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Authors of the Flathead

A non-profit organization of authors who provide community, education, encouragement and support to writers in the Flathead Valley of northwest Montana.
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06/10/2026

Join us this Thursday, June 11, 6:00-8:00pm MST, Zoom only!
Host Glenn Schiffman is interviewing author, creative writing teacher, and empowerment coach Bella Mahaya Carter on honesty in writing.

Bella is an author of an award-winning memoir, “Raw: My Journey from Anxiety to Joy,” and “Secrets of My Sex,” a collection of narrative poems. She has worked with hundreds of writers over the past eleven years and has degrees in literature, film production, and spiritual psychology. She teaches summer writing workshops at Scripps College in Claremont, California. Her poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, articles, and interviews have appeared in Mind, Body, Green; The Sun; Lilith; Fearless Soul; Writer’s Bone; Women Writers, Women’s Books; Chic Vegan; Bad Yogi Magazine; Jane Friedman’s Blog; Pick The Brain; Spiritual Medial Blog; Literary Mama; several anthologies, and elsewhere. Her most recent book is “Where Do You Hang Your Hammock: Finding Peace of Mind While You Write, Publish, and Promote Your Book.”
https://www.bellamahayacarter.com

For more info and Zoom login, head to https://www.authorsoftheflathead.org/schedule

06/04/2026

Join us tonight June 4, from 6:00-8:00pm MST for a workshop with Kathy Dunnehoff! It’s easy to get lost in all the formulas, demands, and possible machinations of plot, so come back to the basics of storytelling with “3 Acts, and a Character With a Problem.”

In person and on zoom! Details at www.authorsoftheflathead.org/schedule

05/28/2026

Join us tonight from 6-8:30 at Bias Brewing as we celebrate the talent of our local writers at our “Talking About My Generation” Award Ceremony!

Winners will be announced and showcased as well as a rapid fire haiku contest and other word games. We have had an outstanding amount of community participation. It is bound to be a night of great conversation and many laughs.

All proceeds go toward our fall conference.

05/25/2026

Join us for the “Talking About My Generation” writing contest award ceremony this Thursday May 28th, at the Bias Brewing Loft!

Thursday, May 28
6:00-8:30pm
Bias Brewing Loft
412 Main Street, Kalispell

If you missed the chance to submit your writing, there are still opportunities to share your talent. A live haiku contest will be held before three local celebrity judges:
Tony Edmundson- Flathead County Public Services Librarian
Kim Krueger- Artistic Director of Whitefish Theater Company
Halliday Quist- Local Singer/Songwriter

From AoF President:
The evening will be fun for writers and non-writers alike. It is a shining example of how much we can do when we come together. With three different teams of judges from the valley stepping in to read each category, there is already much to celebrate. Our sponsors and volunteers have provided a platform for artists’ voices and a room full of community members to laugh with.

There will be word games for any who want to participate and a showcase of our winners upon announcement. If you win an award but do not wish to read your piece out loud, no problem. We have ‘pinch hitters’ who can read for you.

There will also be beer and pizza. The suggested donation for this event is $20, the proceeds of which go toward housing our conference speakers this fall!

Authors of the Flathead would like to extend a warm thank you to:
Margery Fox- Planning Committee
Bias Brewing- Donating the Event Space and Food
Park Side Federal Credit Union- Gold Sponsor
Tony Edmundson- Planning and Poetry Team
Flathead County Libraries- Reading Team
Northwest Montana History Museum- Reading Team
Bookworks of Whitefish- Reading Team

05/11/2026

Join us (Zoom only!) Thursday May 14, 6:00-8:00pm MST. Host Susan Purvis is interviewing author, pilot, and weatherman extraordinaire, Wayne Sands, Ph.D., talking about his adventures and his book, “Aviate, Navigate, 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. His 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.

Info and Zoom login at www.authorsoftheflathead.org/schedule

04/22/2026

Hello friends! If you got our latest newsletter, you know we're having a contest! All the information is in the fliers below, or you can check them out at www.authorsoftheflathead.org .

If you have QUESTIONS, please use the contact form on our website!

So join in the fun for spring boost and some motivation, and send us your entries at [email protected]

04/16/2026

Bundle up and join us tonight, April 16th at 6:00pm for Open Readings!

Plan to read up to 6 pages (about 1500 words) 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. If you’re shy about reading 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!

04/09/2026

Join us Thursday April 9th, with host Glenn Schiffman, to discuss the writing life with author and poet, Leilani Squires.

Leilani has published two anthologies of veterans’ stories and has worked with Poets & Writers Magazine to sponsor storytelling evenings. She worked with Chapman College to sponsor a dramatic evening of read-aloud Veterans’ letters from vets in every war, from our Civil War to Afghanistan, including an original play based on one WWII vet’s letters. She conducts poetry classes on Zoom. She is a playwright working with EST (https://www.estlosangeles.org/) in Los Angeles.
Leilani’s website is https://www.returningsoldiersspeak.org/

This meeting is Zoom only, 6:00pm MST. Login details at https://www.authorsoftheflathead.org/schedule/

See you there!

03/04/2026

Happy March! We’re back with Kathy Dunnehoff this Thursday, sharing some writing exercises to help get your story in shape. Refresh, renew, build those writing muscles and get inspired! Thursday March 5, 6:00pm MST in person and on Zoom! Details at www.authorsoftheflathead.org/schedule

02/03/2026

You made it through January! Join us Thursday February 5th, in person and online, for Kathy Dunnehoff sharing “10 Ways to Engage Your Reader,” including wisdom from Mister Rogers, Pixar, and the… Ginsu Knife guy(..?)
That’s right!
Come kick your fiction up to the next level, 6:00-8:00pm MST. Location and Zoom details as always at www.authorsoftheflathead.org/schedule

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Kalispell, MT

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http://www.authorsoftheflathead.org/

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