2025 Meeting Schedule
Every Thursday’s Meetings start at 6 pm Mountain Time
Important: Meetings are in-person or on Zoom or both. Our in-person meetings are held at Glacier Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 1515 Trumble Creek Rd, Kalispell, MT 59901
Schedule subject to change due to inclement weather. We will update this page.
September 11 – Speaker Series – Host Susan Purvis and Guest
Zoom meeting from 6pm to 8pm
Flathead River Writers Conference and the importance of finding a writing community
Join Host Susan Purvis and author Jess Owens as they discuss the importance of finding a writing community, whether just cheerleaders, critique partners, or mentors. Jess will dive into her publishing expertise: writing craft, crowdfunding, publishing. This Zoom interview is open for Q&A.
Jess Owen has been writing her whole life, and publishing for over a decade. She is a “hybrid” author, both traditionally and self-publishing in different genres. Her fiction has been praised as immersive, emotional, and transformative. She always hopes to inspire and empower other writers to take command of their craft and career, because she believes everyone in the room has an important story to tell.
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https://us05web.zoom.us/j/89196262512?pwd=OfPAwXaZhJ2zOZM0JacNPrAlb4lbXK.1
Meeting ID: 891 9626 2512
Passcode: 4rUAbu
September 15 – deadline to submit cover art (front only), brief bio (2 sentences), bio photo to Craig (craigtnaylor@gmail.com) for the author slide show. Only for conference attendees who are also AotF members.
September 15 – deadline to submit to Claudia (cacb3944@gmail.com) your request for book display table space. Only for conference attendees who are also AotF members.
September 25 – Moderator Dixon Rice – critique and open readings
Your own prose aloud, someone else would gladly read for you. You are invited to our Open Readings at 6 pm at Glacier Unitarian Universalist Fellowship.
Plan to read up to 6 pages if there is a light crowd; otherwise, 2-3 pages, double-spaced with 1″ margins.
If you have a few pages, you’d like input on, make about 8-10 copies to pass out, and bring them along. Plan to read up to 6 pages if there is a light crowd, otherwise 2-3 pages, double-spaced with 1″ margins. If you’re shy about reading aloud your own prose, someone else would be glad to read for you.
If you don’t have anything to present, please come and share your enthusiasm & experience with the readers. We were all newbies at one time…
October 1 – deadline to get books to Stephanie at The Bookshelf for our Saturday evening reception.
October 2 – no meeting while we get ready for conference weekend. See you there!
October 9
Kathy Dunnehoff, 6:00 PM In Person at the Glacier Unitarian Universalist Fellowship on Trumbull Creek Road and Zoom Meeting.
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October 23 – Moderator Dixon Rice – critique and open readings
Your own prose aloud, someone else would gladly read for you. You are invited to our Open Readings at 6 pm at Glacier Unitarian Universalist Fellowship.
Plan to read up to 6 pages if there is a light crowd; otherwise, 2-3 pages, double-spaced with 1″ margins.
If you have a few pages, you’d like input on, make about 8-10 copies to pass out, and bring them along. Plan to read up to 6 pages if there is a light crowd, otherwise 2-3 pages, double-spaced with 1″ margins. If you’re shy about reading aloud your own prose, someone else would be glad to read for you.
If you don’t have anything to present, please come and share your enthusiasm & experience with the readers. We were all newbies at one time…