SAN DIEGO WRITING GROUPS

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Alpine Writers' Guild
For details, email: Linda Loegel at: noirons@cox.net

San Diego Writers Ink
All functions of The Writers, Ink take place at The Ink Spot located at 730 13th Street, Suite 210, San Diego, CA 92101 unless otherwise noted. Check their website for additional information on their programs on their website at: www.sandiegowriters.org.

First Fridays; Dime Stories Live San Diego, at 7 pm at The Grove in South Park. Bring 3 minutes (and only 3 minutes) of your best prose and join host Amy Wallen and the writers for San Diego’s only open mic prose-only reading.

Read & Critique: Tuesdays at 1:15 at The Ink Spot.

Brown Bag Writing Group; Tuesdays, Noon, at The Ink Spot, $5 donation requested.

Brown Bag-North County: 2nd & 4th Fridays at Noon at The Book Works.

Thursday Writers; Thursdays at 5 pm, Lestat's West coffeehouse, 3343 Adams Ave., Normal Heights, $5 donation requested.

Room to Write: A free program that dedicates quiet time at The Ink Spot for The Writers, Ink members, is open the 1st and 3rd Sunday of each month, from 10 amto 5 pm, with host Nicole Vollrath.

Risk & Reward Read & Critique: The Writers, Ink still has room for one or two more writers of prose—fiction or nonfiction, in their Risk & Reward Read & Critique group which meets the first and third Monday of each month, 6:30-9:30 pm. Roger Aplon leads. Submit up to five pages to rogeraplon@gmail.com.

Screenwriting Read & Critique: Saturdays, 3-5 pm, at Playhouse Cafe, 6690 Mission Gorge Road.

Writer's Salon: the last Monday of each month, at The Ink Spot.

Poetic Brew: Third Tuesday of each month at 6:30 pm in Rebecca's Coffeehouse (see ad on right). Read up to 3 poems for 3 minutes and 33 seconds. Different featured poet each month.

Fiction Read & Critique: Wednesday evenings 7-9:30. Mark Clements has a couple of openings in his ongoing Fiction Read & Critique group, which meets at The Ink Spot. Visit the San Diego Writers, Ink website for more information at www.sandiegowriters.org.

North County Inland Peer Poets: Critique group, 1st Wednesdays from 7:00 to 9:00 pm, in Poway. Contact: kenbuhr@sbcglobal.net or phone: (858) 487-2328.

American Medical Writers Association
Noelle Demas, President-Elect, nhdemas@cox.net

Barnes and Noble Poetryseries 2009
Meets every 3rd Wednesday 7 :30 - 9 pm featuring poets & Open Mic at the Barnes and Noble, Grossmont Shopping Center, 5500 Grossmont Center Drive, Suite 331, La Mesa; telephone (619) 667-2870. http://www.web.me.com/serettamartin/iWeb/poet - or contact Host, Seretta Martin at wordsoup@juno.com.

Encinitas Community Library
Writing Practice Group

Meets at the San Diego County Library (SDCL) 1st & 3rd Thursdays of each month. .http://www.Encinitas Community Library
A Creativity Workshop
Meets every first Wednesday each month from 5:30 - 6:30 pm at the ENCINITAS BRANCH LIBRARY, 540 Cornish Drive, Encinitas , CA 92024; Phone: 760-753-7376; Wesite: www.sdcl.org. Hours: Mon.-Thu. 9:30 pm— 8:00 pm; Fri. & Sat. 9:30 am— 5:00 pm, Sun. 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm.

North County Authors and Poets of San Diego
Mary Quigley, mary@Q2ink.com

Poetry Grove Poets
Now meeting 2nd Sundays, 1pm to 2pm, outdoor reading beneath magnolia trees in Balboa Park. No featured poet, no sign-in, no microphone.
Bring one to seven poems. Read one or two per turn for two to four turns. ¾ block east of Sixth Avenue, ¼ block west of Balboa Drive, 150 feet north of Quince, near two small garden sheds. Details: CanyonClose@sbcglobal.net, or check "Events" on this Web site.

Poets & Writers of San Diego
http://www.pw.org/california/focus/sandiego.htm

Publishers and Writers of San Diego (North County)
Now meeting at the Encinitas Community Library (The New One!) 540 Cornish Avenue, Encinitas, 92024; call 760-753-7376. Everyone is Welcome. $10 Members for members and $15 Non-Members. http://www.publisherswriters.org/.
New PWSD Online Discussion Group: Send an email to pwsd@yahoogroups.com.

Rancho Bernardo Writer's Group meets every Friday 9:am to noon at the Pacific Trust Bank 16536 Bernardo Center Drive for a WRITER'S CRITIQUE. If you are writing your first novel, your memoirs or articles and seek the imput of other authors contact Peter Berkos (858) 485-7148 for addditional information.

Romance Writers of America (San Diego Chapter)
http://www.rwasd.com/ or email: Jill Limber, jlimber1@cox.net

San Diego Pro Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists
Jodi Cleesattle, President, jodi.cleesattle@doj.ca.gov

San Diego Writers/Editors Guild
All meetings are on the 4th Monday of the month at the County Health Facility located at 3851 Rosecrans Street in the Sports Arena area. See the web site for directions: http://www.sdwritersguild.org.

Sisters in Crime
For additional information http://www.sincsd.org/ or email Shelly Nix-Schmatlz, President, s.schmaltz@cox.net
Larry Edwards, larry@larryedwards.com


Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators

For additional information contact Patricia Morris Buckley, at mpbuckley@cox.net

Society for Technical Communication
Beth Peisic, VP Programs, beth.peisic@gmail.com

Southern California Media Professionals
For additional information contact Diana Saenger, dianas2121@cox.net or Sylvia Mendoza, smendoza7@aol.com

San Diego Association of Black Journalist
For additional information go to http://www.sdajb.org/

San Diego Booksellers Association
For their Directory go to: http://www.sandiegobooksellers.org/Booksellers.html

San Diego Christian Writers Guild
For additional information go to http://www.sandiegocwg.org/

San Diego Professional Editors Network (SD/PEN)
Celebrating 25 years in 2011 as an association of editors of books, periodicals, and other materials. The group meets every odd-numbered month. SD/PEN’s main goals are to provide networking opportunities and continuing education for members, and to educate clients about editing. For more information, please call (619) 368-2715, or visit http://www.sdpen.com.

Sunset Poets
For additional information go to http://www.sunsetpoets.org/

Veterans Writing Group
Located in Oceanside under the umbrella of the Writers Guild Foundation in Los Angeles. The Foundation generously provides guest mentors. They have veterans from World War II up to the currently deployed attending. E-mail vwgsdcounty@gmail.com or visit the group's Facebook page at "Veterans Writing Group San Diego County." Their website is: www.bydammitweremarines.com

 

State and National Organizations

 

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