2026 Meeting Schedule
Every Thursday's Meetings start at 6 pm Mountain Time
Important: Meetings are in-person or on Zoom or both. Our in-person meetings are held at Glacier Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 1515 Trumble Creek Rd, Kalispell, MT 59901
Schedule subject to change due to inclement weather. We will update this page.
Due to inclement weather and other circumstances, the open readings are canceled tonight.
April 16 - Moderator Dixon Rice - critique and open readings
Your own prose aloud, someone else would gladly read for you. You are invited to our Open Readings at 6 pm at Glacier Unitarian Universalist Fellowship.
Plan to read up to 6 pages if there is a light crowd; otherwise, 2-3 pages, double-spaced with 1" margins.
If you have a few pages, you'd like input on, make about 8-10 copies to pass out, and bring them along. Plan to read up to 6 pages if there is a light crowd, otherwise 2-3 pages, double-spaced with 1" margins. If you're shy about reading aloud your own prose, someone else would be glad to read for you.
If you don't have anything to present, please come and share your enthusiasm & experience with the readers. We were all newbies at one time...
May 7 - Kathy unlocks her vault of writing resources handouts!
Time: 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
This is an in-person meeting only. Kathy is retiring from the credit side at FVCC (but will still teach Continuing Education classes), and she's got folders of writing resources. Join her for handouts galore! There will be cake.
May 14 - Speaker Series - Host Susan Purvis is interviewing author, pilot, and weatherman extraordinaire, Wayne Sands, Ph.D.
Zoom meeting from 6pm to 8pm Mountain Time
Speaker: Wayne Sands, Ph.D.
Title: Aviate, Navigate, and Communicate
Wayne is a Montana native. Having spent a lifetime as a pilot, weather researcher, and aviation weather consultant, Wayne has extensive experience in the world of weather and piloting an aircraft in adverse weather. This book describes some of the aviation weather-related experiences and lessons learned by Wayne throughout his career in an entertaining and educational way. These lessons will help pilots better understand the atmosphere we all live and work in, what to avoid, and why.
Join Zoom Meeting
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Meeting ID: 868 8374 8045
Passcode: 666671
May 21 - Moderator Dixon Rice - critique and open readings
Your own prose aloud, someone else would gladly read for you. You are invited to our Open Readings at 6 pm at Glacier Unitarian Universalist Fellowship.
Plan to read up to 6 pages if there is a light crowd; otherwise, 2-3 pages, double-spaced with 1" margins.
If you have a few pages, you'd like input on, make about 8-10 copies to pass out, and bring them along. Plan to read up to 6 pages if there is a light crowd, otherwise 2-3 pages, double-spaced with 1" margins. If you're shy about reading aloud your own prose, someone else would be glad to read for you.
If you don't have anything to present, please come and share your enthusiasm & experience with the readers. We were all newbies at one time...
June 4 - Kathy invites you to a hybrid meeting (in person or on zoom).
Topic: Plotting: 3 Acts and a Character with a Problem
Time: June 4, 2026 06:00 PM Mountain Time (US and Canada)
There’s so much information about plotting: critical scenes, plot points, character flaws that drive the plot, yada yada. Tonight we’ll make it easy to see the big picture!
We meet at the Unitarian church plus there’s a zoom option.
Join Zoom Meeting
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