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GCWA is In The News…

Avatar for Gulf Coast Writers AssociationGulf Coast Writers AssociationApril 12, 2023
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 ...

*****News Flash*****

Avatar for Gulf Coast Writers AssociationGulf Coast Writers AssociationFebruary 10, 2023
    Hot news re the Truist/Suncoast situation!  Mike received a call and letter from Chairman of Truist……. And a recent bad report about Suncoast. You won’t want to miss ... Continue reading ...

SWFL Reading Festival

Avatar for Gulf Coast Writers AssociationGulf Coast Writers AssociationFebruary 8, 2023
GREAT NEWS!! Gulf Coast Writers Association (GCWA) is pleased to announce we will, once again, be participating in the upcoming Southwest Florida Reading Festival.  The festival will take place outdoors ... Continue reading ...
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Storm Stories – Hurricane Ian Anthology Submission

Avatar for Gulf Coast Writers AssociationGulf Coast Writers AssociationJanuary 27, 2023
Tell your Hurricane Ian Story We are writers. We endured a life-changing event. We need to write about it. Each of us was impacted by the disaster of September 28, ... Continue reading ...
Carol Kennedy event

Carol Kennedy sold out event

Avatar for Gulf Coast Writers AssociationGulf Coast Writers AssociationJuly 25, 2022
1st place humor

Mary Lou Williams — 1st place

Avatar for Gulf Coast Writers AssociationGulf Coast Writers AssociationJune 16, 2022
  Mary Lou Williams won  first place in the District 48 Toastmasters Humorous Speech Contest  on May 13, 2022.   ... Continue reading ...
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Mary Lou Williams presents at Toastmasters

Avatar for Gulf Coast Writers AssociationGulf Coast Writers AssociationJune 16, 2022
Mary Lou presented her workshop, The Art and Craft of the Personal Story, at St. Pete Beach Toastmasters club on June 9, 2022. ... Continue reading ...
put your joy hat on

Carol Kennedy’s “Put Your Joy Hat On”

Avatar for Gulf Coast Writers AssociationGulf Coast Writers AssociationMay 28, 2022
Dr. Carol Kennedy gives a popular presentation, Put Your Joy Hat On. For more about Carol visit her website: drcarolkennedy.com ... Continue reading ...
The Grave with Greener Grass

DL Havlin’s new book to be released in August

Avatar for Gulf Coast Writers AssociationGulf Coast Writers AssociationMay 20, 2022
DL Havlin’s latest mystery, The Grave with Greener Grass, is scheduled to be released by Touchpoint Press August 2, 2022. Pre-order on Amazon. Read more about the book on the ... Continue reading ...

Joe Pacheco on NPR

Avatar for Gulf Coast Writers AssociationGulf Coast Writers AssociationApril 6, 2022
Our April 7th broadcast today on NPR WGCU was a great success and in my opinion one of the best group poetry programs I’ve ever heard or participated in. The ... Continue reading ...
Best Writing Contests of 2022, recommended by Reedsy

GCWA Writing Contest Recommended by Reedsy

Avatar for Gulf Coast Writers AssociationGulf Coast Writers AssociationMarch 5, 2022
I’m Michelle, a member of the team over here at Reedsy. Thanks for submitting your writing contests to us. I’m happy to let you know that we’ve chosen your contests ... Continue reading ...

DJ Kristoff Launches New Children’s Series

Avatar for Gulf Coast Writers AssociationGulf Coast Writers AssociationJanuary 16, 2022
DJ Kristoff has recently launched her children’s book series, Dino Diane’s Adventures. Visit her website for Saddlebags of Gold and The Secrets of the Five Rays of Light for upper middle-grade, young adults. ... Continue reading ...

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