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
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