CALIFORNIA WRITERS CLUB Founded in 1909 www.calwriters.org Northern California Branches Southern California Branches Berkeley (est. 1909) meets third Sundays, Mount Diablo (est. 1987) meets second East Sierra (est. 1997) meets rst Wednesdays except July, August, and December, at the Saturdays at Zio Fraedo’s restaurant, Pleasant at Ridgecrest Presbyterian, Ridgecrest. Oakland Main Library. www.cwc-berkeley.org Hill. www.cwcmtdiablowriters.wordpress.com www.ridge-writers.com Central Coast (est. 2002) meets third Tuesdays Napa Valley Writers (est. 2013) meets second High Desert (est. 1990) meets second at Point Pinos Grill, Paci c Grove. Wednesdays in Napa. For meeting location see Saturdays, Apple Valley Library, Apple Valley. www.centralcoastwriters.org www.napavalleywriters.net www.hdcwc.org Inland Empire (est. 1999) meets fourth Fremont Area Writers (est. 2009) meets fourth Redwood (est. 1975) meets second Sundays at Saturdays at Ovitt Family Community Saturdays at DeVry University, Fremont. Flamingo Hotel, Santa Rosa. Library, Ontario. www.fremontareawriters.org www.redwoodwriters.org www.angel re.com/amiga/iecwc Sacramento (est. 1925) meets third Saturdays, Marin (est. 1999) meets fourth Sundays at Book Long Beach (est. 2007) meets second Saturdays except July, August, Dec. at Cattlemens, Rancho Passage, Corte Madera. at the Los Altos Neighborhood Library, Long Cordova. www.cwcsacramentowriters.org www.cwcmarinwriters.com Beach. www.calwriterslongbeach.org San Francisco/Peninsula (est. 1964) meets Orange County (est. 2001) meets second third Saturdays at the Belmont Library, Saturdays at Orange Public Library & History During the early 1900s, a few fellow literati formed a group Belmont. www.sfpeninsulawriters.com Center, Orange. www.calwritersorangecounty. that became the California Writers Club. Among its early participants were novelist Jack London, South Bay (est. 1987) meets second Tuesdays at San Fernando Valley (est. 1986) meets rst John Muir, poet George Sterling, Joaquin Miller, Harry’s Hofbrau, Santa Clara. Saturdays, except July and August, at the www.southbaywriters.com and the state’s rst poet laureate, Ina Coolbrith. Motion Picture and Television Fund residence, Woodland Hills. www.cwc-sfv.org Because of e orts by the California Writers Club and by Tri-Valley (est. 2006) meets third Saturdays at decree of the governor and state legislature, the third week in Sheraton Four Points, Pleasanton. Writers of Kern (est. 1996) meets third October is perennially California Writers Week. www.trivalleywriters.org Saturdays at Clarion Hotel, Bakers eld. www.writersofkern.com Writers of Mendocino Coast (est. 2011) meets third Wednesdays at Mendocino Hotel, Mendocino. www.writersmendocinocoast.org California Writers Club is an educational nonprofit 501(c)(3) corporation dedicated to educating writers of all levels of expertise in the craft of writing and the marketing of their work. Jack London cwc/cb-a.s. 2/6/13.