2025 Calendar of Events

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Our regular meetings are the second and fourth Thursdays of each month at the 

Watauga County Library in Boone.

Our meetings are co-sponsored by the Library and are open to the public. 

A Zoom link is also available, and can be obtained by contacting:

judithgeary@msn.com

In addition, we meet the first Thursday of the month for a workshop at the

Arts Council on State Farm Rd in Boone. 

HCW – CALENDAR - 2025

January

1/1 – Library – Maryrose Carroll

1/2 – Workshop – Leslie Perry – Adding A+ content to your Amazon page.

1/9 - Program – Recorded talk by Paul Carroll, “What is Poetry”

1/23 - Critique - Maryrose Carroll

February

2/1 – Library – Leslie Perry

2/6 – Workshop – Maggie Christenbury – Library Fundraiser (Clue)

2/13 - Program -- Katherine Snow Smith (Zoom)

2/27 - Critique - Instead of a critique, we'll be focusing on the 

Clue game/play we're writing for the

 Friends of the Watauga County Library

March

3/1 – Library – Marge Maycock

3/6 – Workshop – Judith Geary - Writers Digest Magazine

3/13 - Program – Meagan Church

3/27 - Critique - Sharon Howard 

April

4/1 – Library – Joan Huffman

4/3 – Workshop – Leslie Perry -  Great-Grandma's Outlaw Cousins 

4/10 – Program -- Jim Minick

4/24 - Critique - Denise Everheart 

May

5/1 - Library - Terri Fabel

5/1 - Workshop - Denise Everheart

 Mystique and Perspective - a workshop on Flash Fiction

5/8 - Program – BOY Awards (?)

5/22 - Critique - Richard Metcalf 

June

6/1 – Library – Leslie Perry

6/5 - Workshop - Leslie Perry -- Amazon A+ Content

6/12 - Program  - Clarinda Ross

6/26 - Critique - Ree Strawser 

July

7/1 - Library - Mar Startari

7/3 - Workshop - Ray Ruble

7/10 - Program - Sharyn McCrumb

7/24 - Critique - Sara Padroni 

August

8/1 - Library

8/7 - Workshop - Critique Guidelines

8/14 - Program - Picnic at Valle Crucis Park: 

Bring food and your poetry or other short writing to share.

8/28 - Critique - Karen Hodges

September

9/1 – Library – Ray Ruble

9/4 - Workshop - Researching Family Histories -- Leslie Perry

9/11 - Program –

9/25 - Critique - Ray Ruble 

October

10/1 - Library

10/2 - Workshop

10/9 - Program –

10/23 - Critique - Sharon Howard

November

11/1 - Library

11/6 - Workshop

11/13 - Program –

11/20 - Critique - Mar Startari

 (week 3 to accommodate for Thanksgiving)

December

12/1 - Library

Holiday Luncheon - 12/11