Experience the Mendocino Coast Writers’ Conference with an Afternoon Seminar Pass that grants you access to all afternoon events for the entire three-day conference at MCWC 2026. For $175, you can attend all afternoon seminars.

A complete list of the conference afternoon programming is below. All events are held at Mendocino K-8 School. Our Thursday and Friday evening readings, held at Crown Hall in Mendocino, are free and open to the public 

Thursday, July 30, 2026

1:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.: Paths to Publishing

2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.: Existential Stakes: What Your Story Is Big-A About with Laura Warrell

2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.: Demystifying the Publishing Process with Anna Ghosh

2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.: Frame of My Frame: Ekphrastic Poetry with MJ Jones

4:15 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.: Pitch Panel

Friday, July 31, 2026

1:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.: Open Mic

2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.: The Story of Weather with Susanna Kwan

2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.: BOOM! Revision for Pantsers (and everyone else) with Syr Beker

2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.: Editing Seminar with Dan López

4:15 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.: NEW for 2026 Guided Nature Walk

Saturday, August 1, 2026

1:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.: Open Mic

2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.: Landscape as Collaborator: Writing With the World Around Us with Lauren Markham

2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.: Grief Workshop with Nick Jaina

4:15 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.: Anonymous Critique