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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Online | Fiction | Ongoing | Mike Brown | Open |
| Online | Fiction | Ongoing | Danielle Steele | Open |
| Alpharetta | All Genres | 3rd Thursday, 7:00 p.m. at Barnes & Noble, North Point Parkway | Susan McBreairty | Open |
| Atlanta/Virginia Highlands | Fiction | Every other Tuesday, 7:00 p.m. @ Member's house | Cindy Tolbert | Open |
| Candler Park | Non-Fiction: Creative, Narrative, & Memoir | Tues, 4-6p.m. @San Francisco Coffee 1660 Dekalb Avenue | Tara Coyt | Open |
| Conyers | All Genres | Every other Tues, 6:00 @ Mandarin Garden | Nancy Fletcher | Open |
| Decatur | Adult/YA Novels & Novellas | Every other Thursday at Choco Latte, 2094 North Decatur Road | Jonathan Grant 404-909-0189 | Open |
| Dunwoody | All Genres | 1st and 3rd Fri,1-3 p.m. @ Georgia Perimeter College Library Building, Rm3100 | Gelia Dolcimascolo 770-274-5246 | Open |
| East Cobb | Fiction & Non-fiction | Every other Thursday, 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., Mexican Restaurant near YMCA | Rick Prescott | Open |
| Lawrenceville/ Snellville | Novel, Short Story & Memoir | 1st Saturday 9:30AM - noon @ Member's Home | Kerry Denney | Wait List |
| Loganville | Fiction | 1st Saturday of each month at 9:30AM | Mike Brown | Full |
| Marietta | All Genres | 1st & 3rd Tues. 6:30-8:00PM | Linda Sullivan | Wait List |
| Roswell | All Genres | Every Tues 6:30 - 9:00PM @ Scooter's Coffee | George Weinstein | Open |
| Roswell | All Genres | Twice monthly, Mon, 10:30AM - 12:30PM @ Roswell Library | Jeremy Logan | Open |
| Sandy Springs | Speculative fiction (novel length or short stories), regular fiction short stories, and any kind of nonfiction | 1st and 3rd Saturday at 5:00 p.m on the porch of Slope’s BBQ | Sarah Minnear | Open (contact Sarah to submit work) |
| Smyrna/ Marietta | Poetry | 2nd and 4th Tuesday 6:00PM - 8:00 PM @ coffee shop | Liz Helenek | Open |
| Snellville | All Genres | 1st Thursday 6:00PM @ Gwinnett County Library | Joyce Sewell | Open |