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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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    Get Rid of Submissions Pain!

    This group is for as many as 15 poets who actively submit their work to literary magazines. It's for poets who wrestle with the time and energy submitting demands: selecting target journals; matching poems with target journals; keeping records of submissions, dates, acceptances, rejections; keeping...

    Meets for: Submissions, Discussion, Encouragement, Tips
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    GTWO Spring 2025

    Get the Word Out 2025 Fiction Cohort

    This group is for the 2025 Fiction cohort of the Get the Word Out program.

    Meets for: Discussion
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    Group Organizers: Advice, Lessons, Successes

    Welcome to GOALS! This is a meeting place for Poets & Writers Groups members who organize a group. Here, group organizers can learn how to utilize all the tools available for their group, share resources and tips for facilitating a writers group, and engage with peers.

    Browse our Help page to find...

    Meets for: Discussion, Encouragement, Inspiration, Tips
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    Haibun Workshop

    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.

    Location:

    Flushing, NY
    United States

    Languages: English
    Meets for: Accountability
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    Historical Fiction Authors

    This is a group for writers of historical fiction in all its forms--literary, upmarket, romance, mystery, etc. We can help each other with questions about research, publication, conferences, and anything else related to the wonderful historical fiction genre, 

    Languages: English
    Meets for: Discussion, Encouragement, Tips
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    Keepin' It Short

    Critique group devoted to the craft of writing short fiction! 

    Under "short fiction" we mean to include (a) short stories, (b) flash fiction and (c) microfiction. 

    The group is devoted more specifically to literary fiction, as well as upmarket fiction within the following genres: thriller/suspense...

    Location:

    St. Louis, MO
    United States

    Languages: English
    Meets for: Critique
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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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    Literary Short Fiction Group

    We are writers of literary short fiction (think New Yorker, Ploughshares, Granta, etc), and we meet once a month for critique. This group is not for absolute beginners or writer's who don't read a lot of literary short fiction. We are  not the group for you if you are looking for a group that...

    Location:

    Danville, KY
    United States

    Languages: English, Spanish, Italian, French
    Meets for: Critique, Workshop
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    Liverpool Writers’ Circle

    A space for writers to gather, inspire one another, and share their work.

    Location:

    Liverpool, NY
    United States

    Languages: English
    Meets for: Encouragement, Inspiration, Writing exercises
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    Magical Realism Development and Critique

    Magical Realism and Speculative Fiction (including Science Fiction) are likely the oldest and traditionally most popular in the literary arts, and the purpose of this group (in keeping with the goals of P&W) is to sharpen the skills and finished work of writers in these genres. Growing our...

    Languages: English
    Meets for: Critique, Discussion, Manuscript reviews
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