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ALABAMA

Cullman, AL
​Heart of Dixie
www.heartofdixie.org
2nd Sat of each month,
membership@heartofdixie.org
Mobile, AL
Gulfcoast Chapter Romance Writers of America
1st Sat each month
jenndorough@gmail.com
​Sylacauga, Alabama
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Central Alabama Writers' Guild and Alliance
​Second Monday of each month
Sylacauga, Al
https://www.facebook.com/CentralAlabamaWritersGuildAlliance
Homewood, AL
Southern Magic Birmingham Chapter
Romance Writers

membership@southernmagic.org
Birmingham, AL
- Southern Magic chapter-
Romance Writers of America
http://www.southernmagic.org/
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Birminghan, AL
Southern Breeze Society
Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators

http://www.scbwi.org/

ARKANSAS

Branson, AR
Ozark's Writers League
http://www.ozarkswritersleague.org/


Arkansas Inspy Writers is especially for those writing in the Inspirational genre. This site includes info on upcoming workshops and events.
http://www.acfw.org

Creative Writers and Illustrators meet the first Saturday of each month at 1 p.m., at the Donald W. Reynolds Library, Mountain Home, AR.
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http://creativewritersandillustrators.blogspot.com


Searcy, AR
White County Creative Writers
3rd Mon each month
wcwriters@hotmail.com

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​Eureka Springs, AR 
Ozark Creative Writers
dustyrichards@cox.net

Hot Springs, AR
Garland County Library
Room B
1427 Malvern Ave.
Hot Springs, AR
Email of contact
sherriu@sbcglobal.net
2nd and 4th Saturdays (& 5th when appl)
12 noon to 3:30 pm

Little Rock, AR
Diamond State Romance Authors
3rd Sat of each month

 sandino38@yahoo.com
Fiction Writers of Central Ark
4th Sat each month
fwcapresident@gmail.com
Twin Lakes Writers
3rd Sat each month
http://www.twinlakeswriters.org/

Fayetteville -
Writers Guild of Northwest Arkansas 
http://www.nwawriters.org/
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Fort Smith, AR
River Valley Writer
2nd Sunday
www.rivervalleywriters.com

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​Mountain Home, AR
Creative Writers and Illustrators
1st Saturday each month at 1 p.m.
Donald W. Reynolds Library,
http://creativewritersandillustrators.blogspot.com

ARIZONA

Phoenix, AZ
Writers Group Contact

A.K. Smith
Email of contact
aksmithbook@gmail.com

Meeting Schedule/Location
Old Spaghetti Factory Phoenix AZ

CALIFORNIA

​CALIFORNIA
SAN DIEGO WRITERS GROUP

FLORIDA

Niceville, Florida Writers Group
Third Thursday of the month, 6:00 pm, Niceville Public Library, 
​LindaSSafford@gmail.com



Boca Raton, FL
Boca Raton Branch
National League American Pen Women 
3rd Thurs of the month

dbbjfm@aol.com


Boca Raton Branch of the National League of American Pen Women - Highland Beach, FL
http://www.bocapenwomen.org/

Brandon Christian Writers
http://www.acwriters.com/


Florida Outdoor Writers Association- Tallahassee, FL
http://www.fowa.org/

Florida Panhandle Romance Writers - Tallahassee, FL
http://www.fphrw.org/


Orlando Writers Meetup Group
http://www.meetup.com/writers-11/



SCBWI Florida - Miami, FL
http://www.scbwiflorida.com/

South Florida Writers Association - Coral Gables, FL
http://southfloridawritersassn.org/

Space Coast Writers' Guild
http://www.scwg.org/

Tampa Writer's Alliance
http://www.tampawriters.org/

Volusia County Romance Writers - Lake Helen, FL
http://www.vcrw.net/


Jacksonville - Florida Sisters in Crime
http://floridasistersincrime.com/

KISSIMMEE - One Word at a Time
http://fwaosceola.blogspot.com/


Niceville Florida Writers Group
First Tuesday of each month at 9:00 a.m. 
Lindajk@cox.net
Cross Point UMC in Niceville, FL 32578.

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PALM BEACH - Word Weavers of Palm Beach
http://www.meetup.com/Word-Weavers-of-Palm-Beach/

Bunnell - Palm Coast Writers
http://fwapalmcoast.wordpress.com/



PORT SAINT LUCIE
Thursday   9 a.m. to noon
Location: Morningside Public Library 
genehull@msn.com


Tampa Writers
http://fwatampa.blogspot.com/

WELLINGTON- Wellington Writers' Critique Group
http://www.meetup.com/West-Boca-and-Wellington-Writers-Group


WESLEY CHAPEL
New Tampa/Wesley Chapel Writers (NTWC writer
http://www.ntwcwriters.blogspot.com/




Word Weavers.
First Church of God Vero Beach
1105 58th Ave.
Vero Beach, FL
 the 1st Saturday of Every Month.
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Del@delbates.com

Miami Beach FL
theodorehayes81@yahoo.com

The Writers' Corner 
Tom Collins
Email of contact
sloegin26@gmail.com
Second Wednesday of each month, 6:30 PM, at Boynton Beach, FL Public Library 

Castleberry, FL
Central Florida Romance Writers
cfrwamembership@gmail.com

Fort Lauderdale, FL
Florida Romance Writers
2nd Sat every month
lisamore1@aol.com

Tallahassee, FL
Florida Panhandle Romance Writers
3rd Sat of each month.
president @ fphrw.org
Central Florida Romance Writers-Casselberry
http://www.cfrwa.org/

​First Coast Romance Writers - Jacksonville, FL
http://www.firstcoastromancewriters.com/

​Gainsville Writers Group
http://gainesvillewritersgroup.wordpress.com/

​Sarasota - Florida Writers Association
http://fwasarasota.blogspot.com/

​Romance Writers of America Gulf Coast Chapter - Pensacola, FL
http://www.gccrwa.com/

​Southwest Florida Romance Writers - Estero, FL
http://swfrw.org/

​Sarasota Fiction Writers
http://sarasotafw.wordpress.com/

Emerald Coast Writers
http://www.emeraldcoastwriters.org/links.html

​JACKSONVILLE - First Coast Christian Writers
http://firstcoastchristianwriters.blogspot.com/

LADY LAKE - Lady Lake Writers
http://fwaladylake.blogspot.com/

LAKELAND - Lakeland Writers’ Connection
http://www.lakelandwritersconnection.blogspot.com/
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​PONTE VEDRA BEACH - Ponte Vedra Writers
http://fwapontevedra.blogspot.com/

PORT ORANGE - Port Orange Scribes -
http://pow.spruz.com/

Jensen Beach - Treasure Coast Writers' Group
http://www.treasurecoastwritersguild.org/

St. Petersburg Writers
http://fwastpete.blogspot.com/

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​Jacksonville, FL
First Coast Romance Writers
president@firstcoastromancewriters.com

St Augustine, FL
Ancient City Romance Authors
(meet in Jacksonville)
4th Sat of each month\
kathrynbain@comcast.net
​Tallahassee, FL
Florida Panhandle Romance Writers
3rd Sat of each month.
president @ fphrw.org
Cape Canaveral Pen Women
http://www.canaveralpenwomen.org/

Central Florida Romance Writers-Casselberry
http://www.cfrwa.org/
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Florida Romance Writers, Inc.
http://www.frwriters.org/

​National League of American Pen Women Sarasota Branch
http://www.nlapw-sarasota.com/

​Space Coast Writers of Romance - Melbourne, FL
http://www.authorsofromance.com/

​Tampa Area Romance Author - Tampa, FL
http://www.tararwa.com/

Tampa Pen Women - Temple Terrace, FL

http://www.flpw.org/
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​JACKSONVILLE - River City Writers
http://www.rivercitywriters.blogspot.com/

MAITLAND - Maitland Writers
http://fwamaitland.blogspot.com

MELBOURNE - Melbourne Writers
http://fwamelbourne.wordpress.com/

ORLANDO - Orlando Area Writers
http://fwaorlando.wordpress.com/
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​SANFORD - Sarasota Writers Group
http://fwasarasota.blogspot.com/

ST. AUGUSTINE- Ancient City Writers
http://fwaancientcity.blogspot.com/

​Writer's Meetup Group
http://writers.meetup.com/

GEORGIA

Milledgeville, GA
Third Thursdays of each month at 2:00 p. m. at First Presbyterian Church, 210 S, Wayne St. This is Learning-in-Retirement Writers' Group, sponsored by Learning-in-Retirement, Georgia College & State University, Milledgeville, GA.
edj0513@windstream.ent

​​Georgia Romance Writers
Norcross,GA

MemberChair@GeorgiaRomanceWriters.org


Atlanta - Georgia Writers Association
http://www.georgiawriters.org/

Atlanta Writers Club
www.AtlantaWritersClub.org
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Southern Breeze Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators
https://southern-breeze.net/Home_Page.php

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Georgia Writers' Groups
Atlanta Pen Women
http://www.atlantapenwomen.org/index.htm

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Decatur - Village Writers Group
http://www.villagewritersgroup.com
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​Dahlonega, GA
Email Mack Jones
jonesmack1@gmail.com

2nd Saturday of each month. Georgia Piedmont Technical College
emacwgroup@yahoo.com

Gainesville - Northeast Georgia Writers
http://negawriters.org/
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Netwest Mountain Writers and Poets

http://www.netwestwriters.blogspot.com
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​Atlanta - Sisters in Crime Atlanta Chapter
http://www.sistersincrimeatlantachapter.com/

Southeastern Writers Association
http://southeasternwriters.org/

​Writer's Meetup Group
http://writers.meetup.com/

KENTUCKY

​Kentucky Romance Writers
Lexington, KY

SCBWI
http://www.scbwi-midsouth.org/

​Owensboro Writers's Group
http://owensborowritersgroup.com/WordPress/

​Louisville - The Stuffed Owls Writers
http://www.meetup.com/The-Louisville-Stuffed-Owls-Writers-Meetup-Group/

​Writer's Meetup Group
http://writers.meetup.com/

​Kentucky Romance Writers
http://www.kentuckyromancewriters.com/

​KYOWA
http://kyowaromance.tripod.com/

​Louisville Christian Writers
http://lcwriters.com./

​Louisville Romance Writers
http://louisvilleromancewriters.blogspot.com/

​SCBWI
http://www.scbwi-midsouth.org/

LOUISIANA

​Lafayette - Writers Guild of Acadiana
http://www.writersguildacadiana.org/default.html

​New Orleans area- Southern Louisiana Chapter of the Romance Writers of America
http://solawriters.org/events-2/

​Heart of Louisana
BatonRouge, LA
ladyjojo@bellsouth.net

Lake Charles, LA
Bayou Writers' Group
http://bayouwritersgroup.blogspot.com/
 

​Mandeville, Louisiana, Bayou Writers Club.
Lisa Herrington (lisadherrington@gmail.com)
https://www.meetup.com/Bayou-Writers-Club/

​Louisiana Outdoor Writers Association
http://www.laoutdoorwriters.com/

​Baton Rouge- Heart of Louisiana (RWA)
http://www.heartla.com/

​Bossier City - NOLA STARS (RWA)
http://nolastars.com

​New Orleans- Pirate's Alley Faulkner Society
http://www.wordsandmusic.org/

​SCBWI Louisiana/Mississippi
http://louisianamississippi.scbwi.org/

MARYLAND

​Maryland Romance Writers
Arbutus, Maryland
mrweventsinfo@yahoo.com

​Maryland Writers’ Association –
www.marylandwriters.org

​MWA-Baltimore
http://mwabaltimore.wordpress.com/

​MWA-Baltimore
http://mwabaltimore.wordpress.com/

Western Maryland Writers’ Meetup Group –
www.meetup.com/md-writers

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MWA of Howard County
http://www.mwahocowriters.com/

Maryland Romance Writers
http://www.marylandromancewriters.com
Chesapeake Chapter of Sisters in Crime
http://www.chessiechapter.org/

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WA of Howard County
http://www.mwahocowriters.com/

Writer's Meetup Group
http://writers.meetup.com/

MISSISSIPPI

Clinton Ink Slingers Meeting
 every 3rd Saturday at the Clinton Visitor Center in Clinton, at 9:30 to 11:30  Clinton, MS
J. Moffett Walker

threesons333@aol.com

​Byhalia Christian Writers
Byhalia, MS
1st Saturday each month
ByhaliaChristianWriters@yahoogroups.com
FB: 
https://www.facebook.com/groups/129990696510/

​Tunica, MS
Dr. Rachell Anderson
Rander5022@wildblue.net
1 Museum Drive Tunica, MS 38676

​Magnolia  State Romance Writers
Flowood, MS
3rd Sat of the Month

info@msrw.org 

​Mississippi Gulf Coast Writers Association http://www.gcwriters.org/
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​Mississippi Gulf Coast Writers Association http://www.gcwriters.org/

​Ole Miss - Mississippi Writers
http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/english/ms-writers/

Writers Group Contact
Marilynn Grath

​Magnolia State Romance Writers
http://www.msrw.org/

Writer's Meetup Group
http://writers.meetup.com/

​Picayune, MS.
Picayune Writers Group meets every Tuesday except the first Tuesday of the month at Bank Plus, 115 Williams Ave., Picayune, MS at 6 p.m.Email mgrath@aol.com

NORTH CAROLINA

​Charlotte Writers Club
http://www.charlottewritersclub.org/

NC Writers Network
http://www.ncwriters.org/

SCBWI Carolinas
http://www.scbwicarolinas.

​Belhaven, NC
Writers Read meets monthly at the Belhaven Library. This is Marni Graffs personal community outreach program and includes a Young Writers segment with teens. Writers read excerpts from works in progress and gain immediate feedback in addition to experience reading their work aloud.
bluevirgin.graff@gmail.com

​Huntersville - Carolina Romance Writers
http://www.carolinaromancewriters.com/

Raleigh - Heart of Carolina Romance Writers
http://www.heartofcarolina.org/

Sisters in Crime Triangle Chapter
http://www.trianglesinc.com/

​Netwest Mountain Writers and Poets
http://www.netwestwriters.blogspot.com/

High Point - Murder We Write, NC Triad Chapter of Sisters in Crime
http://murderwewrite.com/

​High Point - Murder We Write, NC Triad Chapter of Sisters in Crime
http://murderwewrite.com/

​Catawba, Lincoln and Mecklenburg County, N.C.
Lake Norman Book Club meets the Third Thursday of every other month. We gather in each other's homes. 
Glenda Loftin
Email of contact
gleemascoop@yahoo.com

SOUTH CAROLINA

2nd Tuesday of the Month 4:30 
Spartanburg County Landrum Branch Library, Landrum, SC
Alice Jackson
ajacksonsprague@gmail.com
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Columbia Writer's Alliance
http://www.colawriters.com/

Island Writer's Netwwork
http://www.jane-hill.us/iwn/iwn/
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Netwest Mountain Writers and Poets
http://www.netwestwriters.blogspot.com/

Sumter, South Carolina
Sumter Chapter of SC Writers Workshop. Meets every first an third Monday of each month for two hours.
 
Sandy Richardson
prichardson5@sc.rr.com

Lowcountry Romance Writers
http://lowcountryrwa.com/

SCBWI Carolinas
http://www.scbwicarolinas.org/


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Hilton Head, SC
Island Writers' Network: Every 1st and 3rd Monday of the month @ Heritage Library History & Genealogy Research Center

852 WILLIAM HILTON PKWY Ste 2A
Hilton Head Island, SC 29928
sansterry@roadrunner.com

 South Carolina Writer’s Workshop
http://myscww.org


Greenville - Sisters in Crime of Upstate SC
http://www.sincupstatesc.blogspot.com/

TENNESSEE

COLLIERVILLE, TN
First Thursday of the month.
11:00 to 1:00
​Collierville United Methodist Church
ccwriters2@aol.com
www.ccwriters2.com

Bartlett, TN
February 6, 2016 at 10:00a.m, Bartlett library, 5884 Stage Rd, Bartlett, TN 38134
Juanitah03@aol.com

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​Tennessee Mountain Writers, Inc.
http://www.tmwi.org/membership.html

​Knoxville Writers Guild
http://www.knoxvillewritersguild.org/

Tennessee Writer's Alliance
http://tn-writers.org/


Chattanooga Writers Guild
http://chattanoogawritersguild.org/

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Smoky Mountain Romance Writers
http://smrw.org/

Memphis - Southern Writers' Group
http://www.southernwritersgroup.org/
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Music City Romance Writrs
http://www.mcrw.com/

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River City Romance Writers
http://www.rivercityromancewriters.org/

Nashville - Sister in Crime Middle TN Chapter
http://www.sinc-midtn.org/
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​SCBWI Midsouth
http://www.scbwi-midsouth.org/


Netwest Mountain Writers and Poets
http://www.netwestwriters.blogspot.com/

TEXAS

TEXAS    

Converse Public Library in Converse, TX
Writers Group Contact
Sandra Cleary
Email of contact
Sandraleecleary@gmail.com
​We meet every Monday from 9:30-11:30 am at Converse Public Library in Converse, TX



Longview Texas Group
Kassy Paris
​
kmparis@hotmail.com
2nd Friday of each month at Casa Ole,
Spur 63/McCann Rd,
Longview, TX 75601

  1. Abilene Writers Guild
    http://abilenewritersguild.org/

    Austin SCBWI
    http://www.austinscbwi.com/

    College Station - Brazos Valley SCBWI
    http://www.scbwi-brazosvalley.org/

    Houston - SCBWI Houston
    http://www.scbwi-houston.org/

    Amarillo - Panhandle Professional Writers
    http://www.panhandleprowriters.org/
    Austin - Sisters in Crime, Heart of Texas Chapter
    http://www.hotxsinc.org/

WWG - Second Saturday Meeting
Starts: 9:00 am
Ends: August 13, 2016 - 12:00 pm
Location: Sam Houston University Woodlands Campus, 3800 College Park Drive, The Woodlands, TX
http://thewoodlandswritersguild.org/​

Austin - Sisters in Crime, Heart of Texas Chapter
http://www.hotxsinc.org/

San Antonio - San Antonio Romance Authors
http://www.sararwa.net/

Mt. Pleasant, Texas

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The RED RIVER WRITERS' WORKSHOP meets on all Odd Wednesdays At Hershel's Hamburgers (summer time) or the Public Library (autumn, winter, and spring). We meet for lunch and fellowship at noon then read and critique at 1:00 p.m. 

Caryl McAdoo
caryl.mcadoo@yahoo.com

VIRGINIA

​Virginia Beach - Hampton Roads Writers
http://hamptonroadswriters.org/index.php

SCBWI Mid Atlantic
http://www.scbwi-midatlantic.org/

The Virginia Writers Club
http://www.virginiawritersclub.org/

Abington - Appalachian Authors
http://www.appalachianauthors.com/

Blue Ridge Chapter of The VirginiaWriters Club
http://blueridgewriters.org/

​Chesapeake Bay Writers
http://www.chesapeakebaywriters.org/

Hanover Writers Club
http://www.hanoverwriters.org/

Fairfax - Northern Virginia Writers Club
http://www.northernvirginiawriters.org/

Richmond Chapter of the Virginia Writers Club
http://www.richmondwriters.org/

Riverside Writers
http://www.riversidewriters.com/index.html

​Chester - The Traveler Chapter of The Virginia Writers Club, Inc.
http://www.virginiawritersclub.org/travel.html

Roanoke - The Valley Writers of The Virginia Writers Club, Inc.
http://www.virginiawritersclub.org/valley.html

The Arlington Writers Meet Up Group
http://www.meetup.com/writers-499/

Blue Ridge Chapter of The VirginiaWriters Club
http://blueridgewriters.org/

WEST VIRGINIA

West Virginia Writers
http://www.wvwriters.org/


Morgantown - Morgantown Writers Group
http://www.wvwriters.org/2006/03/morgantown-writers-group.html