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Upcoming Speakers

GCW Speaker meetings are held on the third Wednesday of the month in the Rose Room at Auburn City Hall.

April 16 Donna Levin
“DIALOGUE: the rules, the revelations, and the room to experiment”

May 21 Chris Hennessy
“WRITE IT, FILM IT, SHARE IT – The power of video for authors”

June 18 Jennifer Basye Sander
“Digging for Factual Treasure”

2025 Poetry Contest and 100-Word Story Contest

Both contests are open to GCW Members Only.

Poetry Contest AND 100-Word Story Contest both start at noon on February 19 and end at midnight on April 2.

Celebration of both contests on April 30 (general public invited.)

For 2025 Poetry Contest details, see 2025 Poetry Contest

For 2025 100-Word Story Contest details, see 2025 100-Word Story Contest

April Speaker Donna Levin

Wednesday, April 16, 2025 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 noon, PDT Our topic is “DIALOGUE: the rules, the revelations, and the room to experiment” with Donna Levin. Donna Levin is the author of two books on the craft of writing: Get That Novel Started and Get That Novel Written. Her five acclaimed novels are Extraordinary Means, California Street, There’s More Than One Way Home, He Could Be Another Bill Gates, and The Talking Stick — published by Skyhorse in April 2024. She is a longtime facilitator of fiction-writing workshops, and a frequent speaker at conferences. Donna’s work is included in the Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center at Boston University and in the California State Library’s collection of California novels. For more information: https://www.donnalevin.com/ This meeting will be held in the Rose Room at Auburn City Hall. The public is invited. The meeting is free to attend.

April Speaker Flyer

May Speaker Chris Hennessy

Wednesday, May 21, 2025 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 noon, PDT Our speaker will be Chris Hennessy on the topic “WRITE IT, FILM IT, SHARE IT – The power of video for authors.”

As a filmmaker, Chris Hennessy marketed, sold, and produced over 1,500 professional projects for clients including Google, eBay, the SF 49ers, Deloitte, Office Max, and The American Cancer Society from 1990 to 2018. As a speaker, he regularly presents at writers’ conferences and clubs. Currently, he is working on his memoir, Touched by Hannah — about a man with cancer, his one-pound newborn, and their fight for life — and produced a film to promote it.