Browse All Groups

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...

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

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...

Exploring multi-cultural themes. 

Exploring counter factual ideas.

Small changes making a big difference.

Limited to six writers, the focus of this group will be on writing and responding to flash writing both fiction and creative nonfiction. The world of flash can be divided into what is known as microfiction/creative nonfiction. Micro writing is usually considered to be writing under 500 words and...

This group will meet online once a month for 60-90 minutes at a time arranged by members (but during daytime or early evening hours in the Central time zone) to share and critique drafts of poems with the goal of submitting them for publication. Members will alternate submitting drafts. Two...

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...

Are you looking for constructive criticism on your writing? I'm hoping to create a group of committed fiction writers in New York City to meet regularly (at least once a month) in person and share feedback on works in progress. I am a journalist living in Brooklyn trying to finish and sell my first...

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...

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...

A cento is a collage of other people’s writing. Traditionally, it involves none of the creator’s own words. The work for the creator comes from establishing a deep familiarity with the texts that form the basis of the collage. It also involves a clear and consistent idea of the theme, subject or...