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Saturday, May 17, 2008

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List of Current OWFI Affiliates

Ada Writers
Club Contact: Arlene Howell, dragonrun@wilnet1.com

Arkansas Ridge Writers
Club Contact: Dusty Richards, President
The Ridge Writers offer several groups for writers and is affiliated with other groups. For more information about each of the following groups, contact Dusty. Note: some of these groups may not be open to new members.

Group

Day

Time

Location

Northwest Arkansas Fiction Writers Workshop

Every Thursday Night

6:15 pm - 8:30 pm

Sequoyah United Methodist Church, 1910 Old Wire Road, Fayetteville, AR

Ozarks Writers League (OWLS)

Quarterly, the third Saturday in February, May, August, & November

8:30 am - 3:00 pm

Plaster Auditorium, College of the Ozarks, Point Lookout, MO (Off US Hwy 65, south of Branson)

Northwest Arkansas Christian Writers Workshop

First and third Mondays

7:00 pm

Jones Center, Springdale, AR

River Valley Writers

Contact Dusty for info

Contact Dusty for info

Fort Smith Public Library, Fort Smith, AR

Bartlesville Word Weavers
Club contact: Risdon Hankinson at rwhankin@swbell.net

Central Oklahoma Roundatable of Authors (Fiction Writers/CORA)
Club contact: Linda Shelby
Website: Community Writer Guild of NW Arkansas
Club contact: Marilyn Collions

Cuchara Writers Guild
Club contact: Frank Steele the.steeles@verizon.net
When: This is a small affiliate based out of Texas that holds a few unstructured meetings a year.
Where: One meeting is held in Colorado, a few are held in Texas, and one is held at the conference in May.

Enid Writers Club
Club contact: Barbie Mardis bjms@cox.net
When: First Thursday of each month at 6:30pm September-April
Where: Cherokee Strip Conference Center, downtown Enid, OK

Freelance Writers Network
Club contact: Michael Bumagin at drmike9151@aol.com or Olyve Abbot bronte212@yahoo.comor Sharon Koons mskoons@grandsavingsbank.com
When: Fourth Tuesday of the month from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Where: Grove Community Center

Green Country Ruff Riters
Club contact: Paula Gorgas, Reporter
Website: joyw@csweb.net
When: Every Monday from noon to 2pm
Where: Stanley Tubbs Memorial Library in Sallisaw. Ocassionally our meetings are rescheduled to other locations (usually a member's home or The Ole South Restaurant) if the library meeting room is not available. This would include holidays when the library is closed and ourmembers wish to meet anyway, or if the library has scheduled a book sale which takes over the meeting room where we conduct our meeting/workshop.

Kansas City Writers Group
Club contact: Carolyn Hall
When: We meet for two, 10-week semesters, once in the spring and again in the Fall. Meetings start at 10:15am and last until noon. Our spring semester begins in March. The fall semester usually starts the third week of September.
Where: 6000 Lamar in Mission, Kansas

Kansas Writers Association
Club contact: Arlene Rains Graber, promotions manager, KWA (316)684-3029
Website: Kansas Writers Association
When: Third Saturday of each month from 1:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Where: Rockwell Library, 5939 E. 9th Street, Wichita, KS

Lone Star Nightwriters
Club contact: Dan Case at dan@dancase.com

McAlester McSherry Writers
Club contact: Tammy Hinton at okcwriters@aol.com
When: Second Tuesday, September to June, from 7pm-9pm
Where: Rose State College, Tom Steed Building, Midwest City

Muskogee Writers Guild
Club contact: Barbara Clouse at blclouse@intellex.com
When: First monday of each month at 7pm
Where: Muskogee Public Library

Norman Galaxy of Writers
Club contact: Judith Evans at spirithealer2003@aol.com
Where: Norman Public Library. First Saturday of the Month. See Norman Transcript for other locations when we can't get the Library.
When: Friday Writers meets every Friday, September through May, from 10am to noon, at the Senior Center, corner of Symmes and Peters, 3 blocks south of Main on Peters Street, Norman.

Oklahoma City Writers, Inc. (OCWI)
Club contact: Marcia Preston at bylinemp@aol.com
Website: Oklahoma City Writers
When: Third Saturday, September through May, 10am
Where: Meinders Business School-OCU, located between NW 25th and NW 27th streets on N. McKinley, Oklahoma City, OK
Come early for coffee, doughnuts, and networking at 945am
Speciality workshops are scheduled for the summer months

Oklahoma Mystery Writers

Oklahoma Write Now
Club contact: Chalise Miner
When: Twenty Wednesday mornings each year from 9:15am to 11am
Where: Village library on Pennsylvania Ave.

Ol' Tascosa Word Slingers
Club contact: Phyliss Miranda, president
When: Thursdays at 6pm
Where: Books and Beans on Route 66 in Old San Jacinto

Pen & Keyboard Club contact: Vivian Zabel at vzabel@writing.com
Website: http://4rvpublishingllc.com/Pen_keyboard.html
When: Meets 3rd Saturday of the month
Where: Edmond Library, 10 S. Boulevard, Conference Room D

Pioneer Writers' Guild
Club contact: Lillian Stinnett at lpstinnett@sbcglobal.net<.a>
When: 9:00am to Noon, Wednesday mornings
Where: 3601 Stinnett Place, Guthrie, OK

Professional & Amateur Writers' Society
Club contact: Randa Phillips at rphlps2000@yahoo.com
Website: http://members.tripod.com/PAWS_writing
When: Third Monday at 7pm
Where: St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church Annex, Jim Thorpe Boulevard, Prague, OK (go to website for map. Church also known as National Shrine of the Infant Jesus of Prague.

Red River Writers
Club contact: Kathy Ballard at kball5610@aol.com
When: Second Thursday, September through May, 130pm
Where: Robert L. Williams library, Durant, OK

Romance Ink
Club contact: Christy Jenkins at jenkins4204@aol.com
When: Second Saturday, 1pm
Where: Luby's Cafeteria in Crossroads Mall, I-35 at I-240 in Oklahoma City
Come early (noon) for lunch

Stillwater Writers
Club contact: Mary Ellen Cooper
Website: Stillwater Writers
When: Third Saturday
Where: Stillwater at the Citizen's State Bank, corner of 6th Street and Country Club road

Southern Oklahoma Writers Guild

The Inklings
Club contact: Sonia Gensler at soniagensler@mac.com
When: Third Thursday of every month at 6pm
Where: In private homes of members from Edmond
Note: This affiliate is not accepting new member at this time

The Write Ingredients
Club contact: Jonna Smith (jk.2writers@gmail.com)
Website:
www.writeingredients.com
When: Mondays at 7pm when (when store is open)
Where: Barnes and Noble, The Woodlands, TX.
An open forum writers' workshop; First Modays "Cuss and Discuss" and last Mondays "contest night" with either flash fiction smackdown or page turner. Spotlight Speaker program brings in guest speakers. No cost for membership.

Tulsa Nightwriters
Club contact: Carla Stewart at carla.stewart@sbcglobal.net or Romney Nesbitt
Website: http://www.nightwriters.org
When: Third Tuesday, except December at 7pm
Where: Martin Regional Library, 2601 S.Garnett Road, in Tulsa

Virtual Writers
Club contact: Deborah Bouziden
Website: Virtual Writers

Web Writing Women
Club contact: Gloria Harchar at gharchar@gmail.com or Pamela Morgan pamelamorgan@cox.net
Website: Web Writing Women
When: No set date or time. Contact Gloria or check out their website for more information
Where: Online using Yahoo! groups

Wichita Falls Creative Writers

Word Warriors
Club contact: Chandra Smotherman at c_smotherman@yahoo.com
Website: Word Warriors
When: As Scheduled
Where: Online

Writers of the Purple Sage
Club contact: Sue McMurphy at sc_mcmurphy@cox.net
When: Last Friday of the month at 730pm
Where: Hospitality Room, OG&E, 209 Ninth Street, Woodward, OK

     

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Affiliate members are those OWFI members who belong to an Affiliate group of OWFI. The annual membership fee for an Affiliate member is $20.00.

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Interested in Creating a New OWFI Affiliate?

If you would like information about starting a new OWFI affiliate (chartering a new club), access forms and information found at OWFI Affiliate Application Packet and Information. If you have additional questions, then contact the OWFI President.

If you prefer not to join an affiliate but want to join OWFI, (you'll be signing up as a Member-At-Large--MAL), access the membership application form found at OWFI Membership Form. If you still have questions, please contact the OWFI Treasurer.

     
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