Poets and dabblers, Writers of Kern continues the National Poetry Month tradition of the past several years—The WebPoetrySlam. On the WOK website blog, we’re posting an original poem, written by club or Facebook members, each day in April. Begin sending your poems today. Subject Line: NPM POETRY to submissions@writersofkern.com Submission Guidelines: In a word document, […]
16 June 2019 | Featured Speaker, Author Esther Hatch – The Pros & Cons for Small Press Publishing
This presentation will cover the advantages and disadvantages of small press publishing. There are more options to publishing than just self publishing or publishing with an agent and hoping to land a book with a big publishing house. Sometimes the middle road can be the right road. Advantages: agents may not be required, quicker publishing […]
18 May 2019 | Annual Celebration | WOK Honors Dinner
WOK Members and Competition Winners are Celebrated Writers of Kern Member achievements, our incomparable WOK Volunteers, Young Writers of Kern (YWOK), and Peggy Connelly Scholarship winners are honored and celebrated at this annual affair. Join us at Hodel’s , located at 5917 Knudsen Dr. Bakersfield, CA 93308. Doors open at 6 pm. Dinner starts at […]
13 April 2019 |Featured Speaker, Jeanne De Vita – aka The Book Genie
Jeanne De Vita │Essential Master Class in Writing Romance Novels: Arc, Beats, and Craft Jeanne De Vita is pleased to present a master class on the essential craft of writing a romance novel. Commercial fiction is an enormous market but how do you know if your story has the structure to stand up and the […]
16 March 2019 | Spring Conference
To purchase tickets by mail, send check or money order, no later than February 1, 2019, to: Writers of Kern – Spring Conference 2019, P.O. Box 22335, Bakersfield, CA. 93390 Vendor tables ( 1/2 or whole) are available for members and non-members who have books or services to sell – with purchase of a conference […]