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.
August 26 – agent/editor meeting submissions due to conference coordinator Claudia Bennett – cacb3944@gmail.com.
August 28 – 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…
September 3 – Hilton needs registration numbers for the food service. Please register by this date.
September 3 – deadline to book a Hilton room with conference discount. 406-756-4500 – use AUTHOR to receive discount.
September 4
In-person and Zoom Meeting at 6pm
Topic: Back to School: English Teacher Tips for Editing
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/4221050569?pwd=TC4bKbgWqQBlp423yDR3lZC8wuDPaf.1&omn=82911867322
Meeting ID: 422 105 0569
Passcode: author
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 18 – 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.