2024 Calendar of Events
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:
In addition, we meet the first Thursday of the month for a workshop at the
Arts Council on State Farm Rd in Boone.
JANUARY 2024
1/1 - Library display - Fern Ellis
Arts Council Reception - Jenny Gillenwater (Nova Mann)
1/4 - Workshop - Leslie Perry & Mar Startari - Anthology V (on Zoom)
1/11 - Program Speaker - About Hugh Howey (video)
1/25 - Critique - Teri Fabel
FEBRUARY
2/1 - Library display - Barbara Arntsen
2/9 - Arts Council Reception - Hilda Downer
2/1 - Workshop - Members: Introduce your favorite author to the group.
2/8 - Program Speaker - Dr. Benjamin Gilmer
2/22 - Critique - Roy Lewis
MARCH
3/1 - Library display - Marge Maycock
3/8 - Arts Council Reception - Barbara Arntsen
3/7 - Workshop - Short Stories and Flash Fiction w/ Leslie Perry
3/14 - Program Speaker - Marjorie Hudson
3/28 - Critique - Challenge: Write to the prompt:
"A Mystery Wrapped in an Enigma" 100 wds or less
Bring your work, including the first page of any submission
to the Anthology
APRIL
4/1 - Library display - Leslie Perry
4/12 - Arts Council Reception - Elizabeth Wilson
4/4 - Workshop - Elizabeth Wilson -- poetry generation
4/11 - Program Speaker - Joseph Bathanti
4/25 - Critique - Roy Lewis
MAY
5/1 - Library display - Joan Huffman
5/10 - Arts Council Reception - Teri Fabel
5/2 - Workshop - Carey Rowland - Blogging
5/9 - Program - Book of the Year Awards
5/23 - Critique - Barbara Arntsen
JUNE
6/1 - Library display - Hilda Downer
6/6 - Workshop - Judy Geary - Story beginnings
6/13 - Program Speaker - David Joy (Zoom)
6/27 - Critique - Judy Geary
JULY
7/1 - Library display - Beth Copeland
7/4 - Workshop - Cancelled for Holiday
7/11 - Program Speaker - Phyllis MacBryde
7/25 - Critique - Poetry Bash
AUGUST
8/1 - Library display - Terri Fabel
8/1 - Workshop - Assembling elements from the brainstorm last month.
8/8 - Program Speaker - Sharyn McCrumb
8/22 - Critique - Denise Everheart
SEPTEMBER
9/1 - Library display - Ray Ruble
9/5 - Workshop - Blogfest - Denise Everheart
9/12 - Program Speaker - Susan Zurenda
9/26 - Critique - Ray Ruble
OCTOBER
10/1 - Library display - Leslie Perry
10/3 - Workshop - Self Publishing Scams - Leslie Perry
10/10 - Program Speaker - Pauletta Hansel
10/24 -- Socializing - Valle Crucis Park
NOVEMBER
11/1 - Library display - Leslie Perry
11/1 - Workshop - Minor Characters - Ray Ruble
11/14 - Program Speaker - Terry Harmon
11/21 - Critique - Richard Metcalf
(Note the date change for critique because of Thanksgiving)
DECEMBER
12/1 - Library display - Carole Bolini
12/12 - Holiday Luncheon