About us
The Brandywine Valley Writers Group was founded nearly 25 years ago to help professional, amateur and aspiring writers improve their craft, achieve their goals and create a network of support around their writing. We strive to inspire writers through our various programs and to offer friendship and encouragement to our broad and diverse membership. We welcome all!
We hold monthly program meetings on the third Tuesday of the month upstairs at Ryan's Pub, 124 West Gay Street, West Chester (610-344-3934). Meetings begin at 7:00 pm but many of us arrive around six to order a meal and socialize. An important note: the meeting is held upstairs and the entrance is not handicapped friendly. Parking in West Chester is metered in borough lots, garages and on the street via the FlowBird parking app. Please make sure your parking is paid for the duration of the meeting.
We encourage you to use the RSVP system on Meet-up to help us predict the turn-out for the meetings and make appropriate arrangements. It also allows the rest of the group to know a little more about you! And please offer positive feedback on the meetings. It is the way new people may determine whether they will attend an in-person meeting.
Also, we'll be adding content to the various areas of the Meet-up page, so come back often to see what we have added.
You can also find more information on the group by visiting www.BVWG.org or our Facebook page.
We look forward to seeing you!
BVWG Board Officers
- Scott Pruden – President
- Jane Butler – Vice-President & Guest Speaker Coordinator
- Jorgen Flood – Treasurer
- Dennis Murray – Secretary
- Dan Brehm – Board Member-at-Large & Critique Coordinator
- Lisa Doan – Board Member-at-Large
- Richard Lolla – Web Master & Speaker Coordinator
Upcoming events
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BVWG Fall Critique Workshop
Ryan's Pub, 124 West Gay Street, West Chester, PA, USIt's time for the BVWG Fall Critique Workshop. If you want a chance to have your work critiqued, please read and adhere to these rules:
- NOTE** Dues paying members will have the first opportunity to submit their work. We have four slots available. If open slots remain, we will take non-dues paying members.
- FORMAT: Double-spaced. New Times Roman font. 1 inch margins with page numbers. This simple, straight-forward formatting is standard for many journals.
- WORD COUNT: 3500 word count limit.
- CONTENT: We're open to all genres and literary works. We will not take work that contains gratuitous sex or violence.
- Submit your work to bvwg.submissions@gmail.com Please send your work as an attached PDF or Word file. The deadline for submissions is SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4th, 2026!
- A Critique Workshop focuses on the strengths of the submissions as well as areas that could be made stronger with suggested changes. The goal is for meeting attendees to read the submissions in advance, make suggestions for the writer, and come prepared to discuss ways to help the writer make the work better.
The authors are encouraged to bring extra paper copies of their stories in case there are attendees who have not read the stories. More detailed information will be sent out via an email to all our Meetup members once submission selections are made. Thank you. Hope see your work and see you in October.
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