Welcome

Objectives:   To study methods of writing and research,
                      To develop our talents as writers,
                      To promote interest in writing, and
                      To encourage our fellow writers at all times

The Abilene Writers Guild turned 56 in May 2025!  

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We look forward to seeing you at our future meetings!  AWG desires to present interesting, informative, fun meetings where anyone can learn more about writing.   

While AWG operates on a limited budget, our speakers receive a small honorarium and a one-year membership.  We also have specific monthly meeting dates and times for which speakers must be available.

​Visitors are always welcome!

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Abilene Writers Guild Page

​​​​​2025 Programs:​

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​October 23, 2025 7 pm - Mark Young is a member of the Mesquite Storytellers of Abilene.  Be with us as he shares some stories: one fictional; one fractured fairytale and one actual occurrence. Can you tell which is which?

Meredith Wilson is a Liar

BB Wolfe, Rancher Extraordinaire

I'll be Gnomed for Christmas

(YOWSA, if time and audience allows)

Born in Stephenville, Mark grew up in the Texas Panhandle, graduating from Canyon HS then attending Amarillo College and West Texas State. After a 16-year sabbatical, he finished his degree at ACU. He has been a machinist, a mayor, a bi-vocational minister, a grant writer, Exec. Dir. of Boys & Girls Club of Abilene for 19 years and is now Regional Director for BCFS HHS. He and wife, Twyla, have six children; their four granddaughters all love a good story.

Initially he exclusively wrote stories, but a member of Mesquite Storytellers invited him to TELL stories, so he has been honing his craft ever since!

November 20, 2025 (NOTE: 3rd Thursday)

Members and guests are invited to read some of their writing.  three minutes each are allowed and you may read more than one piece of writing if time allows.  Come enjoy this fun evening of sharing. 

**Grant Boone was scheduled to speak to us in October, but alas, work comes before pleasure in his case.  He'll be back on the list as soon as possible with his program:  "No Mulligans: Writing with My Mouth and Mic  Wide Open" 

Grant Boone's degree in journalism and mass communication with a minor in public policy more than qualifies him for explaining all that to us! He has been living his lifelong dream of being a play-by-play sportscaster for more than 40 years.  He began with beer-league softball games before he was legal drinking age.  He has called games of all kinds for media outlets big and small on TV, radio, and online.  

You may know him currently as the voice of ACU Athletics (since 2008).  For a quarter century, he has covered golf for NBC Sports, CBS, Sports, ESPN, Turner and the PGA Tour.  This year, he won an Emmy Award for his work on the Olympic Games in Paris.

He and his wife of 33 years (Amy) have three grown children and two growing granddaughters.  Abilene has been home since 2000. 

Monthly Meetings

WHEN:

Every 4th Thursday at 7:00 P.M.

   Except--3rd Thursday in Nov.  March Workshop on Saturday!

   No meeting in December.

Rose Park Senior Center
Classroom B
2625 South 7th
Abilene, Texas 79605

          Visitors Welcome!