• General Meeting – Author Showcase Night

    United Church of Christ 11245 Los Osos Valley Road, San Luis Obispo, CA, United States

    Calling All Published Authors!  Are you a published book author and current SLO NightWriters member with up-to-date dues (paid for July 1, 2025)? This is your night to shine!     Although Slots are filled to do a Synopsis at the tables, you may still showcase your book after the meeting for sale. With interest from members, […]

  • CANCELLED – Fall Half-Day Writing Workshop

    United Church of Christ 11245 Los Osos Valley Road, San Luis Obispo, CA, United States

    PLEASE NOTE: The Fall Half-Day Writing Workshop has been cancelled due to a lack of interest.

  • Brown Bag Lunch Series!

    Please join us on Zoom for our Brown Bag Lunch Series on the third Wednesday of this month! We’ll have a special guest and enjoy some great conversation about books, the craft of writing, and the writing life. Enjoy your lunch while you listen and bring as many questions as you’d like! An announcement regarding who […]

  • Why Setting Matters (Becca Waddell and Jenna Johnson)

    United Church of Christ 11245 Los Osos Valley Road, San Luis Obispo, CA, United States

    Whether writing fiction or nonfiction – high fantasy, contemporary, memoir, or even an instruction manual – putting the information into context is vital. No matter what you write, world building is important. Be sure to bring your questions and something to take notes with. Becca Waddell, Represented by Jessica Schmeidler of Golden Wheat Literary, Rebecca […]

  • Creating the Podcast (Jaime Parker Stickle)

    United Church of Christ 11245 Los Osos Valley Road, San Luis Obispo, CA, United States

    Writing, producing, and releasing a podcast–let’s talk about it. How do you get from concept to execution, and how do you get the world to listen? With five million podcasts streaming in the world it’s important to know how to effectively transform your idea into a must listen to audio experience. We’ll talk about narrative […]

  • Brown Bag Lunch Series!

    Please join us on Zoom for our Brown Bag Lunch Series on the third Wednesday of this month! We’ll have a special guest and enjoy some great conversation about books, the craft of writing, and the writing life. Enjoy your lunch while you listen and bring as many questions as you’d like! An announcement regarding who […]

  • Annual Holiday Party 2025

    United Church of Christ 11245 Los Osos Valley Road, San Luis Obispo, CA, United States

      Free to SLO NightWriters members

  • Welcome 2026/General Meeting

    United Church of Christ 11245 Los Osos Valley Road, San Luis Obispo, CA, United States

    Meet the new SLO Nightwriter’s Board! Little-known personal secrets revealed! Start the new year by enjoying our Pen-Paper-Pizza Potluck.  You bring your favorite pen and paper —we’ll supply the Pizza! New President Dr. Tom Sant has Words of Wisdom for 2026 you won’t want to miss. The one-sheet “Tips To Be a Better Writer” will […]

  • For the Love of Poetry/February General Meeting

    United Church of Christ 11245 Los Osos Valley Road, San Luis Obispo, CA, United States

    Guest speakers:      George Yatchisin is Santa Barbara Poet Laureate, 2025-2027, and the author of Feast Days (Flutter Press 2016) and The First Night We Thought the World Would End (Brandenburg Press 2019). His poems have been published in journals including Antioch Review, Askew, and Zocalo Public Square. He is co-editor of the anthology Rare Feathers: Poems on Birds & Art (Gunpowder […]