Welcome to the Charlotte Writers’ Club website!

The Charlotte Writers' Club (or CWC, as our members affectionately call it) provides a great opportunity for writers of all forms—and there are so many—to meet and discuss the latest trends, commiserate on projects, find critique groups, and participate in contests and workshops. This club is for you, the writer, to help develop your craft and keep the words coming. Sign up for our free newsletter to stay up-up-to date on the latest CWC speakers, contests, workshops, and member kudos.

This club has something for everyone. Come meet fellow writers—poets, novelists, creative writers, short-story writers, essayists, article writers, journalists, dramatists, editors, fablers, ghost writers, historical writers, lyricists, playwrights, reporters, rhymers, satirists, scriptwriters, sonneteers, autobiographers, biographers, and more—story tellers of all kinds.

Membership

If you are a current member, your annual dues are payable one year from last renewal date. SIGN IN to the membership database to check your renewal date on your profile.

Click HERE to login.  LOG IN button will be in the top right hand corner of the Join Us page. OR Contact the membership chairperson if you are unsure of your status.

For prospective members, the CWC sponsors a wide range of activities that nurture,  support and promote the writing life. This  includes contests, critique groups, monthly meetings, and periodic workshops. 

Your membership dues help fund all club activities. Please join us in supporting writers, readers and literacy in our community.

For more information on membership and joining the Charlotte Writers' Club, click on Membership.

To receive our monthly newsletter, type in your email below and select 'Go'.  Select 'CWC Member Contacts'  if your are a current member, or 'Non-Member' if you are still thinking about joining. The newsletters and meeting recaps contain important information and announcements.

A WORD from the CWC Executive Board

In response to concerns about Coronavirus, we have taken a number of precautionary steps to protect the health and safety of our members, including canceling our in-person activities for the time being. Here are a few items for your attention.

Please write. We hope you are staying healthy and sane in these uncertain times. Since our craft is a solitary pursuit, we writers may be uniquely wired to handle this new normal—and the found time it provides perhaps might allow you to dust off that manuscript, complete your poetry chap book or start telling a new story. Whether you’re keeping a journal to document your experiences and emotions or are creating something new, we encourage you to take this time to write.

Stay Informed. Keep an eye on the CWC website. That’s where you’ll find the most up-to-date information and writing resources. We’ll also post on Facebook and send out monthly newsletters. (Normally the newsletter takes the summer off, but this year we’ll keep it going to keep you informed about our plans.)

Stay Engaged. Although we will not hold in-person meetings until we are able to do so, your executive board has been brainstorming ways to help keep you engaged and to remind you that social distancing does not mean social isolation. We can still connect with one another and we encourage you to do so. You can look up other members using our Wild Apricot Membership Software and send each other messages directly from that site. To do so: login, then go to Membership Directory and search by name. Click on the member’s name, then click “Send Message” button or grab their email address or (if they’ve shared it) their phone number.

Stay Current. Please renew your membership when you are notified and use the online payment system. Membership fees constitute the majority of the club’s income, which we then use to pay for our programming and the church facility fees. Your board is hard at work planning for the next year. Note that we might not be visiting the post office box for a while, so if you mail us a check it may be in the box for many weeks.

Now, here’s what is going on with club events.

Monthly Club Meetings:  The March 17 and April 21 club meetings were cancelled. However our April speaker Diana Pinckney recorded her talk.  Check out the April Recap page to view it. On May 19th we held our first Virtual Meeting and it went very well! 

Workshops:  The board is working on next seasons workshops which may be virtual via ZOOM. 

Open Mic Nights at Mugs Coffee: July 17th Open Mic Night will be virtual. 

Contests: The Flash Fiction Contest opens August 20, 2020.

Spring and End-of-Season Socials: These, of course, have been put on hold.

Critique Groups: Critique group leaders are finding ways to continue with virtual meetings though Zoom, Skype, FreeConferenceCall, and other services or emailing each other comments. If you are in a CWC-sponsored critique group, your leader will explain how your group will work during the virus period.

If you have any questions or concerns please contact the president through the website.

Keep Writing and Stay Well,

Caroline Kane Kenna, CWC president

(If you would like additional information on preventative measures, and the impact of the coronavirus on North Carolina please visit the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services website at NCDHHS. Looking for ways to help the larger community? Check out Covid-19 Greater Charlotte Mutual Aid or on Facebook.)  

Members can register to read at one of these OPEN MIC Nights.   If you aren't reading, come out and support your fellow writers. 

July 17th, 2020 Virtual Open Mic Night - REGISTRATION is FULL.  This is a ZOOM meeting.

August 21st, 2020 Virtual Open Mic Night - Link to register coming soon. This is a ZOOM meeting.

Please NOTE: This is NOT a publicity event for our authors.  The goal is to support our members as they practice reading in public.  If you are looking for feedback for your writing, please explore our Member Critique Groups.

In person Open Mic Nights at Mug's Coffee on HOLD until NC STAY AT HOME order is lifted.

(You do not need to register to come to listen and support your fellow writers.)

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Kudos To Our Members!!! Our members are working hard and we want to share their accomplishments in the newsletter and on our website's blog. Submit your Kudos* to the Newsletter and the Website.

*As a non-profit organization, The Charlotte Writers' Club is not allowed to promote any sales related information but we can include the following: your name, name of the work, contact information for you, and brief information about you, your work, contests or anthologies involved, etc.

POLICIES AND PROCEDURES

The Policies and Procedures for the Charlotte Writers' Club can be found HERE.

One of our many successful events from February 2017 was our Bookfair at Barnes and Noble.  Click HERE for news coverage.