Registration is now open for the 33rd annual Mendocino Coast Writers’ Conference (MCWC). After two years of being held online, the conference will be held again in-person on the Mendocino Coast.
“We have a phenomenal line-up of acclaimed teachers for this year’s conference,” says MCWC Executive Director, Lisa Locascio Nighthawk. The faculty includes Pablo Cartaya (Middle Grade/Young Adult), Claudia Castro Luna (Poetry), Jean Chen Ho (Short Fiction), Lydia Kiesling (Novel), Ayize Jama-Everett (Speculative Fiction) and Anastacia-Reneé (Emerging Writers). Naomi Hirahara will be teaching the conference’s first-ever Mystery Workshop and Faith Adiele will facilitate a Memoir Master Class. Special guests include keynote speaker and UC Santa Cruz professor emerita Karen Tei Yamashita, winner of the 2021 Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters from The National Book Foundation, and literary agent Jonah Straus.
Registration for MCWC 2022 is open until June 30, 2022. Writers of all ages and levels of experience are encouraged to register (click here to do so). Registration is open to all and requires no application or writing sample. Tuition is $675 for the three-day conference, which includes morning writing workshops (limited to twelve students), afternoon seminars on the craft of writing and the writers’ life, open mics, pitch panels, blind critique panels, opportunities for one-on-one consultations with literary agents and authors, and evening readings by faculty. The registration fee also covers breakfast and lunch for each day of the conference, along with a celebratory dinner on the final night.
All MCWC 2022 participants and faculty are required to provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination. Masks must be worn at all times indoors. Meals before and after the morning workshops will be outside.
“We are monitoring the constantly evolving public health situation closely. Additional safety protocols may be implemented in accordance with state and county guidelines,” adds Locascio Nighthawk.
To register for the Mendocino Coast Writers’ Conference registration, click here. Questions can be directed to Operations Manager Alexander Matthews at info@mcwc.org.