Budapest Creative Writing Meetup in English

Love books and good company?
Join Shared Chapters Budapest, the English-language book club where stories spark great conversations.
We meet every two weeks to dive into themes, genres, and characters — no pressure to finish a new book each time. Bring your favourites, share your thoughts, and discover something new for your reading list! There’s no fee but please buy a drink or snack at the Bookshop café.
Reading the Past: Exploring Historical Fiction on 22nd October
Join us as we dive into the many faces of historical fiction—stories that bring the past to life through imagination and insight. We’ll look at both modern novels set in history and works written within their own time, exploring how history shapes the stories we read and tell. Bring a favourite title and join the conversation!

We are continuing to meet at the Alfa Shelter - which has a cover charge of 700 HUF per person (to enter)...

We hold a bi-weekly workshop to encourage creative writing where we share pieces of creative writing and solicit feedback from the other attendees.

Some members also use the forum to find others with whom to collaborate, edit work, and/or brainstorm plot, themes, settings, and so forth. And from time to time, we participate in competitions, recite and/or offer material for events organized by other groups.

At the moment there is no prompt for this particular meetup.

Instead, writers are invited to submit something they have (or are working on) or to craft a short story specifically for the event.

Of course, there's no pressure to submit something. Many participants are interested in hearing ideas, questioning the authors, and examining style and technique. Often, we explore other published works as well.

The submission guidelines are as follows:

1. limit the piece to 850 words (to give enough time for any other submissions being read at the event);
2. make the text available (though you can read it aloud) for the other attendees. Many authors bring a few printed copies, but one can also pre-post the item on bpcw.slack.com in the "_NextMeetup" channel (write me at eahofer (at) gmail if you aren't a member already);
3. have a question in mind for the group about the submission; and,
4. If offering something from a longer work, be prepared to give a little bit of background first.

We are continuing to meet at the Alfa Shelter - which has a cover charge of 700 HUF per person (to enter)...

We hold a bi-weekly workshop to encourage creative writing where we share pieces of creative writing and solicit feedback from the other attendees.

Some members also use the forum to find others with whom to collaborate, edit work, and/or brainstorm plot, themes, settings, and so forth. And from time to time, we participate in competitions, recite and/or offer material for events organized by other groups.

At the moment there is no prompt for this particular meetup.

Instead, writers are invited to submit something they have (or are working on) or to craft a short story specifically for the event.

Of course, there's no pressure to submit something. Many participants are interested in hearing ideas, questioning the authors, and examining style and technique. Often, we explore other published works as well.

The submission guidelines are as follows:

1. limit the piece to 850 words (to give enough time for any other submissions being read at the event);
2. make the text available (though you can read it aloud) for the other attendees. Many authors bring a few printed copies, but one can also pre-post the item on bpcw.slack.com in the "_NextMeetup" channel (write me at eahofer (at) gmail if you aren't a member already);
3. have a question in mind for the group about the submission; and,
4. If offering something from a longer work, be prepared to give a little bit of background first.

We are continuing to meet at the Alfa Shelter - which has a cover charge of 700 HUF per person (to enter)...

We hold a bi-weekly workshop to encourage creative writing where we share pieces of creative writing and solicit feedback from the other attendees.

Some members also use the forum to find others with whom to collaborate, edit work, and/or brainstorm plot, themes, settings, and so forth. And from time to time, we participate in competitions, recite and/or offer material for events organized by other groups.

At the moment there is no prompt for this particular meetup.

Instead, writers are invited to submit something they have (or are working on) or to craft a short story specifically for the event.

Of course, there's no pressure to submit something. Many participants are interested in hearing ideas, questioning the authors, and examining style and technique. Often, we explore other published works as well.

The submission guidelines are as follows:

1. limit the piece to 850 words (to give enough time for any other submissions being read at the event);
2. make the text available (though you can read it aloud) for the other attendees. Many authors bring a few printed copies, but one can also pre-post the item on bpcw.slack.com in the "_NextMeetup" channel (write me at eahofer (at) gmail if you aren't a member already);
3. have a question in mind for the group about the submission; and,
4. If offering something from a longer work, be prepared to give a little bit of background first.