About us
Welcome to Amateur Writers of Long Island! We are a group of dedicated, aspiring writers who support each other in creating works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and other literary forms.
On the 1st Sunday of each month (barring holidays) we meet at our new location, the Huntington Arts Council gallery, beginning at 1 pm. Generally speaking, we meet again 2 weeks later on Zoom.
Newcomers are welcome! Reading is not mandatory. In each meeting (both live and online), we’ll read excerpts from our work and receive verbal and written feedback from other members. The word limit is still 1800- less is more! All group feedback and reader comments should be about the actual writing of the piece, not its subject matter. In addition, the reader and group members should focus on the excerpt in front of them, rather than additional scenes and chapters not being read that day.
For in-person meetings, please bring enough hard copies of your work for others to read along with you and write comments. There will be a sign-in sheet at each meeting (arrive early to read early). All copies will be returned to readers. For our Zoom events, please use Word or a similar format so that you can share your screen with everyone.
The group’s Co-Organizers are Margaret Sargent and Allan Hunter. Both are long-term members of Amateur Writers.
That’s it. Let’s meet!
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AmWriters on Zoom, Sunday, November 15th, rsvp on FMCALICO! read instrux
·OnlineOnlineTo attend Amateur Writers 11.15.26 on Zoom, please rsvp on fmcalico (click through)
Allan Hunter and Margaret Sargent invite you to the next Amateur Writers meeting. On Sunday November 15th at 1 PM, we'll be meeting via Zoom again!
To receive the Zoom invitation: if we have your email address, you'll automatically receive the link. But if we don't, please be aware that RSVP'ing for it on Meetup is only the first step towards getting an invitation— we also need your email address!
If you aren't sure, please register for it here. (Again: RSVP'ing to it via Meetup will not give us your contact info. Please do click through).
New and returning members are all welcome; you are invited to read an 1800-word (or less) selection of your writing and get other writers' feedback, but bringing a selection is not required.Ideally, you should have your document readily available on your Zoom device (laptop, phone or computer) so that you can share your screen with the group as you read.
Please try to log in on time. We want to start promptly at 1 PM so that everyone gets an opportunity to read and receive feedback.
If you have any questions, please post a question here or send a message to Allan Hunter or Margaret Sargent, your co-moderators. You can also send an email: ahunter3@earthlink.net — I'll get back to you shortly.
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