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 | Meets on second and fourth Friday of the month via Zoom at 1:00 pm. | Kelley Cody-Grimm | Wait List |
Online | Fiction for advanced writers | Emailed critiques (in-line & big picture notes) twice a month - expect to critique roughly 120 pages per month. Please submit 100 pages for vetting. | Linh Pham. Please submit 100 pages for vetting. | Open |
Online | All Genres | 1st and 3rd Mondays of the month, at 7:00 pm Eastern | Gail Lash | Wait List |
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 | Open |
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 | Olga Jackson | Open |
Online | Sci-Fi and Fantasy | Online using Google Meet, 2nd and 4th Tuesdays each month at 7:00pm | Abigail Biles | Wait List |
Online | Fantasy and Science Fiction | Meetings are on Sunday, 9-11 a.m. Eastern every other week, with work sent to Nathaniel ahead of time for distribution | Nathaniel Chaney | Wait List |
Online | Study/Critique Group open to all levels of writers and all genres | We study books about the craft of writing together. Each member is expected to: 1) read the portion of the book assigned each week and 2) Come prepared with whatever exercise we agree to each week - usually a writing sample relating to what we are learning. The group is limited to 6 people. We meet every Tuesday from 9 to 11 a.m. EST | April Love-Fordham | Wait List |
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 | Wait List |
Online | Non-Fiction | Tuesdays, 3:30 pm - 5:30 pm | Quinn Eastman | Open |
Online | All Genres | Meetings are virtual via Zoom every other Monday at 10:30 am. A schedule will be provided when you join. Members exchange drafts of their work product twice monthly for critiquing. | Toni Bellon | Open |
Online | Memoir | Meets on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays at 7 p.m. for an hour. This is intended to be a support group for published authors as well as those starting to write a memoir. The purpose is to help each other in improving the craft by sharing excerpts from one's work and obtaining critiques. | Chetan Sankar | Open |
Online | Horror of any style | Virtual meetings are every other Tuesday, 7-8 p.m. Eastern | Daniel Cozart | Wait List |
Online | Poetry group for up to seven experienced poets who have been published in journals or chapbooks or who are serious about having their poems published. | Meets weekly via Zoom on Tuesdays from 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Each member agrees to submit a poem each week, review everyone's poems before each session, and provide notes to the poet afterward. Group facilitation is shared. | Submit 3 poems for consideration to Jennifer Kahnweiler | Wait List |
Online | Study/Critique Group open to all levels of writers and all genres | The Storywrighters group meets online every other Thursday at 5 PM ET to explore well-regarded writing craft books and support each other as we apply what we learn to our work. Our current study is The Emotional Craft of Fiction: How to Write the Story Beneath the Surface by Donald Maass. | Mary Thornton | Wait List |
Online | Science Fiction and Fantasy | Meets on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month at 8 p.m. Eastern | Xander Jon Dijk | Wait List |
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. Listen to Their Podcast | Lisa Cooper | Open |
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, 10 am-12:30 pm | Joe Rendace | Open |
Hybrid (Online & In-person in Tucker) | For writers who have completed or are close to completing a manuscript for a children’s picture book and middle grade fiction | Zoom meetings on 1st and 3rd Thursday of the month (7 pm – 8:30 pm) and in-person in Tucker on 2nd and 4th Saturday (2 pm – 3:30 pm) | Contact AWC Exec Dir George Weinstein if you want to restart this group | Closed |
Atlanta/South Brookhaven | Literary fiction—having a strong focus on some combination of character, texture, voice/style or meta, not limited to scene-written or in-the-moment-narrative, nor to the conventions or forms that generally shape popular / genre / commercial fiction | The group meets in person, 7-9 PM, every other Tuesday, beginning on 3/28/2023 at a restaurant in South Brookhaven to discuss pre-shared excerpts (up to 6,000 words, often less) and pre-written critique notes, four per meeting— short stories, novel chapters, outlines, sketches, and fragments. Enrollment is open. | Jim Trueblood | Open |
Atlanta/Virginia Highlands | Fiction | Meet once a month usually from 1-3 pm at a coffee shop | Dawn Abeita | Wait List |
Atlanta/Westside | Fiction - All Genres | Thursday evening once a month, 6-8 pm in a restaurant/coffee shop | Emilee McWilliams | Open |
Dunwoody/Sandy Springs | Speculative fiction (Novels and short stories) | Every other Wednesday at 6:30 pm. Usually at a restaurant in Sandy Springs/Dunwoody. Zoom used when the public health situation warrants. | Calvin Clark | Wait List |
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 | All Genres | The group meets on the fourth Thursday of every month at the Mountain Park Library, 1210 Pounds Road, Lilburn, GA 30047 from 6:00 - 7:00 pm. | Laura Sellers | Wait List |
Marietta/East Cobb | All Genres | 2nd Thursday of every month at 2:00 pm 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 |
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 |