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Writers need writers.

You don’t have to write alone. Poets & Writers Groups can help you find and join the community you need to be inspired, stay motivated, improve your writing, and get published. 

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    Updates on the BULLETIN BOARD

    Check out the bulletin board with groups to join and ways to connect with other members. Post your interests and find a group!

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    Join Weekly Write-Ins

    Become a member of “The Time Is Now” group, which features prompts from Poets & Writers’ long-standing weekly series. Write together every Monday in our weekly virtual event, meet other writers, and find new inspiration.

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    Find Writers Near You

    Explore the new Writer Profiles index to search for writers near you and message them to create a group. Be sure to enter your city and state in your profile to activate the pin on your private map. You may need to clear the fields and reenter your city and state to activate the map.

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A Tour of Poets & Writers Groups

Kevin Larimer, the editor in chief of Poets & Writers; Jessica Kashiwabara, the digital director; and Nicole Puglise, the online community coordinator, give a personal tour of the new networking and collaboration platform Poets & Writers Groups.

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    Heather Cunningham

    She/Her

    Glendale, CA
    United States

    Languages: English
    Genres: Autobiography/Memoir, Humor, Lyric Essay
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    Caroline Cottom

    She/Her

    Greensboro, NC
    United States

    Languages: English
    Genres: Poetry, Prose Poetry, Autobiography/Memoir, Nature/Environmental
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    Blue

    She/Her

    Austell , GA
    United States

    Genres: BIPOC Voices, LGBTQ Voices, Poetry
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    Anthony Hendricks - Poet, Writer

    He/Him

    Fitchburg, WI
    United States

    Languages: English
    Genres: Poetry, Religious/Spiritual, Fiction, Nature/Environmental

    • Explore inspiring writers groups

    With our recommendation engine, you can find groups that match your preferences and interests. Or, browse our entire list of groups to find the one that’s right for you. 

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    The Lion’s Lair- Playwrights

    The Lion’s Lair- A Space for Playwrights

    It takes courage to write. You’ve got to be brave to write a play, enter the metaphoric lion’s lair, and produce dramatic dialogue.  There is strength in community. Ideally, this group will meet biweekly on Saturdays at 11:00 am Eastern Standard Time to write...

    Location:

    Philadelphia, PA
    United States

    Languages: English
    Meets for: Manuscript reviews, Accountability, Generative writing, Discussion, Critique
    Playwriting
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    Making Time

    The time management struggle is real. Are you juggling eleventy billion things and need to give yourself permission to make time for writing? Would it help if you had someone else writing with you? Here's your chance! I'm looking to create a group filled with people who really want to write but live...

    Location:

    Waynesboro, VA
    United States

    Languages: English
    Meets for: Writing partners, Accountability, Encouragement
    Not Genre-Specific
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    Working Women Writers

    I would like a group of writing partners for accountability and support. I am currently focusing on flash fiction and creative nonfiction, but my goal is to write some longer fiction over the next year. I compete in competitions every few months and am starting to submit my work to magazines. I...

    Location:

    Surprise, AZ
    United States

    Languages: English
    Meets for: Writing partners, Accountability, Generative writing, Encouragement
    Creative Nonfiction Flash Fiction +1

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    Connect, share, and grow with a community of writers who nurture your creativity and passion.

  •  “Having the Poets & Writers name attached set a certain standard, which I wanted in searching for other writers.” 

    M. Tamara Cutler

  • “Thanks to Poets & Writers Groups, we were able to form a group centered on a rather niche topic and are grateful to Poets & Writers for connecting us.”

    R. Li

  • “Poets & Writers Groups is fantastic! I feel very lucky to have found my people, which would not have happened without Poets & Writers Groups.”

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    • Illustrations by Beth Goody.