The California Writers Club Tri-Valley Branch is one of eighteen branches statewide. We are a professional writing association open to writers of all genres. Our goal is to address the needs of both professional and aspiring writers in the greater Tri-Valley region of California. Our current members live in Livermore, Pleasanton, San Ramon, Danville, Alamo, and Concord, but CWC Tri-Valley Branch membership is open to anyone wishing to join. Contact Membership Chair Deborah Bernal.
Benefits of Membership
We invite authors, publishers, editors and agents to speak at our monthly meetings. They discuss writing, querying, publishing and marketing your work.
Membership benefits also include:
- Networking opportunities with other members that will provide additional exposure and further develop your writing career.
- Discounted price on monthly meetings.
- Information on writing contests (including those sponsored by other organizations).
- Workshops for developing your writing skills.
- Your own web page posted on the CWC Tri-Valley Branch website.
- Critique groups that meet face-to-face and/or online.
- Write around the Valley, the branch’s newsletter with writing tips, upcoming events and a column celebrating the latest publishing successes of our members.
- Literary Evening: An evening with California Writers Club where members read their work. This event is open to the general public and gives members the opportunity to read their work.
- Periodic emails updating you on time-sensitive writing opportunities, conferences, statewide events, etc.
Levels of Membership
| Active | Writers who have had a book published by a publisher of standing within the past ten years, or a book currently under contract, or publications or acceptance within the past three years of not less than three stories, articles or columns in a periodical or periodicals of general circulation. |
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| Associate | Open to aspiring writers and those not eligible for active status. Prospective members must submit a writing sample with their membership application. Associate membership also applies to career professionals in areas related to writing such as editors, librarians, agents, booksellers, publishers, producers, directors, and book illustrators. |
| Student | Offered to writers from the ages of 14 through 22, or any writer who is a verified full time student at an accredited school. No writing submission is required. |
| Dual | For current CWC members who wish to join one or more branches by paying an additional fee to each branch they join. Dual members do not have to re-qualify for their membership level at any additional branches they join. |
Dues
The CWC membership year starts July 1 and ends June 30.
| New Members | There is a one-time enrollment fee of $20 in addition to $45 for annual dues for a total of $65. Prospective members who join after January 1 pay the $20 enrollment fee and half-year dues of $22.50 for a total of $42.50. |
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| Current Members | $45 for annual dues. Dual membership is $20 payable to each additional branch you join. |
| Students | $10 annual dues for students 14 to 22 years old. There is no enrollment fee. |
To Apply for a Membership
Download the membership application here.
Mail the completed application, writing samples, and dues (payable to CWC Tri-Valley Branch) to:
- CWC Tri-Valley Branch
- c/o Membership Chair
- P.O. Box 10993
- Pleasanton, CA 94588
If you have questions, please email Membership Chair Deborah Bernal.