UPDATED 7 / 1 / 14
BARBOUR COUNTY WRITERS
WORKSHOP
Meets
every
second
and
fourth
Monday
in
the
Student Lounge or the
Library at
Alderson-Broaddus College
from 6:30 to approximately
8:30
p.m. Contact:
Barbara Smith (304)
457-3038 or
smith_b@ab.edu.
BECKLEY (Raleigh
County Library Writers
Group)
Meets
the
first
and
third
Tuesday
of
every month in the Adult
Learning Conference Room at
3:00 p.m. Writers are
welcome to come share their
essays and take part in
writing exercises. There
are no dues. Everyone is
welcome.
BERKELEY COUNTY (See
MARTINSBURG.)
BRAXTON (and
NICHOLAS)
Usually meets
once every month in a member's
home. Contact: Renita
Sue Loyd (304-765-7602) or
wvwriter007@hotmail.com.
CHARLESTON (Pens
Writer's Group)
PENS writer’s
group meets the 2nd Thursday
of each month, at 5:15 p.m. at
Taylor Books in Charleston.
For information please contact
Martha Mozingo,
Spalding@marshall.edu.
All skill levels and genres
welcome. Workshop style group:
submit your piece before the
meeting, and receive requested
critique in group. PENS
writers are professional,
curious, helpful, educated,
serious writers, always
welcoming to new friends.
FAIRMONT (The Crow's
Quill)
The Crow's Quill meets every
other Wednesday from 6 PM to 8
PM in the conference room of
the Fairmont chapter of the
YWCA on Pleasant Valley
Road. The group
specializes in critique of
prose and genre. Writers may
submit pieces for critique
online to the moderator or
bring hard copy to meetings.
The group formed in 2005.
Contact: T.W. (Terry) McNemar
at
twmcnemar@frontier.com .
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY (See
ROMNEY.)
HUNTINGTON
(Black Dog Writers Group)
This group meets
in members' homes and has
seven members who write prose.
It is presently CLOSED
to new members. Contact:
Llewellyn McKernan
l.mckernan2@gte.net
HUNTINGTON
(The Guyandotte Poets)
They have been
discussing poems in the
members' homes for more than
25 years, and they are
always looking for people
with talent and energy who
are serious about poetry.
Contact: John McKernan
HUNTINGTON
(The Patchwork Writers)
Patchwork Writers
meet the second Monday of
each month at St. Paul
Lutheran Church at 6p.m.
Contact Susan Nicholas at
tvnews3@frontier.com for
more information.
JEFFERSON COUNTY
(See CHARLESTOWN and
SHEPHERDSTOWN.)
MARION
COUNTY (See Fairmont)
MARTINSBURG
Usually meets at
the Martinsburg-Berkeley
County Public Library
(101 King Street) from 1
to 4 PM on the first and third
Tuesdays of every month. Bring
8 copies of the work you want
critiqued. Limit: 10
double-spaced pages.
MARTINSBURG
(Athens on the Opequon)
This group was
created in November 2003 to
conserve, produce, and promote
Traditional Poetry. Usually
meets at the
Martinsburg-Berkeley County
Public Library on the
first Sunday of every month
from 2 to 4:45 PM. Contact:
Annemarie Collins
(304-267-7567) or
annemarie@ix.netcom.com.
MASON COUNTY (UPDATED
4-7-14)
The Point
Pleasant Writers Guild meets
every1st and 3rd Wednesdays
of each month, 1:00 - 3:00
pm at the Point Pleasant
Mason Co. Library
(304-375-0894). For
more information contact
Patrecia Gray 304-675-7929.
MORGANTOWN
Meets at the
Morgantown Public Library,
usually 2nd, 4th Tuesdays
(6:30-8 p.m.).
Manuscript critiques,
market writing assignments,
group writing,
presentations. Contacts:
Library (304-291-7425) or
email to:
George.Lies@mail.wvu.edu.
PARKERSBURG
– (Sacred Way Poets)
(UPDATED
3/10/14) Sacred
Way Poets meet (almost) every
Monday from 7-9 PM in the
conference room (2nd is
dedicated to the writing and
critique of the poetry of the
participants. Bring 10-12
copies of work which you wish
to present for critique
(please no published or
finished work). We are
dedicated to assisting the
poet in the completion of
poetry which will then be
ready for submission for
publication. The group also
offers assignments and
suggestions for the writing of
a poem. $5.00 donation to help
defray cost of room rental.
Contact Susan Sheppard
@susana.sheppard.3@facebook.com
or Sherrell Wigal
304-481-5912.
PRINCETON (Appalachian Pen
Works)
Meets at 6:30 p.m., the second
Tuesday of each month at the
Princeton Public
Library. Contact:
Raymond Neeley raymond_neely@yahoo.com.
RIPLEY (The
Appalachian Wordsmiths)
Appalachian
Wordsmiths meet every Tuesday
at the Ripley Library from
10am till noon. We bring
copies of our work to
critique. Contact Max Price
at
mcprice2@suddenlink.net or
Janet Smart at
wvsmarties@yahoo.com for more
info.
ROMNEY (Ice
Mountain Writers)
Sponsored by the
Hampshire County Arts Council.
Usually meets the third
Tuesday of every month @ 7
p.m. at the Bank of
Romney Community Building on
Main Street. Bring 6
copies of the work you
want critiqued. Publishes
chapbooks and collections IMW
members' writings. Sponsors a
Visiting Writer each
spring to conduct workshops in
the schools and to perform
with the IMW for the public.
Contact: Larry Brown
(304-822-7516) or Sibyl
MacKenzie (304-822-7206).
ST. ALBANS
A semi-closed group meets in
the St. Albans Library every
Tuesday at 1 p.m. If you want
information about membership,
contact Brenda Beatty:
(304-727-3015) or
icbeatty7@suddenlink.net.
SHEPHERDSTOWN
(The Bookend Poets)
Usually meets the
second Thursday of every month
from 8 to 10 PM usually at The
Four Seasons Bookstore on
German Street. Bring 10 copies
of the poems you want
critiqued. Contact:
Georgia Lee McElhaney
(304-876-6745)
geeleemce@aol.com
SPENCER (Women's
Writing Circle)
A newly formed Women's Writing
Circle meets every other
Friday from 10am-12pm at the
Cunningham House Bed &
Breakfast Inn, to discuss
aspects of personal memoir and
essay, fiction and historical
non-fiction, poetry,
contemporary and classic
literature, and much more.
Each group is facilitated and
there is a small fee to
participate. Please contact
Liberty Newberry for details
and dates: (706) 614-7112 or
libertyshea1980@gmail.com.
SUMMERS COUNTY
WRITERS' GROUP
Meets the
second Tuesday of each month
at 6 p.m. at the Summers
County Public Library, 201
Temple Street in
Hinton. Contact
Raymond Neely at
raymond_neely@yahoo.com.
If
you
have additions or
corrections to
this list
please contact
Eric Fritzius at
eric.fritzius@gmail.com
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