Poets & Writers Groups
Welcome to Poets & Writers Groups! Ready to connect, communicate, and collaborate with a new community of writers? Browse the list or use the filters below to find a writers group that is the perfect fit for you and your work. If you see one you’d like to join, click on “Create a Profile” in the menu bar above or log in if you’ve already created a profile. Once logged in, you’ll be able to click on the vertical ellipses menu that will appear to the right of the group name to request membership. To see groups to which you already belong, click on the “My Groups” button in the menu bar above. Or, if you’d like to create your own group, click on the “Create a Group” button.
Writing Group
Northeast Ohio
The Diogenes Writing Club
The Diogenes Writing Club
(The writing club for writers who hate writing clubs.)
https://sites.google.com/view/thediogene...
Meeting silently Tuesdays at 8pm pacific.
Pomodoro sprints.
Microphones off always.
Cameras optional.
No chat.
Sacramento Writers
Are you a writer living in or near Sacramento, California? I would like to form an in-person group that meets somewhere in the Sacramento area (I am located some distance east of downtown). I envision a group of serious, published writers who want to read about and discuss the craft of writing, share knowledge and experience about submitting work for publication, and most of all, to exchange works-in-progress and give each other constructive feedback—in other words, a true writing workshop. I have extensive workshop experience, and I appreciate a workshop context that is both structured and flexible. I am interested in working with writers of literary fiction and narrative nonfiction. This does not rule out any and all genre writing - I am open to crime fiction, for example - but I do want to rule out speculative fiction, fantasy, sci fi, etc.—I simply have no interest or aptitude in these genres, and therefore I have nothing to offer such writers. As for publication experience, I would prefer not to work with self-published authors—no shade on those who choose to self-publish, but I am on a different pathway and am looking to learn from writers who are similarly pursuing traditional publication (I am, however, very interested in small independent book publishing and innovative literary magazines). I would also prefer to work with writers who were born in the previous century.
Periplum, Group for the Long Poem
This is a group for anyone writing poetry way too long to ever be published by a journal or magazine. Our definition of long will be simply: however long is too long. But, I would like the focus to be on purposefully long works: book-length, epics, cycles, or whatever rdiculous project that has gotten out of control.
Writers working in any style, any form of experiment, any skill level are all welcome.
I'd like this group to help connect likeminded writers working in this particular type of (expansive) poetry. Inspire one another, share resources, discuss. Perhaps some of our work can be published together at https://meletelit.wordpress.com/
I am not a very good leader, so I'd rather the group shape itself based on the members.
We Write In NW Phoenix
This group is for persons with some publishing success, be it short stories in literary magazines, short story collections, or novels. And who are currently at work on a project. The idea of the group is to critique, support, and encourage. To do this members need to be able to participate on a regular basis (twice a month).
No poets, memoirists, or beginning writers.
Yorkville Poets NYC
I want to start an informal in person poetry group on NYCS's upper east side. The goal is to read and discuss great poetry, and our own work as well. I studied poetry at City College and completed an MA degree in Creative Writing, but haven't been in a group in a while, although I still write.
Encouragement, motivation, learning and maybe doing readings or publishing are the goal. Meet 2 x a month, preferably weekedays during the day, at a location tbd- local coffee shop, bookstore or library. OPEN to any and all ideas! Email me if you are interested!
If I can get two or more interested people I will arrange a first meeting.
Post-MFA Poets
Welcome to Post-MFA Poets! This is a place where poets can convene to workshop poems, talk craft, and discuss submission opportunities. We will meet once or twice a month depending on interest and availability. Please apply if you have an MFA in poetry.
Poets lacking an MFA.
Hello, my name is Jayy. I am a writer from WV, who mainly writes poetry. My strengths as a writer are passion, creativity, and an almost handicapping hunger for poetry. I am published and continue to submit poetry daily to whichever magazines/publishers I can find. My favorite writers are Edgar Allan Poe, Walt Whitman, Jim Carroll, Chris Bursk, Charles Bukowski, John Bugowski, Allen Ginsburg, Pablo Neruda, and many more I am forgetting to name.
My desire for this group is to be a geyser of poetical and literary conversation and practice. I want us to overflow with verse and experiment with words in a way that hasn't really been done since the Beat movement. The words are difficult for me to find to properly describe, I want us to be the group that settles the trash heap, cleaning away the debris, only to move in and dump what we believe as a group/school of poetry to be.
My goals with writing are 1. to one day in the near future create, run, maintain, and globally distribute a literary magazine. 2. To write amazing poetry that attracts the attention of the general public. 3. To champion poetry wherever I can.
I sincerely hope whoever reads this will reach out and join me, as we tramp a journey into the infinite fields of creativity.
Hot Girls Writing
howdy ladies!!!
come hang for an hour or two at a local coffee shop after work. we will be sharing our writing, practicing with some prompts, and proposing a book of the month to read! we are so excited to get this community up and running and see where this takes us. let's get writing!
xx hotgirlswriting
instagram: @hotgirlswriting
tiktok: @hotgirlswriting
The Writers
The Writers—a forum for the critique of members’ fiction, nonfiction and poetry—was founded in the Chicago area almost 70 years ago.
The group meets twice a month, alternating peer-led discussions with sessions directed by a writing professional or university professor who lead the discussion and provide participants with a detailed written critique. Each member is guaranteed at least two opportunities per year to have a manuscript of up to 20 pages discussed for an hour and critiqued by these distinguished authors and teachers. Annual dues of $325 are assessed to provide an honorarium for moderators.
Current and former members have edited and authored books, been published in international and national journals, taught in MFA programs, and received writing awards.
Until 2020 we met weekly in Glencoe, IL, with members from Chicago and its suburbs. Now we meet via Zoom, and are exploring opportunities to hold hybrid meetings.
We currently have 12 members, and meet biweekly on Wednesdays, 10 am-12:15 pm Central Time, from September through May. The number of sessions will increase as needed.
Interested writers are invited to submit a manuscript of up to twenty pages and a cover letter describing their writing history for review by our Manuscript Committee. These documents should be sent as email attachments to The Writers Web Manager at manager@the-writers.org.