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.
January 22 – 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…
February 5 – Kathy Dunnehoff is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: Love is in the air! 10 Ways to engage your reader
Time: Feb 5, 2026 6:00 PM Mountain Time (US and Canada)
We meet at the Unitarian church plus there’s a zoom option.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/4221050569?pwd=TC4bKbgWqQBlp423yDR3lZC8wuDPaf.1&omn=81215815090
Meeting ID: 422 105 0569
Passcode: author
February 12 – Speaker Series – Authors of the Flathead Meet and Greet
Zoom meeting from 6pm to 8pm Mountain Time
Speaker: Join us in conversation and Q and A with Authors of the Flathead’s new President Shayla Paradeis and webmaster, Steve Hruza.
Title: Meet and Greet Session with Authors of the Flathead new and old members. Shayla will bring on webmaster, Steve (15 minutes) and he will answer questions regarding membership signup and navigating the website. All questions are welcome. After, Shayla will discuss A of F 2026 agenda, brief members about the Flathead River Writers Conference and open it up to meet and greet. Members, plan to share your writing goals and projects you are working on for 2026.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/4355154938?pwd=YlZECLAJ9ddl3sYxAdi3OIVYBccvzb.1&omn=86559645541
Meeting ID: 435 515 4938
Passcode: authors
February 19 – 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…
March 5 – Kathy Dunnehoff is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: Writing Exercises to Get Your Story in Shape!
Time: Mar 5, 2026 6:00 PM Mountain Time (US and Canada)
We meet at the Unitarian church plus there’s a zoom option.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/4221050569?pwd=TC4bKbgWqQBlp423yDR3lZC8wuDPaf.1&omn=85785892310
Meeting ID: 422 105 0569
Passcode: author
March 12 – Speaker Series – Host Susan Purvis and Yetta Stein, Executive Director of Elk River Arts and Lectures
Zoom meeting from 6pm to 8pm Mountain Time
Speaker: Yetta Stein
Title: Literary Arts in Southwest Montana
Join host Susan Purvis and Yetta Stein, Executive Director of Elk River Arts and Lectures as they discuss the Literary Arts scene in Southwest Montana.
Elk River Arts & Lectures cultivates and celebrates Livingston’s literary legacy by bringing world-class authors to interact with students, artists and the public through classroom experiences and public lectures. Yetta will share their history, roles and responsibilities as an executive director, and dive into the meat and potatoes of their literary non-profit which includes writers workshops, book clubs, authors lecture series, storytelling night, poetry in the classroom and local events. For more information log in here. https://elkriverarts.org/
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86790649374?pwd=aOtPud0aibAVInPlRf4t1nRknazPwA.1
Meeting ID: 867 9064 9374
Passcode: 760796
March 19 – 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…