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 | Conditional (presently full but will vet applicants if there's an opening) |
| Online | Fiction | Ongoing | Linh Pham | Full |
| Online (will use Facebook and Zoom) | Indie Authors--all genres | Every Tuesday at 6:30 | J. M. (Michelle) Tompkins | New group--needs members! |
| Online | Young Adult & Middle Grade Fiction | Ongoing | Ivelisse Rodriguez | Wait List (contact Ivelisse to submit 10-page writing sample) |
| 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 |
| Atlanta/Virginia Highlands | Fiction | Every other Tuesday, 7:00 p.m. @ Member's house | Cindy Tolbert | Wait List |
| Candler Park/Decatur | Non-Fiction: Creative, Narrative, & Memoir | Currently meeting online, Tuesdays, 3:30 pm - 5:30 pm, (previously at ChocoLaté Coffee Decatur) | Tara Coyt | Open |
| Conyers | All Genres | Meetings online every other Tues. (was Every other Tues, 6:00 @ Mandarin Garden | Nancy Fletcher | Open |
| Decatur | Adult Fiction | Online, every other Thursday, 7–9 pm (previously at Choco Latte, 2094 North Decatur Road) | Susanne Fincher | Full |
| Dunwoody | All Genres | 1st and 3rd Fri,1-3 p.m. @ Georgia Perimeter College Library Building, Rm3100 | Gelia Dolcimascolo 770-274-5240 | Open |
| Johns Creek | Fiction, except for erotica and horror | Online using emails. Once pandemic ends, may meet in person | Anita Lovely | New group--needs members! |
| 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 | Open |
| 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, 6:00 - 9:00PM online | George Weinstein | Wait List |
| Roswell | All Genres | Meetings suspended; exchanging papers online (was Twice monthly, Mon, 10:30AM - 12:30PM @ Roswell Library) | Jeremy Logan | Open |
| Roswell | Poetry | Wednesdays, every 2 weeks, 6:00-8:00PM @ Scooter's Coffee | Kim Wright | Open |
| Sandy Springs | Speculative fiction and short stories | Online via Zoom every other Thursday at 8:00 p.m. We encourage you to order take out from Slopes BBQ, which is our usual meeting place. | Sarah Minnear | Wait List |
| Sandy Springs | Fiction & Non-fiction | 2nd Saturday of each month, 2:30-4:30PM in member's home | 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 | Open |
| Snellville | All Genres | Meetings suspended (was 1st Thursday 6:00PM @ Gwinnett County Library) | Mark Woodard | Open |