UPDATED 10 / 14 / 11
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 meets the
fourth Thursday of each month
at Taylor Books in Charleston.
For information please contact
Eleanor Spohr at
EHS5819@mountain.net or call
304-543-4834.
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
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 10/14/11
The Point Pleasant Writers
Guild meets every 2nd and
4th Wednesdays, at the Point
Pleasant Mason Co.
Library. Contact
information: Patrecia Gray,
President , or Nick Salem,
Vice President 304 675
3705
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 (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
PRINCETON
(Appalachian
Pen Works) UPDATED
08/26/11 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)
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>.
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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