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Spires & Gargoyles is a literary community in Rockville for the curious, creative, and delightfully weird.

We’re writers, readers, poets, aspiring novelists, chronic notebook-fillers, people with half-finished manuscripts lurking on their laptops, and anyone else who would rather talk about books than make small talk.

Join us for writing nights, readings, drinks, book discussions, workshops, open mics, and other forms of literary mischief around Rockville and Montgomery County.

Despite the gargoyles, you do not need to write horror or fantasy to join us. All genres, styles, and literary inclinations are welcome—fiction, nonfiction, poetry, memoir, experimental work, and things that stubbornly refuse to fit into a category. Readers and generally bookish people are equally welcome. You don't need to be published, have an MFA, or even know what you're working on yet.

Bring something you're writing, something you're reading, or just yourself.

Come write strange things with us.

Spires & Gargoyles: Writers’ Night

Spires & Gargoyles: Writers’ Night

Silver Branch Rockville Beerworks, 7301 Calhoun Place, #600, Derwood, MD, US

The gargoyles are assembling.

Join us for the very first Spires & Gargoyles Writers’ Night, a casual evening of writing, drinks, conversation, and literary mischief in Rockville!

Bring whatever you’re working on: a short story, novel, poem, essay, memoir, screenplay, half-finished idea, or nothing at all. We’ll begin by getting to know one another, spend part of the evening writing together, and leave plenty of room to hang out and talk about books, writing, and whatever else comes up.

There will be an optional writing prompt for anyone who needs inspiration, and those who would like to may share a short piece or excerpt at the end.

Sharing is completely optional, and this is not a critique workshop.

Writers of every genre and experience level are welcome. So are readers, aspiring writers, people who haven’t written anything in years, and generally bookish people looking for a creative community closer to home.

No publishing credits required. No MFA required. No finished manuscript required.

What to bring: Something to write with, if you’d like to write. Laptops, notebooks, and ominous scraps of paper are all acceptable.

Food and alcoholic and nonalcoholic drinks will be available for individual purchase from Silver Branch. There is no purchase or drinking requirement.

Come alone or bring a friend. Either way, you won’t be the only person who doesn’t know anyone yet... it’s our first night!

Come write strange things with us.
📍 Silver Branch Rockville
📅 Tuesday, September 22
🕖 7–9 PM

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