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Exploring counter factual ideas.

Small changes making a big difference.

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.

This group will function as a study and critique group, analyzing published literary short stories that are all accessible online. The group will discuss one Literary short story per month (maybe more) from Literary reviews or The New Yorker. Analyzing published literary short stories (from the last...

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 group is for writers in New York City who have a full (or substantial) draft written and are interested in giving and getting genuine critique from other serious writers looking to publish. 

This group would meet once or twice a month, and each member would share their piece in advance for...

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...

This is a private group for members of the Poets & Writers staff. It's a space for us to test out some of the new and exciting features on Poets & Writers Groups.

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...

POETRY 101

This class is designed to give you a brief, but intense, overview of the craft of poetry. You can do as much work, or as little as you can live with. The course will be followed in a few months by Poetry 202, further down the rabbit hole of craft, technique, method and theory. In between...

'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...

Time: Every Tuesday 9 to 11 PM AST

Session A: Every other Tuesday. Critique of each others’ works (3 in total per session). Round Robin style of commentary.

Session B: The other Tuesdays. Reading 3 published poems a week using the same craft criteria we use for each other. Alternative hosting and...

Established poets

Meant for established poets who need another set of editorial eyes, this workshop meets every week to workshop one poem per author. While the ultimate shape of the poem remains the job of the poet, well versed readers of poetry can provide insights that might have passed right by...