SCBWI Florida


CLEARWATER

Group Leaders: Penny Taub and Karleen Tauszik
Call for directions, meeting dates or information – Penny at 727-474-5047 or Karleen at 727-543-4158.
Meeting Info: Group meetings are every other Monday from 7 PM to 8:45 PM in the campus library at St. Petersburg College, 2465 Drew St., Clearwater, FL.
Members: Members are serious writers for children, striving for publication. Our focus is on critiquing any work for children: fiction or non-fiction, from picture books to young adult. Members should have new work ready for each meeting.
Open to New Members? Yes. We are a new group, seeking to grow to 5 or 6 members.

OLDSMAR

Group Leader: Karen Bachman Palumbo
Meeting Info: Meets bi-monthly from 5:30 to 8:30 pm in private home in Oldsmar.
Members in Group: 5
Open to New Members? Not at this time.
Focus: To critique manuscripts (PB, MG and YA) while assisting each other as we all move toward publication.

Tampa-International Mall

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

SCBWI of Pinellas

Group Leader: Gail Lenhard
Meeting Info: West St. Petersburg Community Library located at: 6700 8th Ave. North, St. Petersburg, FL 341-7199,
4th Saturday of month from 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm.
Open to New Members? Yes.
Please contact Gail Lenhard, gail@GlennsMG.co, (727) 521-9890 or (727) 822-5118.



St. Petersburg - Harborside

Group Leader: Theodora Aggeles
Meeting Info: Every other Monday, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 at The Harborside Marina.
Members in Group: The group is a mix of published adult and children's fiction and nonfiction writers and one writer/illustrator. The group is currently closed, but will welcome writers when a slot opens.
Open to New Members? No, but this may change
Focus: We hope to help each other through critiquing each other's work by sharing support, feedback on manuscripts, and offering a forum to read our ongoing writing as we work toward publishing picture books, middle-grade readers and YA novels.