2023 Calendar of Events
Our regular meetings are the second and fourth Thursdays of each month at the
Watauga County Library in Boone.
In addition, we meet the first Thursday of the month for a workshop at the
Arts Council on State Farm Rd in Boone.
JANUARY
1/1 - Library display – Ree Strawser --T Strawser (Yuba River Gold)
1/5 – Workshop – Planning for the new year. Anthology? Wordsmith Awards?
1/12 - Program Speaker – Youtube? Colleen Hoover
1/26 – Critique – Judy Geary
FEBRUARY
2/1 - Library display – Peter Morris
2/2 – Workshop— Anthology – decisions & organization
2/9 - Program Speaker – Celia Rivenbark (Zoom)
2/23 – Critique -- Maryrose Carroll
MARCH
3/1 - Library display – Maryrose Carroll
3/2 – Workshop – Leslie Perry, “Having Fun with Prose Poetry”
3/9 - Program Speaker-- JC Todd, the poet
3/23 – Critique – Carey Rowland
APRIL
4/1 - Library display – Leslie Perry – poetry month
Arts Council Reception - Carole Bollini
4/6 – Workshop – Ray Ruble – Character complexity (good guy/bad guy)
4/13 - Program Speaker – Book of the Year Awards (In Person!!!)
4/27 – Critique -- Sara Pedroni
MAY
5/1 - Library display – Maryrose Carroll
Arts Council Reception - Judy Geary - HCW Anthologies
5/4 – Workshop – HCW Awards: History & Future Plans?
5/11 - Program Speaker – Reed Bunzel (Zoom)
5/25 – Critique – Diane Blanks
JUNE
6/1 - Library display – Marge Maycock
Arts Council Reception - Terri Fabel
6/1 - Workshop - Marketing (What tools are still available?)
6/8 - Program Speaker – Hilda Downer
6/22 - Critique - Richard Metcalf
JULY
7/1 - Library display – Carey Rowland
Arts Council Reception - Event Cancelled
7/6 - Workshop -- AI and what it means for Writers
7/13 - Program Speaker – Sharyn McCrumb
7/27 – Critique – Jenny Gillenwater
AUGUST
8/1 - Library display - Leslie Perry
Arts Council Reception - Maryrose Carroll
8/3 – Workshop -- Leslie Perry – Memoir
8/10 - Program Speaker – Steven Peek
8/24 – Critique – Joan Huffman
SEPTEMBER
9/1 - Library display – Ray Ruble
Arts Council Reception - Joan Huffman
9/7 – Workshop - Leslie Perry – Memoir
9/14 - Program Speaker – Wiley Cash (Zoom)
9/28 – Critique – Ray Ruble
OCTOBER
10/1 - Library display- Leslie Perry
Arts Council Reception -Jenny Gillenwater (Nova Mann)
10/5 - Workshop
10/12 - Program Speaker – Mark Powell (In Person?)
10/26 – Critique – Roy Lewis
NOVEMBER
11/1 - Library display - Carole Bollini
Arts Council Reception - Birgitta McGalliard
11/2 - Workshop
11/9 - Program Speaker - Poetry Bash & Member Readings
11/16 - Critique -
DECEMBER
12/1 - Library display - Birgitta McGalliard
Arts Council Reception -
12/14 - Holiday Luncheon -- Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
JANUARY 2024
1/1 - Library display - Joan Huffman
Arts Council Reception -
1/4 - Workshop
1/11 - Program Speaker
1/25 - Critique