Membership in the Atlanta Writers Club entitles members to participate in or start their own AWC-sponsored writing and critique groups, where you and your colleagues can help each other improve your writing craft. Below is the current list of active AWC writing/critique groups. If you have any questions about any of these groups, or if you would like to start your own group, please contact Officer Emeritus George Weinstein at george@atlantawritersclub.org.
Most of the contact individuals noted here can be reached via email by clicking on their name; in other cases, a phone number is listed.
Location | Genre | Details | Contact | Status |
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Online | Fiction: Short Stories & Novels | Every other Friday at 1pm | Kelley Cody-Grimm | Wait List |
Online | Fiction | Ongoing | Linh Pham. Please submit 100 pages for vetting. | Wait List |
Online | Self Published Authors | 2nd & 4th Tuesday of each month at 7pm. | J. M. (Michelle) Tompkins | Wait List |
Online | All Genres | 1st and 3rd Mondays of the month, at 7:00pm Eastern | Gail Lash | Full |
Online | Short Stories | Every 2nd Thursday at 1pm | Pat Bowen | Open |
Online | Young Adult & Middle Grade Fiction | Work shared by email | Brad Scott | Wait List |
Online | Screenwriting | Meetings are on the 1st and 3rd Friday of every month at 7PM via ZOOM. The screenwriting group creates a positive, supportive, and inclusive environment in which experienced writers critique each other’s work in pursuit of a marketable screenplay. To be considered, applicants must have a basic knowledge of cinematic writing as well as script and/or teleplay formatting. | Liz Ireland | Wait List |
Online | Advanced Writers in Thriller/Mystery/Suspense | For writers who have a finished manuscript ready to be pitched and reviewed by the group. Will meet on the 2nd and 4th Thursday each month at 7:00 pm online (or in-person in Dunwoody or Sandy Springs if participants are interested) | Bill Robbins | Wait List |
Online | Romance (any subgenre--YA, steamy, contemporary, historical, paranormal, sci-fi/fantasy, etc.--except erotica) | 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of the month, 7:00 - 8:00 pm US Eastern, using Google Meets | Dana Armstrong | Open |
Online | All Genres | 1st and 3rd Fri,1-3 p.m. (formerly met at GSU-Dunwoody Perimeter College) | Gelia Dolcimascolo, 770-274-5240 | Open |
Online | Study/Critique Group open to all levels of writers and all genres | This is a different kind of critique group. Rather than critiquing our latest projects, each member will come prepared, having read a chapter of The Anatomy of Prose by Sacha Black (about 15-20 pages) and completed the writing exercises at the end of the chapter (a couple of hour's worth of work). When we gather, we will discuss the chapter and critique our writing exercises. Topics include: How to Develop Voice, Telling vs Showing, Using Symbolism, Creating Specific Emotions, etc. The group will meet for about 90 min on Saturdays at 9am starting June 11, 2022 via Zoom. Study of the first book will run for 16 weeks. | April Love-Fordham | Closed until mid-Sept when new book will be chosen for study |
Online | All Genres | Meetings online every other Tues. | Nancy Fletcher | Wait List |
Online | Adult Fiction | Online, every other Thursday, 7–9 pm (previously at Choco Latte, 2094 North Decatur Road) | Susanne Fincher | Wait List |
Online | Fiction | 1st Saturday of each month at 9:30AM | Mike Brown | Open |
Online | Non-Fiction | Tuesdays, 3:30 pm - 5:30 pm | Quinn Eastman | Open |
Hybrid (Online & In-person in Dunwoody/Duluth) | Science Fiction, Space Opera, and Fantasy | Online filesharing will use Google Docs, and online communications will use Telegram. In-person meetings will occur before/after each Atlanta Writers Club meeting. | Lisa Cooper | Wait List |
Hybrid (Online & In-person in Alpharetta) | Screenplays | Online filesharing for 30 pages (one Act) and then in-person meeting near North Point Mall on the first Saturday of every month, 10am-12:30pm | Joe Rendace | Open |
Hybrid (Online & In-person in Lawrenceville) | All Genres | Files shared via Google & meetings on second Thursday of every month, 6 7 PM at the Five Forks Library | Ashley Melonson | Open |
Atlanta/Virginia Highlands | Fiction | Every other Tuesday, 7:00 p.m. @ Member's house | Cindy Tolbert | Wait List |
Dunwoody/Sandy Springs | Speculative fiction (Novels and short stories) | Every other Wednesday at 6:30pm. Usually at a restaurant in Sandy Springs/Dunwoody. Zoom used when the public health situation warrants. | Sarah Minnear and Serene Taleb-Agha | Open |
Lawrenceville/ Snellville | Novel, Short Story & Memoir | Currently inactive due to COVID-19 (previously 1st Saturday 9:30AM - noon @ Member's Home) | Kerry Denney | Wait List |
Lilburn | The "Write Here, Right Now" program will help support local writers of all experience levels, sharing different writing techniques and ways to enhance attendees’ writing with constructive feedback. | Meets monthly from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. on the first or second Thursday at the Gwinnett Mountain Park Library Branch. Notifications sent out by Ashley Melonson, who will collect email addresses from interested attendees to notify them of upcoming meeting dates. | Ashley Melonson | Inactive |
Marietta/East Cobb | All Genres | 2nd Thursday of every month at 2:00PM in the East Cobb Library community room (4880 Lower Roswell Rd, in the Parkaire Landing Shopping Plaza). Group open to all writers at any level. Participants don’t have to be residents or have a library card. | Margaret Richlin or (770) 509-2730 | Open |
Marietta | All Genres | 1st & 3rd Tues. 6:30-8:00PM | Linda Sullivan | Wait List |
Roswell | All Genres | Every Tues, 6:00 - 8:00PM at Scooters in West Roswell | George Weinstein | Wait List |
Roswell/Online | All Genres | Meetings are virtual via Zoom every other Monday at 10:30 am. Members exchange drafts of their work product twice monthly for critiquing. Members also engage in a virtual happy hour on Thursdays at 5 pm the weeks they don't have a regular meeting. | Jeremy Logan | Open |
Roswell | Poetry | Wednesdays, every 2 weeks, 6:00-8:00PM @ Scooter's Coffee | Kim Wright | Open |
Sandy Springs | Fiction & Non-fiction | Saturdays except when AWC meets, 2:00-4:00 PM in member's home or virtual | Bill Ottinger | Wait List |
Smyrna/ Marietta | Poetry | Currently inactive (previously met on 2nd and 4th Tuesday 6:00PM - 8:00 PM @ coffee shop) | Liz Helenek | Inactive |