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BARBOUR COUNTY WRITERS WORKSHOP  
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 5:15 p.m. at Taylor Books in Charleston. For information please contact Martha Mozingo, Spalding@marshall.edu.
 
CHARLES TOWN (AHA SCRIBES)
Meets at Beasleys Books and Eccentricities on the second Thursday of each month at 7 p.m.  All manner of creative writing is welcome. Poetry, prose, drama, even essays and creative nonfiction; as long as it's well-written. For us, the piece is what matters, not the genre. We have experienced, published writers and newcomers alike; everyone that appreciates great writing is welcome. We promote constructive, helpful discussion of the submitted work. The format is workshop style--send your work to the group, then we'll discuss it at the next meeting. As an added bonus, we're in a book store, surrounded by great writing, which is a great inspiration! Contact: Zach Davis, Fluent Magazine (www.fluent-magazine.con) Fiction Editor, at zdavis02@gmail.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

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

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)
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.