California Writer’s Club

The California Writers Club Sacramento Branch fosters professionalism in writing, promotes networking of writers with the writing community, mentor new writers, and provides literary support for writers and the writing community as is appropriate through education and leadership.

The club supports all genres, writing styles, and related professions such as editing, publishing, photographic journalism, and literary agents.

CWC Sacramento Branch also provides an environment where members can obtain critique of their efforts, attend workshops, and share experiences. CWC Sacramento Branch endeavors to mentor writers of all ages by providing educational programs for adults and fostering youth programs, including providing qualified speakers experienced in various writing-related disciplines at monthly membership meetings.

CWC Sacramento Branch is a Founding Member.

Queer Sacramento Authors Collective

The Queer Sacramento Authors Collective is a group of Sacramento Area authors who are queer and/or write queer fiction. We hold four readings a year at the Lavender Library and four at the Avid Reader on Broadway, in addition to other bookstores in the area. We also have a booth at Davis Pride, Placer Pride, Sac Pride, SacAnime, and Sac Comicon, among others. See our upcoming events here. We are also working on a series of writer workshops.

QSAC is a Founding Member.

Capitol Crimes

Capitol Crimes is the Sacramento, California chapter of Sisters in Crime, an international mystery writers organization dedicated to enhancing visibility and representation of diverse voices in the genre and across the marketplace. We welcome both readers and writers.

Elk Grove Writers Guild, Inc.

Elk Grove Writer’s Guild, Inc – In early 2018 a woman saw a need for an all-genre, one-day, writers conference in Elk Grove that wouldn’t cost $2000 – $3000 to attend plus airfare and lodging. How hard could it be? She found three like-minded writers, and they went to work. The first Elk Grove Writers Conference of October, 2018 was a surprising success. Encouraged by that success, they filed the required State and Federal documents and by early 2020, they were a legal nonprofit doing business as the Elk Grove Writers Guild, Inc. Their mission statement says they will, “Help Writers Be the Best They Can Be Through Education and Networking.”  

To carry out their Mission Statement, they provide full-day biennial conferences,  and shorter events called seminars. The event planning includes searching for new, popular speakers with fresh material. They frequently ask their members for suggestions and feedback on topics for speaker presentations. Planning, marketing, and implementing an event is a challenge but the reward is the positive responses that come back to them on the Event Evaluation sheet each attendee receives at Check-In. These evaluations will remain a report card, telling  them what they did right, and providing them with lessons learned for next time.   

In addition to providing writers events, they  do a  monthly newsletter,  and  hold monthly member meetings where members can talk freely with other members about their works in progress. On occasion, they have a speaker who has fresh material to share.  We also have a critique program in which members can post a chapter of their work on Google Docs, and request a critique. 

 They are currently looking for volunteers with marketing skills. If you have marketing skills or you just want to find out more about them, log onto their website at https://egweg.org, contact the Elk Grove Writers Guild, Inc by phone at (916) 747-6898 or email loyholder77@gmail.com. They would love to hear from you.

Loy Holder, President

Northern California Publishers & Authors

Northern California Publishers & Authors (NCPA) is an alliance of independent publishers, authors, and publishing professionals in Northern California. Formed in 1991, our purpose is to foster, encourage, and educate authors, small publishers, and those interested in becoming authors and publishers.