Serving the greater Monterey Bay area, Central Coast Writers (CCW) is a local branch of the California Writers Club (CWC) a non-profit club open to published and unpublished writers of all interests and genres, as well as supporters and those involved in writing-related fields such as editing, publishing, photographic journalism and agents.
Our mission is to educate ourselves and the public on the art and craft of writing and publishing. We accomplish our mission through free, open-to-the public monthly meetings featuring guest speakers, sponsoring writing workshops and contests, publishing twice monthly newsblasts, and encouraging members on their writing journey through small writing and critique groups.
Meetings take place in the evening on the third Tuesday of the month at the Center for Spiritual Awakening located at
522 Central Ave., Pacific Grove, CA . Click below for more details about the meeting venue.

Shut Up and Write
Shut Up & Write!® is simple: free writing sessions where writers show up and write alongside each other. No critique. No one reads your work. You just show up, shut up, and write. Show up enough times and people start saving you a seat. The words start adding up too. That’s the whole point.
5:30 PM - 7:45 PM
Starbucks Coffee Company, 865 Lighthouse Ave, Monterey, CA 93940

Wild Things: A Geography of Grief
Barbara Wansbrough reads from her critically acclaimed book, "Wild Things: A Geography of Grief," an account of daily walks through Griffith Park, Los Angeles, after the death of her sister during the pandemic.
Noon - 1:00 PM
Henry Miller Memorial Library, 48603 CA-1, Big Sur, CA 93920

South Bay/Coast Crime Writers Group
If you write crime—or have any interest in doing so—join our inaugural meeting. We’re drawing from Monterey, Santa Cruz and San Jose, so we settled on Santa Cruz as the midpoint for everyone. It should be a killer of a time.
2 PM - 4PM
Capitola Branch Library, 2005 Wharf Rd, Capitola, CA 95010
Monterey Coast
Central Coast Writers
PO Box 997 - Pacific Grove, CA 93950
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