Reciprocal story queues, storyboarding tools and a long-standing community of patient readers.
Literary fictionFantasyScience fiction+5
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24 groups matching your brief
The classic science-fiction, fantasy and horror critique workshop, run on courtesy and deadlines.
Science fictionFantasyHorror+1
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A large online workshop where serious writers trade structured critiques, karma-for-karma.
Literary fictionRomanceFantasy+5
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An LGBTQ+ and neurodivergent-friendly circle in Twickenham for writers 18–55.
Literary fictionFantasyRomance+2
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An advanced science-fiction and fantasy critique group in north London, run by Allen Ashley.
Science fictionFantasySpeculative+1
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A lively Oxfordshire group with workshops, write-ins, socials and a triannual anthology.
Literary fictionPoetryFlash & short fiction+2
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Story-structure classes and a community aimed at novelists who like a skeleton under the prose.
FantasyRomanceMystery & crime+2
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Statewide Florida community offering conferences, critique groups, and member education for writers.
Literary fictionMystery & crimeRomance+3
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Small, facilitated online critique groups with a professional workshop feel.
Literary fictionRomanceYoung adult+4
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A global co-writing community best known for free live write-in sessions and a large international membership.
Literary fictionMemoirNon-fiction+3
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Washington-based nonprofit helping writers improve craft and navigate publishing.
Literary fictionRomanceMystery & crime+3
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Colorado multi-genre fiction organization known for critique groups, education, and an annual conference.
Literary fictionRomanceMystery & crime+3
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The community keeping the November novel-sprint spirit alive with global online cohorts.
Literary fictionFantasyRomance+2
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A vast forum for craft, publishing share-cropping, query letters and genre shop-talk.
Literary fictionRomanceMystery & crime+5
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The UK society for fantasy, horror and related dark matter, with community and the Fantasycon crowd.
FantasyHorrorSpeculative
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The international professional body for horror, with local chapters and the Stoker Awards.
HorrorSpeculativeFantasy
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A worldwide encouragement network for the days when the page feels impossible.
Literary fictionRomanceYoung adult+2
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A long-running indie-author forum, blunt about what actually sells and what is snake oil.
RomanceMystery & crimeScience fiction+2
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A friendly fortress for fantasy worldbuilders, with critiques and deep craft threads.
FantasySpeculativeYoung adult
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A paid speculative-fiction workshop descended from the old Del Rey workshop.
Science fictionFantasyHorror+1
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The web-serial home for fantasy and science fiction, with an active writer-reader loop.
FantasyScience fictionWeb serials+1
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The professional association for SFF, with Nebula Conference community and member forums.
Science fictionFantasySpeculative
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A dedicated science-fiction and fantasy community with critiques, challenges and shop-talk.
Science fictionFantasySpeculative+1
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An international critique site known for long, craft-heavy reviews from working writers.
Literary fictionRomanceFantasy+3
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