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The Missouri Writers' Guild has chapters
throughout the state. Chapters meet regularly for members to share
writing tips and ideas, listen to presentations by successful authors, learn
about various genres of writing, and network with other writers and
editors. Some chapters also offer readings and critique groups. In
addition, many chapters offer special programs, such as writing
workshops, public readings, contests, and anthologies.
Boonslick Creative Writers Group (Boonville area)
Judy Stock, president
Email: bcwgp@sbcglobal.net
Chapter Representative: Judy Stock
Meeting time and location: 7:00 p.m., the second Thursday of each month at the: Boonslick Regional Library 618 Main Street, Boonville, MO 65233
(Use rear entrance)
Newsletter Editor and Email: not posted
Columbia Chapter
President, Larry Allen
Web page: columbiawrites.coin.org
Chapter Representative:
Meeting time and location: 106 Orr Street, Columbia Missouri at Orr Street Studios Normally meets the first Sunday of each month, 2:00 - 4:00 PM.
Newsletter Editor and Email: not posted
Joplin Writers Guild
Olive Sullivan, President
614 W. 1st, Pittsburg, KS 66762
Email: olive.sullivan@excite.com
Web page: not posted
Chapter Representative: Ann Leach or Larry Wood
Meeting time and location: 7:00 p.m. on the second Thursday of the month, Joplin Public Library
Newsletter Editor and Email: not posted
Juvenile Writers of Kansas City
Toni Watson - facilitator of the group
toniwatson1@aol.com
Email: jwkc@earthlink.net
Chapter Representative: Christine Taylor-Butler
kansascitymom@earthlink.net
Meeting time and location not posted
Newsletter Editor and Email: not posted
Kansas City Writers Group Chapter
Susie Schade Brewer
R2 Box 124, Adrian MO 64720
Phone: 816-377-1763
E-mail: perwords@yahoo.com
Web site: www.kansascitywriters.com
Chapter Representative: Susie Schade Brewer
Meeting time and location: Thursdays 10:15 a.m. to noon, locations vary.
Newsletter Editor and Email: not posted
Lake of the Ozarks Chapter
Bob Anderson
26185 Indian Creek Lane, Barnett, MO 65011
Phone: 573-392-2696
E-mail: bdanders@socket.net
Chapter Representative:
Meeting time and location:
Newsletter Editor and Email:
Marshall Writers' Guild
Authorene Phillips, president
Email: phillips57@myturbonet.com
Web page: http://www.sullivansfarms.net/writersguild
Chapter Representative: Authorene Phillips
Meeting time and location: monthly on the 3rd Thursday at 1:00 p.m. in The Study of the Marshall Public Library
Newsletter Editor and Email: not posted
Maryville Writers' Guild
Amy Houts, president
Email to: sase@cebridge.net
Chapter Representative: Amy Houts
Meeting time and location: 7 pm, Fourth Tuesday every other month, Alumni House, NWMSU campus
Newsletter Editor and Email: not posted
Saturday Writers
Tricia Sanders, president
Email: president@saturdaywriters.org
web page: http://www.saturdaywriters.org/
Chapter Representative: Tricia Sanders
Meeting time and location: Regular chapter meetings are the last Saturday
of each month (except Oct, Nov, and Dec--see website for details).
Meeting time for regular meetings is 11 am - 1:00 pm. Special workshops
are held in October and December.
Meeting location is St. Peters
Community & Arts Center, 1035 St. Peters-Howell Road, St. Peters, MO
63376. (But always check website as some meetings may move due to attendance requirements).
Newsletter Editor and Email: not posted
St. Joseph
Writers' Guild
Jeannetta Danford
St. Louis Writers Guild
Attention: Faye Adams
http://www.stlwritersguild.org/
Springfield Writers' Guild
Lee Ann Russell, president
Email to: lar1111@sbcglobal.net
Web page: http://www.swgsite.org/
Chapter Representative: Lee Ann Russell
Meeting time and location: 4th Saturday, monthly, Heritage Cafeteria, 1364 E. Battlefield, Springfield. Mentor/critique hour: 11:00 a.m. Speaker, 1:00 p.m.
Newsletter Editor and Email: not posted
Twin Lakes Writers
President: Nancy Thatcher Cerny
nktcerny@suddenlink.net
(870) 425-8264
Website Manager: Wiley Russell
www.twinlakeswriters.org
(870) 425-8197
Chapter Representative: Susan Varno, svarno@hughes.net
Meeting time and place: 2nd Saturday of each month 1:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Redeemer Lutheran Church, Fellowship Center, Room D; 353 Highway 5 North, Mountain Home, AR.
Newsletter Editor: Susan Varno Email to: svarno@hughes.net
Writers' Society of Jefferson County
President:
Web page: http://www.wsjcwritersonline.net
Chapter Representative:
Meeting time and location:
Newsletter Editor and Email:
Additional Writing Groups in Missouri
Apples of Gold/Frames of Silver Writing Guild (Marble
Hill) - founded in 1998. For more information, contact Linda
Schreckenberg at shepherdess_98@yahoo.com ,or write RR2, Box 2300, Marble Hill, MO 63764.
Baden Library Writers Group (St. Louis) - meets the
first Thursday of the month from 6-7 pm at Baden Library, 8448
Church Road, St. Louis, MO 63147. For more info call
314-388-2400.
Barry Road Writers Group (Kansas City) - meets at Barnes
& Noble at I-29 and Barry Road, in Kansas City, at 6:30 pm on
the 2nd and 4th Monday and the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month.
For information call 816-741-8867.
Children's Writers' Group (Springfield) - This group
meets the first Saturday each month at the The Library Station on
N. Kansas Expressway in Springfield. For more info email Connie
Ferdon at Connie.Ferdon@coxhealth.com .
Christian Writers Workshop (St. Louis) - For more info,
write Ruth McDaniel at 15233 Country Ridge Dr., St. Louis, MO
63017-7432, or call 636-532-7584.
Coffee and Critique (St. Peters) This group meets on some Tuesday mornings and some evenings. Please contact Donna Volkenannt for more information. dvolkenannt@charter.net
Douglas County Writers' Group (Ava) - meets the 2nd
Thursday of each month from 6:30-8:30 pm at the middle school in
Ava. Call 417-683-5971 or email broworth@hotmail.com.
Eugene B. Redmond Writers Club (St. Louis) - meets the
first and third Tuesday from 6:30-8:30 p.m., September through May
in room 2085 of East St. Louis Community College Center, 601 J. R.
Thompson Drive, East St. Louis, IL. For more info call
618-874-8700.
Greater St. Louis Christian Writers (St. Louis area) -
this group does not meet regularly. Contact person is Lila
Shelburne, lila@anet-stl.com .
Heartland Romance Authors (Independence) - meets the
second Saturday of every month at noon at Tuscany Manor in Lee's
Summit (except for the July & Sept meetings). Anyone
interested can always write to the webmaster on their website, http://hera.romance-central.com/ , or email heraprez@aol.com . Their address is P.O. Box 520225, Independence, MO 64052-0225.
Heartland Writers' Guild - holds a conference in
Sikeston every other year, for writers in the Midwest.
Visit
their website at http://www.heartlandwriters.org/ , email them at hwg@heartlandwriters.org , or call John or Carol Fisher at 573-888-3620. Their address is
P. O. Box 652, Kennett, MO 63857
Heart of America Christian Writers
Network meets on the first
Thursday of every month at 7 p.m. at Evangel Temple, 1414 E. 103rd
St., Kansas City, Mo. http://home.earthlink.net/~hacwn/index.html
Indigo Ink (St. Louis) - meets twice a month to discuss
writing. Indigo Ink is a St. Louis association for
African-American writers. For more info, call Eric Robinson at
618-462-5590.
Juvenile Writers of Kansas City (Kansas City) - Manuscript critiques, discussion of publishing, submissions,
marketing, as well as book discussions. Meets every Wednesday
during Spring and Fall terms. Off for the summer. 9:30am-11:30am
at 6000 Lamar, Mission KS (Conference room in the Department of
Motor Vehicles building on the southwest corner of Martway and
Lamar - east of Metcalfe, 1 block south of Johnson Drive). For
information, contact the facilitator - Toni Watson at toniwatson1@aol.com, call
(816) 229-9349 or see our website at http://home.earthlink.net/~jwkc/ for additional information.
Kansas City Science Fiction and Fantasy Society (Kansas
City) - for more information, visit their website at http://www.kcsciencefiction.org/ . They meet at The Writers Place at 3607 Pennsylvania, in Kansas
City, on the 3rd Saturday of each month at 3pm.
The Laclede Society (St. Louis) -
Las Poetas (Kansas City) - is a Latina writers group
based in Kansas City, Missouri.
Laureates of the Heart (St. Ann) - meets the first
Friday each month from 1-3 p.m. at the St. Louis Rock Road Branch
Library, 10267 St. Charles Rock Road, St. Ann, MO 63074.
Lebanon Poets' Society (Lebanon) - meets the 3rd
Thursday of each month, 7 p.m., at the Harwood Manor meeting room.
For more info, call 417-532-4847 or email Velvet Fackeldey at mailto:velvett@leblink.com.
Mid-South Writers Group (Cassville) - We meet the first Monday and third Tuesday of each month at the Field's Photo Archive building in Cassville. Our president is Mary Ann Powers, and her e-mail address is map258@hotmail.com.
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