About us
We all can benefit from meeting people who share our passions. This group is about providing that opportunity to writers across the New York City metropolitan area. Join us to progress in your craft, meet like-minded individuals, develop a community, and enjoy being a writer in NYC.
Donate to The Writing Group Member Fund for the upcoming Community Spotlight Award! A new grant, funded by member donations to the Writing Group Member Fund, to an individual member of The Writing Group as voted for by the community. The winner will be one whose work has stood out and deserves recognition by their peers, and the grant money is intended (though not required!) to be used for submissions to literary magazines and journals to help the winner progress with their efforts to achieve success in traditional publication.
You can donate to the Member Fund here.
Our meetings are structured to build a broader literary community, while also providing a space for sharing work and constructive feedback. We balance the social aspect with a focus on encouraging members to produce more, better work, and giving both the pressure and the pleasure of having an audience to test that work out on. While there is typically a majority of narrative prose and poetry, our writers are also essayists, screenwriters, playwrights, or, sometimes, still just figuring it out. As long as you have something you're really working on, we want you to share it.
Upcoming events
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Writers Meetup in the West Village
Playhouse, 100A 7th Ave S, New York, NY, USWho says writing is a solitary craft? I mean, it is, but thats what The Writing Group is for.
Donate to The Writing Group Member Fund for the upcoming Community Spotlight Award! A new grant, funded by member donations to the Writing Group Member Fund, to an individual member of The Writing Group as voted for by the community. The winner will be one whose work has stood out and deserves recognition by their peers, and the grant money is intended (though not required!) to be used for submissions to literary magazines and journals to help the winner progress with their efforts to achieve success in traditional publication. You can donate to the Member Fund here.
Itinerary
People are welcome starting at 6 o'clock, and you can come and meet other writers, enjoy a happy hour, socialize and hang out as you like until 7 when we will start readings.At 7 o'clock we formally get together as a group to listen to readings from those looking for feedback.
- We do not select readers based on order of arrival or a sign-up sheet, so if you have work until late but still want to come and read, you can!
- Each reader gets five (5) minutes to read, so please select a section of work which is appropriate for that time limit.
- We welcome narrative prose (fiction and non-fiction), poetry, the occasional essay, and scripts (be they for screen or stage), so long as it is writing that you're serious about. Please no ad copy, journal entries, memes, musings, idea pitches, works where performance is more critical than the writing, or other errata. Nothing AI, if that needs saying.
- We'll then spend another five (5) minutes in discussion. This is time for the listeners to provide feedback on the reading and discussing the craft in general. We welcome (and encourage) constructive criticism, so long as it is done with respect. This is just as important as the reading, and is done as an open conversation not lead by the reader or the host, so no hand raising required!
- We try to get to as many people who want to read as we can, so if there are a lot of attendees we will be very strict on time.
At 9 o'clock we finish readings and start our formal social hour. Meet new friends, connect with old ones, exchange longer works for review, or just let loose.
We ask that all attendees purchase a minimum of 2 drinks from the bar. This helps us keep a good relationship with the Playhouse, which is generously allowing us to use the space free of charge!
50 attendees
Writers Meetup in the West Village
Playhouse, 100A 7th Ave S, New York, NY, USWho says writing is a solitary craft? I mean, it is, but thats what The Writing Group is for.
Donate to The Writing Group Member Fund for the upcoming Community Spotlight Award! A new grant, funded by member donations to the Writing Group Member Fund, to an individual member of The Writing Group as voted for by the community. The winner will be one whose work has stood out and deserves recognition by their peers, and the grant money is intended (though not required!) to be used for submissions to literary magazines and journals to help the winner progress with their efforts to achieve success in traditional publication. You can donate to the Member Fund here.
Itinerary
People are welcome starting at 6 o'clock, and you can come and meet other writers, enjoy a happy hour, socialize and hang out as you like until 7 when we will start readings.At 7 o'clock we formally get together as a group to listen to readings from those looking for feedback.
- We do not select readers based on order of arrival or a sign-up sheet, so if you have work until late but still want to come and read, you can!
- Each reader gets five (5) minutes to read, so please select a section of work which is appropriate for that time limit.
- We welcome narrative prose (fiction and non-fiction), poetry, the occasional essay, and scripts (be they for screen or stage), so long as it is writing that you're serious about. Please no ad copy, journal entries, memes, musings, idea pitches, works where performance is more critical than the writing, or other errata. Nothing AI, if that needs saying.
- We'll then spend another five (5) minutes in discussion. This is time for the listeners to provide feedback on the reading and discussing the craft in general. We welcome (and encourage) constructive criticism, so long as it is done with respect. This is just as important as the reading, and is done as an open conversation not lead by the reader or the host, so no hand raising required!
- We try to get to as many people who want to read as we can, so if there are a lot of attendees we will be very strict on time.
At 9 o'clock we finish readings and start our formal social hour. Meet new friends, connect with old ones, exchange longer works for review, or just let loose.
We ask that all attendees purchase a minimum of 2 drinks from the bar. This helps us keep a good relationship with the Playhouse, which is generously allowing us to use the space free of charge!
16 attendees
Past events
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