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    Book-in-Progress Group

    Hello, I'm working on a braided memoir about my work as a painter & painting professor. I'm interested in connecting with others who are also working on longer projects. I'm envisioning that we would meet on zoom every two weeks, share our in-progress work, and provide support and feedback for each...

    Location:

    New Haven, CT
    United States

    Languages: English
    Meets for: Critique, Discussion, Encouragement, Manuscript reviews
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    PNW Critique Partners

    Constructive Critique Partners

    Since my goal is to raise my work to publishable quality, I'm looking for a Critique Partner with whom I can exchange brutally honest critiques delivered in a kind, constructive, and respectful way. Together, we can aim to support the other writer in readying their work for submission to...

    Location:

    SEATTLE, WA
    United States

    Languages: English
    Meets for: Critique, Writing partners, Manuscript reviews, Submissions
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    Extending CNF

    One trend in memoir is to incorporate factual information on topics that are integral to the themes and events that occur in the work. For instance, a text about the writer's personal transformation after starting an organic garden in an urban housing project might share what the research/experts...

    Location:

    Albuquerque, NM
    United States

    Languages: English
    Meets for: Accountability partners, Discussion, Encouragement, Generative writing, Critique, Tips
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    LGBTQIA+ Creative Non-Fiction and Memoir

    I started this group to gather queer and trans folks working on creative nonfiction and memoir writing. I am three-quarters into writing a memoir, and I would love to have other folks working alongside me.

    This group meets every two weeks on Thursdays at 6pm EST. 

    Group agreements 
    1. We will dedicate...
    Location:

    New York, NY
    United States

    Languages: English
    Meets for: Workshop, Accountability, Encouragement, Manuscript reviews
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    CLOUDS ABOVE SEA

    PNW Critique Exchange

    We will support each other in producing Literary Fiction, Creative NonFiction, or Memoir and submitting our work for publication.

    Honest critiques that tend to be difficult to come by, given by careful readers aiming to give as good as they want to receive.

    Writers from any locale are welcome.

    Question...

    Location:

    Seattle, WA
    United States

    Languages: English
    Meets for: Critique, Accountability, Generative writing, Manuscript reviews
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    P&W Writers' Group

    Teaching Writers & Writing Teachers Group

    A Writing Group of Teaching Writers and Writing Teachers

    I’m a teaching writer and a writing teacher, both professions a labor of love which continuously feed each other.

    Having  co-edited two popular anthologies in contemporary short fiction (1999-present) and contemporary creative nonfiction  (2006...

    Location:

    El Paso, TX
    United States

    Languages: English, Spanish
    Meets for: Workshop
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    Brighton Beach_Labor Day Gathering 2022

    The Scrawl

    The Scrawl, founded in May 2021, meets every Sunday on Zoom at 6:30 PM ET for two hours. Current group size is six (6). We focus on creative non-fiction, and fiction. 

    We have one Pushcart nominee, a 2nd place in the Brooklyn Nonfiction Prize and a fiction writer who we helped complete her zero draft...

    Location:

    New York City, NY
    United States

    Languages: English
    Meets for: Critique, Workshop, Discussion, Tips
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