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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.

March 19 Susan M. Osborn & Sarah Michie Pressler
“LETTUCE LAUGH: Adding humor to your writing”

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

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

March Speakers –
Susan M. Osborn &
Sarah Michie Pressler

Wednesday, March 19, 2025 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 noon, PDT

Our speakers will be Susan M. Osborn and Sarah Michie Pressler. Their subject will be
“LETTUCE LAUGH: Adding humor to your writing.”

This meeting will be a workshop. Please bring pen and paper.

Laughing is good for the body and soul. We all turn to humor in our lives, as a natural part of communication. With humor, a writer lightens the mood of a story and the mood of the reader. Susan M. Osborn and Sarah Michie Pressler will provide examples and tips to bring humor to one’s writing. Participants will have an opportunity to work together in small groups.

This event will be held in the Rose Room at Auburn City Hall. The public is invited. The meeting is free to attend.

Click here for Rose Room address, map, and directions. Also, info on Rose Room parking, now offsite only.

Susan M. Osborn, Ph.D., M.S.W., is the creative nonfiction author of “Awful Bosses Coloring Book.” It contains 26 limericks. She listens to David Sedaris’s podcast at night so she can go to sleep laughing. Susan is having fun writing a book about coincidences.

Sarah Michie Pressler is the author of “Jambo Mama” and “The Little Askari,” both about the thrills of growing up in Kenya. That experience along with decades of teaching elementary school and singing semi-professionally have given her miles of material when it comes to funny stuff. Sarah is writing a book about a favorite time in her life, childhood.