. 95476(near Sonoma Mission Inn) This venue is hosted by Juanita J. Martin, Sonoma County Library Slam Champion and member of Redwood Writers. This venue welcomes poets and musicians to read and perform on open mike. This venue will host featured poets as well. For more info, call Juanita at (707) 435-1807 or email her at freelance@jmartinpoetwriter.com. You may also call the cafe at (707) 939-1905. Parking is limited.
Intermittently Scheduled Events
ODD Month Readings is sponsored by the Redwood Writers Club. The readings are open to non-members, but are not open mic format. Contact Ann Wilkes at critiquegrpcoord@redwoodwriters.org or 707-792-1704 to get on the list or for more information. Redwood Writers roves the county with talented writers for your listening pleasure.
Haiku Poets of No. California. Join us for our free quarterly readings & workshops. A featured reader, often longtime HPNC members, will present a short reading of haiku and/or other Japanese genre poetry. Each meeting also offers a lengthier program (usually a presentation or workshop related to one of the Japanese forms). There will be one or more round-robin readings, where all attendees have an opportunity, open-mic style, to read and share one or more haiku and tanka. Also news and announcements, including upcoming events, submission calls and brief introductions of any new books of interest, as well as time for socializing and refreshments. A book table is set up for the sale and purchase of HPNC and other books (you may bring your own publications if you have some to sell). Our meetings and special events, which are open to both members and nonmembers, are held quarterly at San Francisco’s Fort Mason, building C, room 235, from 1 to 5 PM. For more information, or to become an HPNC member (which includes a subscription to our renowned semiannual journal Mariposa and a quarterly newsletter) go to the HPNC website at www.haiku-poets-northern-california.com.
How to List Your Announcements in the Literary Update
General Information
The Literary Update is a compilation of announcements which I receive from members of the Sonoma County literary community about workshops, readings, ongoing literary and writing groups, calls for submissions, and contests. Events should be primarily literary in nature, and should be located in, or within an hour’s drive of, Sonoma County.
I aim to make the monthly updates as inclusive as possible. If you have a workshop, event, contest, or call for submission to announce to the Sonoma County literary community, please send it to me as an e-mail message by noon on the last day of each calendar month. Any notices received after this deadline will not be included, but may be added to the next month’s Literary Update, if still relevant.
Here are the basic guidelines for announcements.
1. Include the words “Literary Update” in your subject heading.
2. Make sure your announcement is concise, carefully proofread, and copy-edited. Also keep in mind that I can only include announcements that are plain text and presented in the e-mail message (no flyers, PDF’s, or attachments with special formatting please). Retyping text and reformatting special fonts from flyers takes time, sometimes causes errors, and may result in announcements being left out of the Update.
3. If you have an event or workshop you want included in the monthly calendar, as well as listed in another category of the Update, please include an abbreviated version of your announcement in the following format:
Day, Date, Time: Event title, featured authors, cost (if any), location, contact information.
4. Suggest the category where you’d like it placed. These are listed here:
- County-Wide Literary News (general interest announcements)
- Sonoma County in Print (new books/chapbooks/CDs by Sonoma County writers)
- News from East County (Sonoma area)
- News from North County (Healdsburg area)
- News from West County (Occidental/Guerneville area)
- Writers’ Connections (invitations to join groups, formal or informal)
- Upcoming Workshops and Conferences (current workshops you are offering)
- Call for Submissions (local literary journals, magazines, contests)
- Ongoing Writers’ Groups and Open Mic Readings
- Monthly Calendar of readings, events and workshops
- Sonoma County Workshop Leaders (e-mail and website contacts)
- Details about Workshops, Calls for Submission, Contests (information that is too lengthy to include in the short features or calendar listings)
Deadline
The deadline for announcements is noon on the last day of each calendar month. If your event is early in the month, send it two months ahead to make sure it gets in the calendar in a timely fashion
Donation
For those who regularly announce their workshops, readings, or services here, a donation of $10/year is appreciated to keep the update and its website going. Donations from regular readers are welcome, too! If you’d like to find out how you can help, please contact me at tehret99@comcast.net.
