June Meeting of the VWW

Here is our process:
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One week before the meeting, we each post our work to a Google Drive folder (that is, if we have something we want read that week), and the tacit agreement is that we read all the other manuscripts submitted prior to the meeting. At the meeting, we will each briefly introduce ourselves, then discuss the works one by one, in the order that they were posted to the Google Drive folder, with a limit of 12 pieces to keep the meeting to four-and-a-half hours duration.
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Writers should look at the workshop as a chance to try out new pieces rather than to solicit praise for something that they are satisfied with or have already published or has been produced. A good rule of thumb for readers participating in a discussion, and a very constructive approach, is to start with what you like about a piece and what you feel is working well. It’s also important for people commenting on a piece to look at its genre and where the writer wishes to go, regardless of your interest in a genre or the writer’s approach. Then you can move on to suggestions or questions for the writer. Sometimes, a writer may include some questions at the end of a piece to direct the response.
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We allow 20 minutes for discussion of each piece. During the discussion, the contributor remains quiet, but following the discussion, may ask a question or two for clarification. The discussion is not supposed to be a debate about the merits of a work. It’s a chance for the writer to hear readers’ responses to his or her work. You don’t have to bring any work to join the discussion. You are welcome to come and just listen or comment, but we ask you to read ALL the works posted before you attend. And of course, there’s nothing to prevent a writer and reader from continuing a discussion privately after the meeting as long as both parties are willing to do so. We take a 10-minute break halfway through the workshop.
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Membership Costs and Technical Requirements

If you want your work discussed, please check this website for the date you will attend and for links to the Google Drive folder. Submission deadlines will be announced here, too. The word limit is 7,500 words, and poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, as well as play and film scripts will all be accepted. As long as you stick to the word limit, you are welcome to submit part of a larger work and to bring successive chapters or acts over a period of months.

Here's the Google Drive Folder for posting your work.

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1igDbN54YennoRNI3_K5vgdtJfjVwdRfQ

Deadline for submissions for the June 29th Meeting is midnight on June 21st, 2025. Any work uploaded after that time will be discussed at the July Meeting, about a month later.