Any SSA member interested in forming a new writing group can e-mail Barry Webb at Barrywebb3@yahoo.com with the following information: General location (i.e. East Side,West Side, Green Valley, Oro Valley, Mesa, North Phoenix, etc.), and contact information (i.e. a person and an email address). If desired, genre areas can also be specified.TUCSON:
- CAMPBELL AVENUE WRITERS: Meets twice monthly on Wednesday evenings from 6:00 p.m. until ??? at the Casa Molina Restaurant on Campbell, south of Fort Lowell. This is a Children's lit, middle grade, and YA critique group. They are currently looking for one more member. Contact: Robert Hunton at rlh10@cox.net
- ECLECTiC WRITERS: Meets on the West side of Tucson, Mondays from 7 to 9p.m. at a private home near Grant and Silverbell. Open to all genres. Contact mckeagh@onsetbeach.com, 520-797-6614 or SRIVASTAVA2@COX.NET, 520-468-5351
- PIMA PENWRITERS: Meets every other Thursday from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at a private home near Pima and Pantano, and sometimes at Pima College East Campus. Open to all prose genres. Currently looking for one new member. Contact: Barry Webb at Barrywebb3@yahoo.com
- PIMA WRITER'S FORUM: Meets every other Tuesday at Borders on Oracle and Wetmore 7-9 P.M. Currently looking for a few more writers of novels. All genres welcome. Contact: jan@janholmesfrost.com or phone 572-6278
- U.A.W. WRITING GROUP: Meets every other week in private homes in Central and East Tucson. All genres. Contact Rita Robinson Brown (Currently closed to new members).
AMADO:
- "Border Girls writing group" to meet on Tuesday July 19, at 6:00 P.M. and then twice a month there after. Meetings to be held in the Round Up Room at the Cow Palace restaurant in Amado. The meetings are to including readings and peer critiques. All genres welcome. For info and reservations (no charge), please call Valerie at 398-9450 or e-mail: valarieleejames@gmail.com
GREEN VALLEY:
- GREEN VALLEY WRITERS: Meets the first three Thursdays of every month from 1-3:00 p.m. At the Green Valley library. All genres are welcome. This is a reading group, 10 minutes to read with 5 minutes of feedback. New members welcome. Contact: Claudie Chan at claudiechan@yahoo.com or phone 648-0353.
PHOENIX/SCOTTSDALE:
- North Scottsdale, Carefree, Cave Creek, Arizona writer's group forming. All genres welcome.
Contact: Marilyn Kennedy at marilynkennedy@cox.net or call 602-339-1029PRESCOTT:
- Professional Writers of Prescott, meets the 4th Wednesday of each month beginning at 6:00 p.m. at the Founders Room of the Prescott Public Library, 215 E. Goodwin Street, Prescott, Arizona. Contact: Ms. Leslie Holt at pr@prescottwriters.com or (928) 445-4218, or visit their website at www.prescottwriters.com
TOMBSTONE/SIERRA VISTA:
WICKENBURG:
- TOMBSTONE WRITERS: All genres welcome. Currently looking for new members in the Tombstone and Sierra Vista areas. Scheduling can be flexible. Contact: Karen Troncale at ktwrites@aol.com or phone (520)457-3767.
- THE HASSAYAMPA WRITERS' CLUB,is always looking for new members in all genres, beginners to published. Meets the Second Sunday of each month at 1:30 pm at the Wickenburg Art Club at 188 South Tegner Street in Wickenburg, Arizona 85332. For more information go to www.hassayampawriters.org, or contact Kaye Hucklerberry, President, at kanme@tabletoptelephone.com (928)685-4596 or John W. Durham, Secretary, at (928)684-4510 or jw@jwdurham.com