Poetry Contest CLOSES
Gold Country Writers Poetry Contest opens for submissions on Wednesday, February 18, 2026, and closes at midnight Wednesday, April 1, 2026. Note this contest is concurrent with the 100-Word Story […]
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Gold Country Writers Poetry Contest opens for submissions on Wednesday, February 18, 2026, and closes at midnight Wednesday, April 1, 2026. Note this contest is concurrent with the 100-Word Story […]
Gold Country Writers 100-Word Story Contest opens for submissions on Wednesday, February 18, 2026, and closes at midnight Wednesday, April 1, 2026. Note this contest is concurrent with the Poetry Contest. […]
All members are welcome to attend monthly business meetings of the GCW Officers, Directors, and Leadership Team.
The second Wednesday of each month is our Drop-in Critique. These events are in-person only. Members may bring up to five pages of their work, double spaced, to read and receive feedback. For information please email goldcountrywriters1849@gmail.com To be held in the Rose Room at Auburn City Hall. Click here for address, map, and directions.
Read and Review will meet Friday, April 10 at Depoe Bay Coffee Roasters, 893 High Street, Auburn. Please join us from 10 a.m.to noon. We will be discussing two books: Coincidences and Other Spooky Connections by Susan M. Osborn Meanwhile... From the Wisconsin Prairie to the African Savanna and Back by Sarah Pressler writing as […]
Our speaker will be Karen A. Phillips on “Using Tropes to Strengthen Your Story”. Karen A. Phillips is a past president of Capitol Crimes, the Sacramento chapter of Sisters In Crime. Her books in the Rocky Nelson Boxing Mystery series, which features an amateur sleuth who boxes, are: A Deadly Combo (Book 1), A Deadly Match (Book 2), […]
The fourth Wednesday of each month is our Drop-in Critique. These events are in-person only. Members may bring up to five pages of their work, double spaced with Times New Roman size 14-point font, to read and receive feedback. For information please email goldcountrywriters1849@gmail.com To be held in the Rose Room at Auburn City Hall. Click […]
Gold Country Writers 100-Word Story Contest and Poetry Contest open for submissions on Wednesday, February 18, 2026, and close at midnight Wednesday, April 1, 2026. The celebration for both contests will be held in the Rose Room at Auburn City Hall, from 10 a.m. to noon, on Wednesday, April 29, 2026. Free to attend, public […]
All members are welcome to attend monthly business meetings of the GCW Officers, Directors, and Leadership Team.
The second Wednesday of each month is our Drop-in Critique. These events are in-person only. Members may bring up to five pages of their work, double spaced, to read and […]
May Speaker Geri Spieler Wednesday May 20, 2026 @ 10:00-12:00 “Bringing Journalistic Rigor to Fictional Storytelling” Former Investigative Journalist Geri Spieler landed an agent and a publisher for her breakthrough book, Housewife Assassin: […]
The fourth Wednesday of each month is our Drop-in Critique. These events are in-person only. Members may bring up to five pages of their work, double spaced with Times New […]