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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.)
BLUEFIELD
The Inkslingers group usually
meets the second Thursday of every month. Contact: Lynne Bartlett lbartlett@bluefield.edu
BRAXTON (and NICHOLAS)
Usually
meets once every month in a member's home. Contact: Renita Sue
Loyd
(304-765-7602) or
RSL007@citynet.net
CHARLESTON
Sisterhood of the Traveling Pens meets the second and fourth Thursday
of each month at Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church on Price Street
from 4:30 to 6:00 pm. PENS is an acronym for poems, essays,
novels, and short stories. Adults and Youth welcome. For
information, contact Debbie Jarvis at DebraLJarvis@aol.com
or 304-346-2339.
CHARLES TOWN
AHA
SCRIBES meets in the Visitor's Center/ Fire Hall Gallery, 108
North George St. on the second and fourth Fridays of each month at 7
p.m.
Contact: George I. Seffers (304.728.8237)
george_seffers@hotmail.com
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 MCNCON@IOLINC.NET .
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)
Meet on the 2nd
Monday of each month at 6 p.m. on the 3rd floor of the Cabell
County Public Library. Contact: Susan Nicholas, 304-633-5493
tvnews3@verizon.net.
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
poetry@ix.netcom.com and Carrol
Kline
(304-263-4395) or
cekva@peoplepc.com
MASON COUNTY
The Point Pleasant Writers Guild meets at the
Point Pleasant
Library every Thursday from 2 to 4 pm. Contacts: Betty Farmer
(304-675-8199) or Nick Griffin (304-675-3985) or Nick Salem (nkswv2@Verizon.net)
. They do group writing assignments and
have presentations. Anyone is welcome to join.
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 or
Patricia.Patteson@mail.wvuedu
PARKERSBURG (Ohio Valley Literary Group)
Usually
meets in the Board Room of the Public Library from 6:30 to 9 PM the
second Thursday of each month. Bring 12 copies of the work
you want critiqued. Contact: Wilma Acree
(304-295-6599) wilma.acree@suddenlink.net
RIPLEY (The Appalachian Wordsmiths)
Meets every Thursday at Cornerstone Cafe on Court Street
across from the courthouse from 6 to 8 pm. Established January 2002.
Contacts: Cheryl Kobe (304-273-0111) <cheryl@yahoo.com>
or Max
Price (304 273-9986) <mbpscp@gmail.com>
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
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 efritzius@gmail.com
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