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: Our Critique Group meets once a month on Saturdays, from 10 to 12 AM sharp. Please check with the group leader to find out what Saturday it will be for the upcoming month, since it tends to change. All of our members, are bilingual, and we can work in either language, Spanish and English.
Members in Group: 8 to 9
Open to New Members? Please check about availability before deciding to join us, since space is limited.
Focus: The manuscripts we discuss are short stories, poems, chapters of YA novels, and plays.




MIAMI

Group Leader: Linda Rodriguez Bernfeld
Meeting Info: This group meets every Wednesday, from 7-9:30 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