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WRITERS' CLUBS & WORKSHOPS

Are you looking for a place to listen to works-in-progress? Want a place to share your creative writing? Listed below is a selection of writers' workshops for you to consider. Call first to check what you need to bring. (Please note: some groups meet seasonally - phone before attending).

WRITERS' CLUBS

Baden Library Writers Group meets the first Thursday of the month at Baden Library, 8448 Church Road, St. Louis, MO 63147, 6-6:45pm. Free. For info, call (314) 388-2400.

Creative Writing Society meets once a month, 4pm. Meetings include readings, guest speakers, and fundraisers. 17 yrs and older. Student Center Room 209, St. Charles Community College. Email Karla Matson for more info.

Eugene B. Redmond Writers Club (EBR) meets the first and third Tuesday of each month from September to May in room 2085 of East St. Louis Community College Center, 601 J. R. Thompson Drive, East St. Louis, IL, 6:30-8:30pm. Phone (618) 874-8700 for info.

Flotilla 13 Artists and Writers Group, a multi-science fiction group, meets once a month to discuss creative works and art, Borders Brentwood, 1519 S. Brentwood Blvd, 2:30-4:30. (314) 918-8189.

Grand Glaize Branch Library hosts a Writers Workshop for writers 16+ the first Thursday of each month, 1010 Meramec Station Rd, Manchester, 7pm. Free. For info, phone (636) 225-6454.

Indigo Ink: The St. Louis Association of African-American Writers, meets twice a month to read and discuss members' prose, primarily fiction. For information, contact Eric Robinson at (618) 462-5590.

LAUREATES OF THE HEART Writers Group meets the first Friday of every month (unless otherwise noted) at the St. Louis Rock Road Branch Library, 10267 St. Charles Rock Road, St. Ann, MO 63074, 1 mile east of Lindbergh, 1-3pm.

(MoRWA) Romance Writers of America MO Chapter meets monthly at the Crestwood B&N bookstore on Watson Road. The business meetings start at 10am on the third Saturday of each month, followed at 11am by an hour long presentation and lunch. $25 yearly membership, $5 nonmembers per meeting.

Oasis holds writing workshops, book discussion groups, and education courses for adults aged 50 and over at various locations in the St. Louis area; there is a small fee for most classes. For information, contact (314) 539-4555 or write to them at 601 Olive St., 4th floor, St. Louis, MO 63101.

Saturday Writers Chapter of the Missouri Writers' Guild meets on the last Saturday of the month to read and discuss works in progress, O'Fallon Cultural Arts Center (top floor), 400 Civic Park Dr, 11am-1pm. You must be over 18, but you need not be a published writer or a Missouri Writers' Guild member to attend. Please bring up to five double spaced pages. For directions, call (636) 379-5606.

St. Louis Poetry Center hosts workshops on the third Sunday of each month, September-November, January-March, and May, at the University City Public Library, University City Library, 6701 Delmar, 2nd floor auditorium, from 1:30pm. Free. For info call (314) 831-2568.

St. Louis Publishers Association meets 6:30-9pm the second Wednesday of every month at the Richmond Heights Community Center, 8001 Dale Avenue, Richmond Hts. Community Center. $5 non-members. 314-205-2679.

St. Louis Writer's Guild, the oldest literary organization in St. Louis, holds a workshop the first Saturday of each month from 10am-12noon, B&N Watson, 9618 Watson Rd, free for members, $5 nonmembers; and holds regualr meetings the third Thursday of each month from 7-8pm, B&N Ladue, 8871 Ladue Rd. (314) 821-3823.

Thursday Writers Critique Group meets every Thursday, Cultural Arts Center, 400 Civic Park, O’Fallon, 7-9pm. (636) 379-9362.

Works in Progress Writer's Group meets every Wednesday night at Borders Brentwood, 1519 S. Brentwood Blvd, 7:30pm. Free. For info call (314) 918-8189.

Writer’s Challenge Creative Writing Workshop meets every Thursday at the St. Peters Community and Arts Center, 1035 St. Peter's-Howell Rd., St. Peter's, MO, from 1pm. $2. For info, call Bob McManimie at (636) 947-3635.

Writer’s Challenge Rhyme and Reason, a poetry workshop, meets the third Tuesday of the month at the St. Peters Community and Arts Center, 1035 St. Peter's-Howell Rd., St. Peter's, MO, at 7pm. $2. For info, call Bob McManimie at (636) 947-3635.

Writers' Society of Jefferson County meets the second Saturday of each month from 9:30 am to noon in Rooms C & D at the Jefferson Memorial Hospital, first visit free, (636) 479-6471 or (636) 337-0523.

Writers Under the Arch meets every Tuesday night at Barnes & Noble, 8871 Ladue Rd, 7pm. Free. For info call (314) 862-6280.

WRITERS' WORKSHOPS

OASIS St. Louis holds writing workshops for adults aged 50 and over at various locations in the St. Louis area. For course information, contact (314) 539-4555 or write to them at 601 Olive St., 4th floor, St. Louis, MO 63101.

Poetry Workshop for potential children’s’ mentors conducted by poet and author Constance Levy, Wednesday, December 7, Kennard Classical Junior Academy, 1921 Prather, 1:45 pm, free registration required, 991-1529.

SLCL Grand Glaize Writers Workshop, present your work for discussion & critique, over 16, first Thursday of the month, 1010 Meramec Station, 7pm. 636-225-6454.

Washington University's University College offers creative writing workshops. WU Danforth Campus, January Hall, Room 20. Office hours: 8:30am-7pm Mon -Thurs; 8:30am-5pm Friday. (314) 935-6700.

Write Along Writers’ Workshop welcomes writers of all genres and levels to share and learn, meetings on select Saturdays at 11:30am, SLCL Indian Hills Branch, 8400 Delport Dr., 428-5424.

Writers' Society of Jefferson County meets the third Saturday of each month for the purpose of improving the craft of writing, conducting critiques, and writing reviews, 10am in the Festus Library, first visit free, (636) 479-6471.

Writing Workshop for amateur writers, third Wednesday of the month, SLCL Mid-County Branch, 7821 Maryland, 7pm. 721-3008.