Our Meetings

Join us Saturday, April 19th from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm at the Devonshire Senior Center​​, 2802 E. Devonshire Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona 85016, for artist and author Kathy Can Murillo.

Join us Saturday, March 15, from 10 a.m.–12 p.m. for a panel of three long-time PWC members and successful authors. Click for more details!

Join us Saturday, February 15, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at the Devonshire Senior Center​​, 2802 E. Devonshire Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona 85016, for poet and author Janna Lopez. Click to learn more and how to RSVP!

Saturday, January 18, 2025, we welcome Debe Branning, author of several books that feature tales of historic/haunted places in Arizona. She will share her method of gathering facts and information about potential stories and their haunted locations. Her talk will also focus on the spooky tales of the 1920’s in celebration of our centennial in 2026! Be ready for some real haunted tales from a real-life paranormal investigator!

It’s time for our annual holiday party and salon! Join us on Saturday, December 21st at Devonshire Senior Center. Read on to learn more!

This month join us at our *new* time, 10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m., and at our *new* place, Devonshire Senior Center​​, 2802 E. Devonshire Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona 85016, for speaker Danielle Hampson who will be speaking on leveraging three powerful marketing tools for writers. Cost is $10 members, $15 guests. Read on to learn more!

This month join us at our *new* time, 10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m., and at our *new* place, Devonshire Senior Center​​, 2802 E. Devonshire Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona 85016, for speaker Sudha Balagopal who will be speaking on flash fiction. Cost is $10 members, $15 guests. Read on to learn more!

Saturday, June 15 at 12 p.m. we welcome author Louise J. Privette to speak on memoir writing. Join us at a *NEW* lunch spot: Scott’s Generations 742 E Glendale Ave #142, Phoenix, AZ 85020. $25 Members/$30 Guests for lunch, non-alc bev, tax, tip & speaker fee. Visit the Meetings page to RSVP today!

Join us Saturday, May 18, for speaker Randy “Sherpa” Brown, freelance editor, writer, publisher, and poet. 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. at Gallagher’s Sports Grill in Phoenix. Lunch & nonalcoholic beverage $25 members, $30 guests. RSVP on our Meetings page. All welcome!

This month, for National Poetry Month, we welcome poet Christy White. Join us Saturday, April 20, 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. at Gallagher’s Sports Grill in Phoenix. Lunch & drink $25 members, $30 guests. RSVP on our Meetings page. All welcome!

*HYBRID*
Saturday, March 16, In-Person 12:00p.m.–2pm at Gallagher’s; Virtual 12:30p.m.–2 p.m. on Zoom. We welcome award-winning community leader and best-selling author Elena Thornton. Learn more #ontheblog. RSVP on our main Meetings Page.

*HYBRID*
Saturday, Feb 17, In-Person 12:00p.m.–2pm at Gallagher’s; Virtual 12:30p.m.–2 p.m. on Zoom. We welcome multi-award-winning author, Stella Pope Duarte. Learn more #ontheblog. RSVP on our main Meetings Page.

*HYBRID MEETING*
Saturday, Jan 20, In-Person 12:30 p.m.–2pm at Gallagher’s; Virtual 1:00–2 p.m. on Zoom we welcome Ryder Lyne back for her second visit to expand on the content she offered in November 2023. Learn more #ontheblog. RSVP on our main Meetings Page.

*IN-PERSON MEETING*
It’s time for our annual holiday party and salon! Read on for all the details of this fun and festive event.

*HYBRID MEETING*
Join us Saturday, Nov 18, virtually or in-person, at Gallagher’s in Phoenix, 12:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m. (in-person); 12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. (virtually), for Ryder Lyne, who will be speaking on The Business of Authorship: Trends & Analytics. RSVP on our Meetings page. Learn more about Ryder #ontheblog

*HYBRID MEETING*
Join us Sept 16th as we meet in-person and online, doing our best to offer members and guests a hybrid option so all can attend as they like. We look forward to our featured speaker, Sudha Balagopal. Read on to learn more!

We’re taking a summer break! Read on to learn more.

*HYBRID MEETING*
Join us on June 17th for our first hybrid meeting featuring Betty Webb, bestselling author of the Lena Jones mystery series and the Gunn Zoo mysteries. With over 40 years of writing experience, Betty shares her writing philosophy and insights into navigating the publishing world. Learn more about our speaker and how to RSVP for the meeting on today’s post.

Join us on May 20 via Zoom when Christie Cox takes us through how her journey with her illness brought her to write, publish, and promote her book through self-publishing. Visit our Meetings Page on how to RSVP and get your Zoom link.

Join us Saturday, March 18 at 12:30pm via Zoom for our speaker poet Jack Crocker. RSVP via our Meetings Page.

This month we welcome Jared Kuritz, the Managing Director of Mimbres Press of Western New Mexico University, who will speak on the State of the Publishing Industry. Join us Saturday, Feb 18 at 12:30pm via Zoom. To RSVP visit our Meetings page.

Join us as we welcome Katie Sarah Zale on Saturday, Jan 21 at 12:30pm via Zoom. Katie will share with us the beauty of poetry in all writing as well as her publishing journey and poems from her recently released chapbook.