The phrase "active writers" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to individuals who are currently engaged in writing, whether professionally or as a hobby.
Example: "The conference will feature discussions led by active writers in the field of contemporary literature."
Alternatives: "current authors" or "engaged writers".
"Many people who were active writers have not produced a word since apartheid ended," said Mr. Mda, whose first novel, "Ways of Dying," was published in 1995.
The New York Times Book Review derives much of its prestige through the contributions of active writers discussing the work of their contemporaries.
Quora tells me active writers get over 30,000 monthly views and 350,000 annual views.
Most of those people only write once or twice and then go away, but Helium has managed to cultivate a core of about 10,000 active writers.
Lindsey and the church's other minister, John Disney, became two of Johnson's most active writers.
While Valenzuela and Poniatowska were both active writers during, and in Poniatowska's case even before, the Boom period, Allende is considered "a product of the Boom".
He is also an active writer and journalist.
At the end of his life he was an occasional teacher, an active writer, and a lucid and enthusiastic conversationalist.
In a single chapter, Milton Friedman is described both as an active writer at Stanford University and, accurately, as deceased.
That's twice as many as Justice Samuel Alito, a conservative, like Thomas, and the next-most active writer on the court.
Rothstein was an active writer, researcher, and teacher, holding positions on the faculties of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, the School of Public Communications at Syracuse University, Mercy College, and Parsons School of Design.
