AVENTURA

Group Leader: Stacy Davids
Meeting Info: Meets first Monday of the month at Borders Bookstore,
19925 Biscayne Blvd, Aventura, 7-9:30 pm
Members in Group: 6-8
Open to New Members? Yes.
Focus: to polish our manuscripts before submitting for publication



CORAL GABLES

Group Leader: Ruth Vander Zee, co-leader Meribeth Shank
Meeting Info: This group meets twice a month on Wednesday nights from 7-9 PM at Books and Books, 265 Aragon Avenue
Members in Group: 4
Open to New Members? ) Small group. Open for discussion.
Focus: Picture book writers dedicated to getting published and open to critique. All participants are asked to follow guidelines of the group.
Email for guidelines.




CORAL GABLES SPANISH

Group Leader: Aida Marcuse.
Contact: amarcuse@bellsouth.net (Critique Group Leader)
Meeting Info:This group meets twice a month on Wednesday nights from 7-9 PM at Books and Books, 265 Aragon Avenue
Members in Group: 4-6 regulars
Open to New Members? Yes, to anyone interested in writing picture books
Focus: Picture book writers dedicated to getting published and open to critique.
All participants are asked to follow guidelines of the group.
Email mamazeewrites@aol.com for guidelines.




MIAMI

Group Leader: Linda Rodriguez Bernfeld
Meeting Info: This group meets every Tuesday, from 7:30-9:30 PM at
Borders Bookstore in Pinecrest, 9205 South Dixie Highway.
Members in Group: 20 (10 active members), some published,
SCBWI and non-SCBWI
Open to New Members? OPEN
Not for beginners who have never written or taken any writing classes
Focus: to help each other become better writers and to get published, marketing, promoting local authors and illustrators, YA, MG, PB, Non-F, Magazine, Poetry, writing for children only