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MONTHLY, WEEKLY AND ONE-TIME WORKSHOPS (updated December 13, 2011):
The Sacramento Public Library is offering a variety of writing workshops on various topics at different libraries around Sacramento. For the schedule of classes beginning in January 2012, visit http://www.saclibrary.org/file/643.pdf
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4 - "Morning Coffee" - Join us from 10 am to noon with your writing pad. Each month we’ll convene at different spots around the city, and see what emerges. Until we have enough material to publish Morning Coffee – the first in a series of literary books and magazines we’ll publish on the I Street Press Espresso Book Machine, of course. Please call 916-768-6077 or email: maryellen_burns@mac.com for location.
JANUARY TO APRIL Workshops - Winter/spring sessions of two private Creative Nonfiction workshops are officially open for registration.The four-month-long sessions will run January 8-April 29 (Sunday evenings, from 7-9 PM) in Davis, and January 11-April 25 (Wednesday evenings, from 7-9 PM) in Sacramento at the Sacramento Poetry Center. CNF is a weekly, year-round workshop that provides area writers with the chance to build and sustain readerships attuned to longer-term conversations about new work at any stage – and to keep you writing your way forward in close-knit community, week after week, in conversation with living literature. We read the very best creative nonfiction being published today, practice workshopping in a way that is generous, supportive, and focused on the writer’s goals, and take home a wide variety of writing exercises to fuel us during the week and inspire our sense of possibility. Many in this workshop joined years ago and have used its structure to develop book-length memoir projects, but the group is open to writers who identify as beginning essayists and would like to find support for exploring their writing lives one piece at a time. We make room to explore the many intersections of poetry and prose, lyric and argument, story and truth, investigation and meditation, and the personal and the universal in our thinking about this genre, and are open to those who work primarily in other genres, since the concerns of the essay have such impressive reaches. A diverse crowd of professors, therapists, artists, lawyers, journalists, historians, parents, knitters, foodies, scientists, and other fantastic people, we come together each week to invest in the development of our voices and visions… and to enjoy some really, really incredible writing. If you’d like to register, drop an email at rgouirand (at) gmail (dot) com to request the official registration form for either Sundays in Davis or Wednesdays in Sacramento (please specify which). Registrations will be accepted in the order in which they are received, and the course fee is due at the time of registration. The instructor remains committed to affordable course fee structures, and am offering a discounted registration period now through December 17th. Early registration is strongly encouraged in all cases and for both locations. The reading list for the winter session will be announced closer to the start of the session, after early registration has closed and registrations have been confirmed.
ONGOING MONTHLY WORKSHOPS:
New Voices Writing Workshops provide an opportunity for writers to start on new work -- poetry, short stories or short prose essays – and to gain feedback on your writing in a supportive and encouraging setting. Workshops are at various Sacramento libraries. Call the main Library at 916-264-2920, visit saclibrary.org or click on links below for online registration info! It’s all free!
Creative writing classes are offered by UC Davis Extension at various times and locations. SPC members receive a discount.
Creative writing classes are offered by Valerie Fioravanti. http://valeriefioravanti.com/SacramentoWritingWorkshops.aspx
Creative writing classes offered by Donna Hanelin. One-day workshops and weekly retreats held in various locations such as Yosemite, Nevada City, and Oaxaca, Mexico. Visit http://www.creativewritingclasses.us.
Creative writing classes by Maxima Kahn in Grass Valley. Visit http://maximakahn.com/
Second Sunday of every month: 1 p.m. - The New Helvetia Poets chapter of the Chaparral Poets . Please bring 10 copies of a poem to critique. For more info, contact carol4mail@aol.com
Third Sunday of every month: Third Sunday Writing Group meets from 1-3 p.m. in Sacramento. Contact Nancy at oolalaparee@gmail.com or eskimopi@jps.net for location.
Fourth Sunday - 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. - The El Camino Poets meet at the Hart Senior Center, 27th and J Streets, Sacramento. Please bring 10 copies of a poem to critique. For more info, contact poetrycarol@yahoo.com
Every Tuesday: SPC Writing Workshop at 7:30 p.m., at the Sac Senior Center, 27th and J Streets. Call Danyen at 530-756-6228.
Second Tuesdays and Fourth Saturdays - The I Street: Info Session is free. It’s offered twice a month on the 2nd Tuesday night and 4th Saturday morning of most months. For more information:saclibrary.org/istreet. Heard of the new Espresso Book Machine, located on the 2nd floor of the Central Library downtown? Starting in mid-November it will produce books from local writers – a 200-page book in less than the time it takes to order and pay for your morning coffee. Writer Maryellen Burns and artist/illustrators Joy Gee and Lawrence Fox thought we’d convene a group of friends and strangers once a month, in different spots around the city, and see what emerges. Until we have enough material to publish Morning Coffee – the first in a series of literary books and magazines. Printed on the I Street Press Espresso Book Machine, of course. For more information: foodtalksacramento.com or maryellen_burns@mac.com
Second Wednesday of every month: Sierra Writers meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Madelyn Helling Library Community Room, 980 Helling Way, Nevada City, CA. www.sierrawriters.org
Every Thursday: 3-4:30 p.m. - Poetry Class taught by Sue Clark of the Sue Clark Literary Agency, in the Conference Room (next to the pharmacy) at Raley's Supermarket, Highway 65, Lincoln, CA. $65 for ten classes. Join anytime. Beginning poets welcome. Contact Sue Clark at sjclark@psyber.com or 916-434-9226.
Third Saturday of every month: Workshop/potluck at 10 a.m., 1024 - 22nd Street, La Raza Galeria Posada. Los Escritores del Nuevo Sol (Writers of the New Sun) is a literary community established in 1993 to foster and honor the literary and artistic cultures and traditions of Chicano, Native American, Spanish, and Eskimo-language communities. Members write in Spanish, English and/or both. Contact 916-456-5323 or joannpen@comcast.net.
Third Saturdays, once every 3 months: 6 p.m. workshop meeting, 7 p.m. featured reader. Sacramento Story Workshop Writers Circle - fiction and non-fiction works in progress read by local authors, at Luna's, 1414 16th Street. For more info, contact Zoe Keithley zkeithley@gmail.com.