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BOCA RATON

Group Leader: Adriane Pirro
Meeting Info: Meets on the first Wednesday of each month from 6:30 'til store closes,
at the Borders on Glades Road and 441
Members in Group: 7-9
Open to New Members? No.
Focus:
All genres including illustrators

BOYNTON BEACH (formerly Greenacres)

Group Leader: Estelle Feldman and Joe Digilio
Meeting Info: Meets on the second Monday of every month from 6:00-8:00 p.m. at the West Boynton Beach Branch Library, located on the west side of Jog Road just north of Boynton Beach Blvd.
Link to directions:
http://www.pbclibrary.org/branch-wbb.htm
If you have questions, please do not call the West Boynton Beach Library.
Email Estelle or Joe at the address above.
Members in Group: 8-10
Open to New Members? Yes.
Focus:
Anything from picture books through young adult fiction.
Bring a complete picture book manuscript, a chapter of a middle-grade or
YA . If possible, make 3 -4- copies of what you will be reading.




PALM BEACH GARDENS

Group Leader: Linda Marlow, or Donna Gephart
Meeting Info: Meets on the 4th Wednesday of each month at the North County Regional Library in Palm Beach Gardens, 11303 Campus Drive, frm 6:30-8:45 PM
Members in Group: 10-12
Open to New Members? Yes.
Focus: Our group is for any serious writer of children's fiction from PB to YA.
We share market info and critique one another's writing during the meeting.




WEST PALM BEACH (SCBWI)

Group Leader: Sylvia Andrews
Meeting Info: Monthly meeting on second Saturday, 9:30 AM-12:30 PM,
Palm Springs Library, 217 Cypress Lane, Palm Springs.
Members in Group:18 published and non-published writers, writing for
children only, SCBWI membership encouraged but not essential,
YA, MG, PB, Non-F, Magazine, Poetry, and Illustration.
Open to New Members? Yes, but please e-mail the group leader
at the above link to get our group guidelines before attending for the first time.
Focus: We critique each other's work, exchange publishing information,
celebrate good news, and discuss writing or illustration issues.

WELLINGTON WRITERS GROUP

Group Leader: David Case or Stacie Ramey
Meeting Info: Meets on the 4th Saturday of each month at the Wellington Branch Library in Wellington, FL
From 2:00 to 4:45 PM.
Members in Group: 10-12
Open to New Members? Yes.
Focus: Our group is for any serious writer of children's fiction.SCBWI membership encouraged but not essential,
YA, MG, PB, Non-F, Magazine, Poetry, and Illustration.
We share market info and critique one another's writing during the meeting.

If you have questions, please do not call the Wellington Branch Library. Email David or Stacie at the address above.
Bring a complete picture book manuscript, a chapter of a middle-grade or YA novel, or two to three sample illustrations for critiquing.
Email for guidelines.
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