GCWA is In The News…
GCWA In the News Florida Weekly carried a story about GCWA’s writing contest in the Arts and Entertainment section on page 3. It appears in the Fort Myers, Bonita and ... Continue reading ...
PRESIDENT’S LETTER FOR APRIL 2023
President’s letter for April 2023 In our broadest initiative in many years, Gulf Coast Writers Association is partnering with the Alliance for the Arts to remember Hurricane Ian in words ... Continue reading ...
PRESIDENT’S LETTER FOR MARCH 2023
President’s Letter for March 2023 The new deadline for this year’s Writing Contest has been extended to May 31, 2023. This extension offers flexibility and perfect timing for any work ... Continue reading ...
PRESIDENT’S LETTER FOR FEBRUARY 2023
President’s Letter for February 2023 If you found our Gulf Coast Writers Association (GCWA) January meeting explosive, be assured that February’s assembly will be a continuation of the saga between ... Continue reading ...
February Speaker – Molly Jebber
February 2023 Speaker: Molly Jebber Topic: Let’s Talk Agents, Publishing, and Marketing February 18, 2023, 10 a.m. to Noon In person and Zoom meeting (Chick link to register) Location: Map Word ... Continue reading ...
President’s Letter for January 2023
President’s Letter for January This year began with the continuation of ‘negotiating’ with Truist Bank. Michael Cole is working diligently with one of the fraud analysts at Truist and with ... Continue reading ...
SPECIAL REPORT: January 4, 2023
Gulf Coast Writers Association Victimized by Theft In September and October of 2022, during the lead up and aftermath of Hurricane Ian, we had $4,000 stolen from our bank account, ... Continue reading ...
President’s Letter for December 2022
President’s Letter for December 2022 With winds cresting 150 MPH, SW Florida has survived the Perfect Storm. We may still be walking about with glazed eyes and exhausted bodies, but ... Continue reading ...
President’s Letter for November 2022
President’s Letter for November 2022 Four hundred years ago, on November 11, 1620, the Pilgrims suffered through a 66-day journey filled with severe storms and loss of many lives before ... Continue reading ...
President’s Letter for October 15, 2022
President’s Letter for October To all of our members and visitors: First and foremost, it is our profound hope that all of you are safe in the aftermath of Hurricane ... Continue reading ...
May News from the President
Dear fellow member: I joined Gulf Coast Writers during the Covid pandemic, when personal interaction screeched to a sudden halt in March of 2020. It was fascinating to “meet” fellow ... Continue reading ...
GCWA April Monthly Meeting Recap
Creating “Lyrical” Back Stories The Saturday, April 20th Member Meeting was a break from formal presentations, with an experiential, group writing exercise led by Charley Valera. Members formed groups of ... Continue reading ...
Four stories in 20 minutes: Piano Man
Four stories in 20 minutes! At the April meeting of Gulf Coast Writers, everyone was talking at once. Amazingly, the result was not chaos. Four teams of writers collaborated to ... Continue reading ...
Four stories in 20 minutes: “Eleanor Rigby” the story
Four stories in 20 minutes! At the April meeting of Gulf Coast Writers, everyone was talking at once. Amazingly, the result was not chaos. Four teams of writers collaborated to ... Continue reading ...
Four stories in 20 minutes: “Copacabana” the story
Four stories in 20 minutes! At the April meeting of Gulf Coast Writers, everyone was talking at once. Amazingly, the result was not chaos. Four teams of writers collaborated to ... Continue reading ...
Four stories in 20 minutes: Bad, Bad…” story
Four stories in 20 minutes! At the April meeting of Gulf Coast Writers, everyone was talking at once. Amazingly, the result was not chaos. Four teams of writers collaborated to ... Continue reading ...
President Letter April 2024
Dear Gulf Coast Writer, I’d like for us to become more than colleagues. I want us to become friends – people with whom we can share our highs and lows, ... Continue reading ...
GCWA March Monthly Meeting Recap
GCWA March Monthly Meeting Recap Keynote Speaker: Sean Martinelli of NBC2 TV’s “Stories2Share” Sean Martinelli, journalist and host of NBC2 TVs “Stories2Share,” was the speaker at Gulf Coast Writers Association’s ... Continue reading ...
The Way Cancer Has Shaped Me
By Brian Sluga Looking back on my experience with testicular cancer at a young age, I realize that cancer didn’t define me — it helped shape me. Illustration of a ... Continue reading ...
Presidents Letter March 2024
Dear Gulf Coast Writer: There’s a new energy in the air. To the dozens who attended our February meeting, thank you for your participation, your interest, your ideas, and ... Continue reading ...
President Letter February 2024
My Dear Fellow Writers: Membership in the Gulf Coast Writers Association requires annual dues of $50. Those dues allow us to pay rent for a place to meet and to ... Continue reading ...
PRESIDENT’S LETTER JANUARY 2024
PRESIDENT’S LETTER Revised January 8, 2024 IMPORTANT ALERT: JANUARY 20 MEETING LOCATION HAS CHANGED. JOIN US AT THE MASONIC LODGE/PEACE COMMUNITY CHURCH, 17671 PINE RIDGE ROAD, NEAR FORT MYERS BEACH, ... Continue reading ...