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.

LocationGenreDetailsContactStatus
OnlineFiction: All genre short stories and novels.Meets every other Friday at 1 PM. Each member receives group critiques at least once a month.Joe WhiteOpen/Conditional. Applicants vetted based on writing samples.
OnlineFictionOngoingLinh PhamFull
OnlineSelf Published Authors2nd & 4th Tuesday of each month at 7pm.J. M. (Michelle) TompkinsOpen
OnlineYoung Adult & Middle Grade FictionOngoingIvelisse RodriguezWait List (contact Ivelisse to submit 10-page writing sample)
OnlineAll Genres1st and 3rd Mondays of the month, at 7:00pm EasternGail LashFull
OnlineShort StoriesEvery 2nd Thursday at 1pmPat BowenOpen
OnlineYoung Adult & Middle Grade FictionWork shared by emailRichard GnannOpen
Atlanta/Virginia HighlandsFictionEvery other Tuesday, 7:00 p.m. @ Member's houseCindy TolbertWait List
Candler Park/DecaturNon-Fiction: Creative, Narrative, & MemoirCurrently meeting online, Tuesdays, 3:30 pm - 5:30 pm, (previously at ChocoLaté Coffee Decatur)Quinn EastmanOpen
Conyers/onlineAll GenresMeetings online every other Tues. (was Every other Tues, 6:00 @ Mandarin Garden)Nancy FletcherOpen
DecaturAdult FictionOnline, every other Thursday, 7–9 pm (previously at Choco Latte, 2094 North Decatur Road)Susanne FincherFull
DunwoodyAll Genres1st and 3rd Fri,1-3 p.m. @ Georgia Perimeter College Library Building, Rm3100Gelia Dolcimascolo
770-274-5240		Open
Johns CreekFiction, except for erotica and horrorOnline using emails. Once pandemic ends, may meet in personAnita LovelyFull
Lawrenceville/
Snellville		Novel, Short Story & MemoirCurrently inactive due to COVID-19 (previously 1st Saturday 9:30AM - noon @ Member's Home)Kerry DenneyWait List
LilburnThe "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 MelonsonOpen
LoganvilleFiction1st Saturday of each month at 9:30AMMike BrownFull
MariettaAll Genres1st & 3rd Tues. 6:30-8:00PMLinda SullivanWait List
RoswellAll GenresEvery Tues, 6:00 - 8:00PM at Scooters in West RoswellGeorge WeinsteinWait List
RoswellAll GenresMeetings suspended; exchanging papers online (was Twice monthly, Mon, 10:30AM - 12:30PM @ Roswell Library)Jeremy LoganOpen
RoswellPoetryWednesdays, every 2 weeks, 6:00-8:00PM @ Scooter's CoffeeKim WrightOpen
Sandy SpringsSpeculative fiction and short storiesOnline 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 MinnearWait List
Sandy SpringsFiction & Non-fiction2nd Saturday of each month, 2:30-4:30PM in member's homeBill OttingerWait List
Smyrna/
Marietta		PoetryCurrently inactive (previously met on
2nd and 4th Tuesday 6:00PM - 8:00 PM @ coffee shop) 		Liz HelenekOpen
SnellvilleAll GenresMeetings suspended (was 1st Thursday 6:00PM @ Gwinnett County Library)Mark WoodardOpen