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Each meeting is anchored by a poem from an established poet, offered as inspiration, or a lens (or just for your reading pleasure), read before we meet synchronously for a critique of our own poems.

Participants can upload their poems to the group folder the day before the meeting. While meeting...

A small writing group for serious writers interested in independent thought, language and pleasure. NOT for those who have picked up writing as retirees nor studied/worked /read deeply in literature. Any genre is welcome, it is your writing, focus and ability to give and receive that matter. 

We will...

The purpose of this group is to explore the relationship between art and poetry. If your writing is more prose-oriented (i.e no line breaks), that is also acceptable.

I'm looking for and therefore creating a group of female-identified (all inclusive) or nonbinary folks (like me) (any race, religion, orientation, ability, ethnicity, etc) who want to critique each other's work in a supportive manner. I have run several writing groups and critique groups (on and off...

A haibun is a prose poem that ends in a haiku. The purpose of this workshop is to learn the craft of haibun and encourage their practice.

This group is currently full. 

Women age 50 and above who are serious about their writing but not themselves. We are not invisible! Let's meet to encourage, inspire, hold each accountable, and get published.

North Jersey Sapphic Writers aims to provide a safe space for generative writing, discussion, accountability, and most importantly COMMUNITY for sapphic writers living in north NJ. While here we specifically pay attention to the wlw experience, all are welcome to join, make new friends, and dive...

This New York City area group preferably is to meet in person; open to writers 40+ in a "salon"-like environment — to share our work informally ( works first can be shared via email brought to the salon for discussion, whether live or Zoom). 

Open to both prose writers and poets. Ideally, monthly one...

I'm hoping to build a group of poets interested in working toward publication. Ideally, this group would exchange new or newly revised work every two weeks and share feedback monthly. I'm looking for group members who:

• value accountability and deadlines
• have experience in a workshop setting
• have been...

This is a reworking of an old group. The purpose of Persona Poetry is to inhabit the skin of the other--that is, those who are not us. For those who do not know what persona poetry looks like, I will give you a poem below:

The Simpsons as Told By Lisa

I wake up, and the horrible thunder

of morning...

Poetry 202 follows Poetry 101. The topics of the 10 weeks are below. They are subject to change according to the needs of the group. 

10 sessions

1. April 6, 2026
2. April 13, 2026
3. April 20, 2026
4. April 27, 2026
5. May 4, 2026
6. May 11, 2026
7. May 18, 2026
8. May 25, 2026
9. June 8, 2026
10. June 15, 2026

10 topics

1. writer’s block and...

'Publishing is a decision, not luck.' Join us if you are considering creating and publishing a chapbook. This can begin with just an idea. You might have poems already written, but you might also want to write the chapbook as a series from an idea that is still forming in your mind.  There are all...