What we’re about
We’re Back!
On the 1st Sunday of each month (barring holidays) we meet at our new location, the Huntington Arts Council gallery, beginning at 1 pm. Generally speaking, we meet again 2 weeks later via Zoom.
2024 Schedule
-July 14th (second Sunday due to July 4th weekend)
-July 21st ZOOM
-August 4th
-August 18th ZOOM
- September 8th (second Sunday due to Labor Day weekend
-September 22nd ZOOM
-October 6 ZOOM
-October 27th (late in the month due to Arts Council events and Festivals)
-November 3rd
-November 17th ZOOM
-December 8th (later than 1st Sunday due to Thanksgiving weekend)
-Dec 15th ZOOM
Newcomers are welcome! Reading is not mandatory. In each meeting (both live and online), we’ll read excerpts from our work and receive verbal and written feedback from other members. The word limit is still 1800. All group feedback and reader comments should be about the actual writing of the piece, not its subject matter. In addition, the reader and group members should focus on the excerpt in front of them, rather than additional scenes and chapters not being read that day.
For in-person meetings, please bring enough hard copies of your work for others to read along with you and write comments. There will be a sign-in sheet at each meeting (arrive early to read early). All copies will be returned to readers. For our Zoom events, please use Word or a similar format so that you can share your screen with everyone.
The group’s current Co-Organizers are Margaret Sargent and Allan Hunter. Both are long-term members of Amateur Writers.
As for Covid, yeah, it’s still around. This is one of the reasons we’re meeting on Zoom as well as in-person. Our new location has ample space for our group. Please feel free to wear a mask (or not) depending on New York State guidelines and your personal risk/comfort level. All decisions will be respected.
That’s it. Let’s meet!
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Upcoming events (2)
See all- AmWriters on Zoom, Sunday April 27th rsvp on FMCALICO! read instruxLink visible for attendees
To attend Amateur Writers 4.27.25 on Zoom, please rsvp on fmcalico (click through)
Allan Hunter and Margaret Sargent invite you to the next Amateur Writers meeting. On April 27th at 1 PM, we'll be meeting via Zoom again!
To receive the Zoom invitation: if we have your email address, you'll automatically receive the link. But if we don't, please be aware that RSVP'ing for it on Meetup is only the first step towards getting an invitation— we also need your email address!
If you aren't sure, please register for it here. (Again: RSVP'ing to it via Meetup will not give us your contact info. Please do click through).
New and returning members are all welcome; you are invited to read an 1800-word (or less) selection of your writing and get other writers' feedback, but bringing a selection is not required.Ideally, you should have your document readily available on your Zoom device (laptop, phone or computer) so that you can share your screen with the group as you read.
Please try to log in on time. We want to start promptly at 1 PM so that everyone gets an opportunity to read and receive feedback.
If you have any questions, please post a question here or send a message to Allan Hunter or Margaret Sargent, your co-moderators. You can also send an email: ahunter3@earthlink.net — I'll get back to you shortly.
