Clearwater Writers Network
Organizer: Needs a new organizer. Could it be you?
Location: Orofino, Idaho
For more information visit their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1966187353598515/
Confluence Writers
Organizer: Janet Marugg
Location: Lewiston, Idaho
For more information and meeting times contact Janet at janetmarugg@gmail.com
Palouse Chapter, Idaho Writers League
Current President: Mark Ready
Location: Moscow, Idaho
This group is a hybrid that meets in person and via zoom on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays for critique.
For more information contact Mark at: mready04@yahoo.com
Inland Northwest Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators
Palouse Contact: Annette Pimentel
Location: Spokane, Washington
This group has a KitLit Book Club for adults that meets at One World Cafe in Moscow, Idaho. Meetings are at 11:30 am on the 1st and 3rd Mondays each month.
For more information about this group, visit their webpage: https://inlandnw.scbwi.org
NaNoWriMo
Municipal Leaders: Jay Dearien (Moscow) & Sean Williams (Pullman)
Location: Everywhere in November. Just Moscow, Idaho the rest of the year.
National Novel Writing Month is November, but Jay holds edit and write-ins in Moscow, Idaho every Saturday at 10 AM. Location alternates between One World Café and Moscow Contemporary. Drop-ins welcome. Email Jay ahead of time to get the location, his email is: jay@dearien.com
Also, visit the local NaNoWriMo Page: https://nanowrimo.org/regions/usa-idaho-moscow-Lewiston
Shari’s Critique Group
Palouse Contact: Sanan Kolva
Location: Moscow, Idaho
This is a dedicated critique group that meets in the back of Shari’s on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays each month. Meet at 6:30 PM for dinner, critiques usually start about 7:00 PM. They mostly focus on novels and longer works, but short stories are also welcome. Fiction/Nonfiction okay. If you come, bring copies of your work with you to pass out to be critiqued at the next meeting.
For more information, contact Sanan Kolva at https://sanankolva.com/contact-me/
National Groups
Authors Guild
WGA
SCBWI
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Authors Guild
Members of the Authors Guild are entitled to their legal services, web services, access to seminars and member events, member directory, the Back in Print program, a quarterly bulletin, and more. -
WGA
The Writers Guild of America, West (WGAW) is a labor union composed of the thousands of screenwriters, playwrights, and others who produce content that keeps audiences entertained. -
SCBWI
The international professional organization for authors and illustrators of books for children and young adults.