Writing groups

Colorado multi-genre fiction organization known for critique groups, education, and an annual conference.

Denver's literary center, known for Book Project cohorts and a sturdy workshop culture.

Reciprocal story queues, storyboarding tools and a long-standing community of patient readers.

The classic science-fiction, fantasy and horror critique workshop, run on courtesy and deadlines.

A large online workshop where serious writers trade structured critiques, karma-for-karma.

Story-structure classes and a community aimed at novelists who like a skeleton under the prose.

Small, facilitated online critique groups with a professional workshop feel.

Online professional community focused on nonfiction writing, publishing, and book marketing.

The community keeping the November novel-sprint spirit alive with global online cohorts.

A vast forum for craft, publishing share-cropping, query letters and genre shop-talk.

A global professional association for self-publishing authors, with member community and watchdog work.

A worldwide encouragement network for the days when the page feels impossible.

A long-running indie-author forum, blunt about what actually sells and what is snake oil.

A friendly fortress for fantasy worldbuilders, with critiques and deep craft threads.

A paid speculative-fiction workshop descended from the old Del Rey workshop.

The web-serial home for fantasy and science fiction, with an active writer-reader loop.

A dedicated science-fiction and fantasy community with critiques, challenges and shop-talk.

A large community built for women writers, with groups, essays and publishing talk.

A global network for screenwriters, with labs, notes and introductions to working crews.

A screenwriting community for notes, table-reads and industry-facing feedback.

The leading US professional organisation for published writers, with member community and legal muscle.

An international critique site known for long, craft-heavy reviews from working writers.

Practice, feedback and weekly write-ins for people who improve by showing up.

A professional association for writers of women's fiction, with forums and a supportive conference.

A refreshingly unmystical UK community of courses, sprints and 'get the draft done'.

Boston's independent writing center — classes, Muse groups and a serious alumni culture.

Dublin's national resource for writers — courses, groups and a building full of desks.

The UK's professional home for romance, with a famous New Writers' Scheme.

The Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators — local chapters on every continent.

The world's largest network of timed write-ins — no critique, just company and a ticking clock.

A San Francisco workspace and community of professional writers, with desks and a culture of craft.

An LGBTQ+ and neurodivergent-friendly circle in Twickenham for writers 18–55.

Large membership community for writers of Christian and faith-infused fiction across many genres.

New York–based literary arts organization supporting Asian American writers through events, workshops, and publications.

Australia’s national peak body for authors and illustrators, with advocacy plus professional programs.

Historic statewide network of local California branches offering critique, speakers, and writer community.

National Canadian writers’ organization with regional branches, workshops, and member support.

An advanced science-fiction and fantasy critique group in north London, run by Allen Ashley.

A serious London fiction circle: two submissions a session, published members in the mix.

A lively Oxfordshire group with workshops, write-ins, socials and a triannual anthology.

Statewide Florida community offering conferences, critique groups, and member education for writers.

A no-committee circle of published writers on the East Yorkshire coast.

Worldwide professional group for thriller authors, publishing professionals, and fans.

A global co-writing community best known for free live write-in sessions and a large international membership.

Premier U.S. organization for mystery, crime, and suspense writers, best known for the Edgar Awards.

UK national literature organization in Norwich offering programmes, groups, and writer development.

Washington-based nonprofit helping writers improve craft and navigate publishing.

National-level Irish poetry organization offering workshops, readings, and resource programmes.

National professional association supporting romance and love-story writers through education, advocacy, and community.

A Singapore literary organisation running workshops, residencies and a working community of writers.

UK trade union and professional body for writers in TV, film, radio, theatre, books, and digital media.

One of America's oldest writers' clubs — monthly meetings, critique groups and a conference.

The UK society for fantasy, horror and related dark matter, with community and the Fantasycon crowd.

Chicago's home for writers — events, resources and a community built on the four Cs.

The UK association behind the Daggers — chapters, events and a professional crime-fiction room.

New York's well-known writing school, with online classes that behave like ongoing groups.

An international society of historical novelists, with local chapters and a review magazine.

A UK-based association for historical novelists and historians who write for readers.

The international professional body for horror, with local chapters and the Stoker Awards.

Seattle's writing center — classes, readings and rooms where a group can take root.

A UK-based town square for writers: townhouse events, online campus and editorial services.

The UK umbrella for local writers' circles, with a national directory and festival.

The North of England's literature development agency — programmes, prizes and peer networks.

Te Puni Kaituhi o Aotearoa — branches across the country for professional and emerging writers.

Brisbane's hub for writers, with programmes that reach across the state.

A coastal writing center with classes, write-ins and a community that actually meets.

The professional association for SFF, with Nebula Conference community and member forums.

A welcoming mystery network with local chapters, Guppies for newcomers, and a bias toward equity.

The UK trade union for writers, with a growing map of member-run local groups.

London's writer development agency — groups, programmes and a wide-open door.

Minneapolis's home for writers — classes, community and a building that takes literature personally.

Britain's national poetry organisation, with local stanzas that function as real writing groups.

A long-standing Bethesda workshop home serving the Washington, D.C. writing community.

The national union for book-length authors, with regional networks and professional community.

Oregon's large writers' organization — craft, community and a well-known conference.

Melbourne's writers' centre — studios, studios of people, and a dense events calendar.

A statewide community with Austin at its heart — classes, agents, and member critique culture.

The New South Wales writers' centre — courses, groups and a statewide community.