HILLSBOROUGH

Group Leader: Eileen Goldenberg
Meeting Info: 9:45-11:45am monthly at Starbucks at International Plaza in Tampa.
Members in Group: 5
Open to New Members? Yes.
Focus: all genres from PB to YA

YBOR ROUGH WRITERS (South Tampa Bay Critique Group)

Group Leader: Todd Latoski
Meeting Info: currently online only - as we grow, we will establish a meeting time and place
Members in Group: Currently, 2
Open to New Members? Yes.
Please feel free to contact us, as we are looking for more members.
Focus: Children's and young adult works, our purpose is to help our group members improve their writing skills and technique through workshops and critiques.
Contact group leader for specific guidelines.

EAST HILLSBOROUGH (Tampa Bay)

Group Leader: Eugene Orlando
Meeting Info: 7 to 9 p.m., the first and third Tuesday of each month
at the Barnes and Noble in the Westfield Mall on Brandon Boulevard at 122 Brandon Towne Center Drive, Brandon, FL 33511.
Members in Group: 9
Open to New Members? Yes.
We are divided into sub-groups:
1) Picture book/early reader/chapter book; and 2) Middle Grade/YA — split pretty much down the middle. 
There is room in both sub-groups.
Focus: All ages. Contact group leader for specific guidelines.
 

NORTHWEST HILLSBOROUGH

Group Leader: Sue LaNeve
Meeting Info: New Group Forming
Open to New Members? Yes, all genres.

PB&J: The Picture Books and Java Critique Group (Tampa Bay)

Group Leader: Rob Sanders
Meeting Info: 6:30-8:30 p.m., the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month at the Barnes & Noble on N. Dale Mabry, Tampa, FL (between I-275 and Kennedy Blvd.).
Our location allows us to draw members from both sides of the bay.
Members in Group: 6 
Open to New Members? Yes, but we ask interested persons to complete a questionnaire which our group reviews before extending an invitation to join.
Focus: Children's picture books

Contact :Rob Sanders for more information and group guidelines. 

 

On the Brink: Children's Novel Writers Critique Group

 Co-leaders - Cheryl Mansfield and Susan Banghart
 Meeting- 11 A.M. - 1 P.M. every other Sunday (first date in 2011 is Jan. 9) at Borders cafe, 12500 N. Dale Mabry Hi., Tampa.
Members - 3 current (5 is our limit)
Open to new members - Yes, but we request a writing sample.
Focus -  Commited MG and YA novel writers on the brink of publication. Queries and synopses welcome, and we don't mind an occasional short story.