Upcoming Events
- 19 February 2022 | Featured Speaker: Alex Segura
- 19 March 2022 | Spring Conference | Peter Clines, Susanne Dietze, Portia Choi | Flyer
- 16 April 2022 | Featured Speaker: Deborah A. Lott
- 21 May 2022 | Featured Speaker: Michelle Cruz Gonzales I Inclusive Characterization: Writing ‘the other’ without Stereotypes or Appropriation
- 18 June 2022 | Featured Speaker: Aimee Liu | Gaining Substance by Composing in Layers
- 16 July 2022 | Featured Speaker: Donnée Patrese
Past Events
- 13 January 2022 | Book Club: Dog Years (A Memoir) by Mark Doty
- 15 January 2022 | Featured Speaker: Cat Rambo | Getting to the Heart of the Story
- 1 December 2021 | Winter Dinner at Hodel’s
- 20 November 2021 | Featured Speaker: Lucy A. Snyder | And Then The Murders Began
- 15 November 2021 | Fall Writing Contest
- 11 November 2021 | Book Club:10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World by Elif Shafak
- 16 October 2021 | Featured Speaker: Mika McKinnon | Writing Science in your Fiction, Nonfiction, and Beyond
- 18 September 2021 | Featured Speaker: Henry Barajas | La Voz de M.A.Y.O. Tata Rambo
- 9 September 2021 | Book Club: The Vanishing Half Brit Bennett
- 6 September 2021 | Members Only: Open Mic Monday Night
- 28 August 2021 | Featured Speaker: Cecil Castellucci | Heroes and Villains
- 17 July 2021 | Featured Speaker: Nancy Ellen Dodd | Story + Character Arcs = Tension | Part One & Part Two
- 19 June 2021 | Featured Speaker: Brendan Constantine | “The Art of Getting It Wrong” | dostinex sintomas oxford hindi essay book the american dream essay click thesis clothing an inconvenient truth book report english research projects Europeanviagra crestor colesterol custom paper writing sites for college censorship in art and media essay ideas go dissertations pdf essays about ethinic groups of chile use of the internet essay compare and contrast essay examples high school jjc nursing essay sample descriptive essays for bank exams term papers help purchase buspar https://www.lapressclub.org/hypothesis/aztec-myth-essay/29/ ap world history compare and contrast essay questions viagra co the dung cho nu follow link 5 paragraph expository essay different writing styles in english go site follow natural supplements similar viagra can i take viagra to last longer cow essay wikipedia history ghostwriters site Board Elections | Virtual Meeting – Watch the video here
- 7 June 2021 | Members Only – Open Mic Monday Night | WOK members watch for an email invitation
- 15 May 2021 | WOK Recognition | Featured Speaker: Evan Gow | “Zero to 1,000+ Mailing List Subscribers” | Virtual Meeting – Watch the video here
- 13 May 2021 | Members Only – Book Club | WOK members watch for email invitation
- 3 May 2021 | Members Only – Open Mic Monday Night | WOK members watch for an email invitation
- 1 – 30 April 2021 | National Poetry Month | WOK Poetry Slam | See Blog
- 17 April 2021 | Featured Speaker: Dean James (Pen name: Miranda James) | “How to Kill People for Fun and Profit” | Virtual Meeting – Watch the video here
- Applications for the Peggy Connelly Scholarship Acceptance period closed for 2021
- 5 April 2021 | Members Only – Open Mic Monday Night | WOK members watch for an email invitation
- 20 March 2021 | Featured Speaker: Mara Purl | “Giving Your Book a Voice: Audio Book Production and Distribution” | Virtual Meeting – Watch the video here
- 11 March 2021 | Members Only – Book Club | WOK members watch for email invitation
- 1 March 2021 | Members Only – Open Mic Monday Night | WOK members watch for an email invitation
- 20 February 2021 | Featured Speaker: Leslie Zampetti (Literary Agent) | “Finding the Right Agent” | Virtual Meeting – Watch the video here
- 7 February 2021 | Registration Deadline for the 2021 Annual Dan McGuire Blog Challenge | Details Here
- 1 February 2021 | Members Only – Open Mic Monday Night | WOK members watch for an email invitation
- 16 January 2021 | Featured Speakers: Bill and Mia Belew | “How to Find and Engage With Readers For Your Books” |Virtual Meeting – Watch the video here
- 14 January 2021 | Writers of Kern Book Club – Virtual Meeting | WOK members watch for an email invitation | Details Here
- 4 January 2021 | Members Only – Open Mic Monday Night | WOK members watch for an email invitation
- 19 December 2020 | WOK Annual Winter Meeting | Members Only – BYOB (Bring Your Own Brunch | Virtual Meeting – Watch the video here
- 7 December 2020 | Members Only – Open Mic Mondays
- 21 November 2020 | Featured Speaker Jack Peters | “The Goldfish That Barked: Seven Actions to Distinguish Yourself for Success” | Virtual Meeting – Watch the video here
- 2 November 2020 | Members Only – Open Mic Mondays | Details Here
- 17 October 2020 | Featured Speaker Alia Volz | “Memoir: The Art of Questioning Everything” | Virtual Meeting – Watch the video here
- 5 October 2020 | Members Only – Open Mic Mondays
- 1 September to 30 September 2020 | WOK Fall Writing Contest | Count Your Blessings Theme
- 19 September 2020 | Featured Speaker Leslie Budewitz | “Building Character” | Virtual Meeting – Watch the video here
- 1 July to 31 August 2020 | WOK Anthology Call for Submissions | Details Here
- 15 August 2020 | Featured Speaker Dr. Christina Gessler | “Funds for Writers: How to Apply for Grants, Residencies, Scholarships, and Fellowships” | Virtual Meeting – Watch the video here
- 18 July 2020 | WOK Annual Conference | Details Here
- 20 June 2020 | Featured Speaker Judy Billingsley | “Tips on Researching, Writing, and Publishing Your Family Legacy.” | Virtual Meeting – Watch the video here
- 16 May 2020 | Featured Speaker Annis Cassells | “Journaling For Life” | Virtual Meeting – Watch the video here
- 10 February 2020 through 10 May 2020 |Annual Dan McGuire Blog Challenge! | Details Here
- 18 April 2020 | Featured Speaker Cyn Bermudez | “Surviving the Slush Pile” | Virtual Meeting – Watch the video here
- 21 March to 11 April, 2020 | Annual Peggy Connelly Scholarship Opportunity
- 31 March 2020 |Last day for Poetry Submissions for National Poetry Month on the WOK Website | Details Here
- 20 February 2020 | Poetry Submissions for National Poetry Month on the WOK Website accepted | Details Here
- 15 February 2020 | Featured Speaker Jamie Hoang | 30-Day Publishing Planner | Details Here
- 9 February 2020 | Registration Deadline for the Annual Dan McGuire Blog Challenge | Details Here
- 18 January 2020 | Featured Speaker Brent Gill | “How to Market Your Book Without Using Social Media” | Details Here
- 14 December 2019 | Winter Dinner | Details Here
- 8 December 2019 | Jenny Estes Book Signing & WOK Bookfair Fundraising Event | Details Here
- 16 November 2019 | WOK Writer Day | Details Here
- 16 November 2019 | Featured Speaker: Cyn Bermudez | Writing for the Reluctant Reader | Details Here
- 19 October 2019 | Featured Speaker Nancy Ellen Dodd | Writing Dialogue | Details Here
- Deadline 30 September 2019 | Fall Writing Contest
- 21 September 2019 | Featured speaker Mandy Wallace | 5 Steps to Beat Writers Block | Details Here
- 17 August 2019 | Featured Speaker Catherine Hodges | “Craft Talk: Georgia (O’Keeffe) on My Mind” | Details Here
- 20 July 2019 | Featured Speaker Robert Scott Kimsey | Intellectual Property for Writers | Details Here
- 15 June 2019 | Featured Speaker, Author Esther Hatch – The Pros & Cons for Small Press Publishing | Details Here
- 18 May 2019 | Annual Celebration | WOK Honors Dinner | Details Here
- 4 February thru 29 April 2019 | Dan McGuire Blog Challenge | Details Here | List of participants to read
- Month of April 2019 | National Poetry Month WebPoetrySlam | Details Here
- 13 April 2019 | Featured Speaker, Jeanne De Vita – aka The Book Genie | Details Here
- 16 March 2019 | Spring Conference | Details Here
- 16 February 2019 | Writing Comedy for TV, Movies, or Stage | Details Here
- 19 January 2019 | Identifying & Engaging Your Audience | Details Here
- 8 December 2018 | Annual Winter Dinner | Details Here
- 17 November 2018 | Suspense Tips from a Crime Novelist | Details Here
- 31 October 2018 | Young Writers of Kern Essay Competition Deadline | Details Here
- 20 October 2018 | Learn to Sell the Sizzle with Relationship Expert’s Tips | Details Here
- 30 September 2018 | Fall Writing Contest Deadline | Details Here
- 27-29 September 2018 | Central Coast Writers Conference
- 15 September 2018 | How to Create Three-Dimensional Characters
- 18 August 2018 | Self-Publishing Made Simple
- 21 July 2018 | Crafting the Perfect Pitch