Upcoming Events
2025 Mendocino Coast Writers’ Conference July 31 - August 2, 2025 Mendocino, CA
The Mendocino Coast Writers’ Conference is a vibrant gathering that offers Morning Workshops in a wide range of genres. Afternoons are packed with craft seminars, panels, one-on-one consultations, and open mics; and every evening offers an opportunity to enjoy the camaraderie and connection that make this conference, in the words of one participant, “life changing.”
General Registration Opens April 1, 2025
High school students can apply for scholarships until June 1, 2025
The Word Circle
1st and 3rd Wednesday of every month, 6:30-8:30 pm PT
Virtual Meetings on Zoom
All levels and genres welcome at no cost. Join in for free-writing and bring original work to share for feedback in a supportive, peer setting.
Email georgina.marie@hotmail.com to sign up and receive Zoom info.
Shut Up & Write!® Lake County
Join monthly for Lake County’s chapter of "Shut Up & Write!" a friendly, dedicated session where you get to focus on your writing in the company of other writers doing the same thing. Writers of all genres and all experience levels welcome. Free to attend--but you must reserve a seat.
Follow us and RSVP for events via the Meetup platform HERE.
Your hosts for this event are Georgina Marie Guardado, Lake County Poet Laureate 20-24, and Cinamon Vann, nonfiction writer and founder of the Sacramento chapter of Shut Up & Write.
New Darlings: Readings of Contemporary Poetry
Last Friday of every month, 5-6 pm PT
Virtual Meetings on Zoom
New Darlings is a poetry series created by Jennifer Mills Kerr & I in 2022 to create good conversations around a new poet each month, connecting poetry lovers around the world. In November 2023, I was joined by new cohost, Lake County poet and now Lake County Poet Laureate 2024-2026 Brenda Marie Yeager.
We meet on the last Friday of every month to read and discuss a newly selected poet. Follow us on Eventbrite to register for events: New Darlings Eventbrite
Lit Crawl Sebastopol Saturday May 17, 2025, 1-6 pm Sebastopol Center for the Arts 282 S. High Street, Sebastopol, CA 95472
Join this second annual city wide literary event, Lit Crawl in Sebastopol. This is an amazing, fun event partnering with LitQuake Foundation. More details and schedule at https://www.sebarts.org/litcrawl.
11th Annual Bay Area Book Festival May 31-June 1, 2025, Berkeley, CA
Since 2015, Bay Area Book Festival has featured the boldest and most brilliant literary voices in conversations about issues that matter, with a focus on justice and diversity.
All programming—250-300 authors on 15 stages—is accessible with one $15 pass, and the Outdoor Fair, a wonderland of literary vendors, kids’ activities, and family fun, is free.
I’ll be speaking on two panels. For details and the full schedule, visit https://www.baybookfest.org/.