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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 [...]*****News Flash*****
Hot news re the Truist/Suncoast situation! Mike received a call and letter from Chairman of Truist……. And a recent bad [...]SWFL Reading Festival
GREAT NEWS!! Gulf Coast Writers Association (GCWA) is pleased to announce we will, once again, be participating in the upcoming Southwest [...]
Events
We get a lot of upcoming events sent to us, from all over Florida and even beyond. If there is an ellipsis (…) at the end of a post here, that means there is more to read. To read a complete post, click on the headline.
We highly suggest taking a look at all the events though. You can Click Here for the Events page, and you can go to our calendar above to see those that are posted in our local Lee county and surrounding areas.
If you are affiliated with a group that is hosting an event that is relevant to authors, please send email to website@gulfwriters.org.
October Meeting
We all gathered together for our October meeting on Saturday the 18th. It was well attended and a great opportunity for members to meet and [...]Storm Stories – Hurricane Ian Dress Rehearsal
Tamiami Tale Tellers and Gulf Coast Writers Association Vice President Mary Charles rehearsed yesterday (Friday) in advance of tonight’s [...]July Speaker – Robert S. McCarthy
Speaker: Robert S. McCarthyTopic: How to Create a MS Office Video PresentationJuly 22, 2023, 10 a.m. to Noon In person and Zoom Register here [...]
Announcements
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PRESIDENT’S LETTER FOR NOVEMBER 2023
Book Coach and editor: Claudia Volkman takes a question at GCWA's October meeting. Photo by Jeff Bogart If you missed our October meeting you [...]PRESIDENT’S LETTER FOR OCTOBER 2023
More members, more projects, more outstanding speakers: The year 2023 has so far been a year of rebuilding and renewed activity for Gulf Coast [...]PRESIDENT’S LETTER FOR SEPTEMBER 2023
We regret the last minute change of venue for the Writing Contest Awards program. The situation was beyond our control. Fortunately, Pastor R.C. [...]
New GCWA meeting agenda
We are replacing our long business meetings with contributions from our members. If you would like to speak at one of our meetings, please contact Bob McCarthy at Programs@GulfWriters.org or Irene Smith at Membership@GulfWriters.org
Services page on website
We will be adding a Writing Services page to the website. GCWA members, if you have a writing-related business you would like listed, please contact website@gulfwriters.org. No fancy ads, just listings for editors, publishers, ghost writers, website designers, etc.
Interested in joining a new critique or reading group? [list of current groups]
Looking for new members for your critique group?
Contact Bob McCarthy.
Information wanted
GCWA members — send us your photos, your bios, your books to be listed on the website — email website@gulfwriters.org.
Visit your local book stores
There are several book stores who sell books by local authors. Visit, buy books, check on selling your books on their shelves. List of stores
Looking for Word Song editor
Due to time constraints our News Magazine WORD SONG is needing an Executive Editor with MailChimp experience in order to continue. If you would like to know more about it, please email TheWord@gulfwriters.org
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