Serving Others Using Language, or SOUL SLAM...is a group of Austin Writers and Poets and Spoken Word performers who desire to come together and not only write and better their work as a group, but who also hope to better the world around them with their words. The group is open to people of all different backgrounds, beliefs, and levels of experience in the field of writing. Whether you love reading poetry, and merely appreciate it as an art form, or whether you are working on being published or …

Bulverde Poets is a workshop group which will meet on the first Saturday of each month starting December 3 from 2-4 p.m. at the Bulverde/Spring Branch Library, 131 Bulverde Crossing in Bulverde across from Home Depot. The group’s objective is to provide a place for reading poems to an appreciative audience and receive feedback as constructive criticism to improve poetry writing. Agenda: Each member brings up to three poems to read with enough copies for the group. Everyone gets to read their thr …

We welcome non-writers, as well! We are a group of people who express our mess of words in short, perfunctory pulses. There is no room for cliché (and hardly any for adjective) in our work. We want to be moved by others, and we hope to do the moving from time to time. We encourage writing with truth, clarity, and passion, and love it when reciting borders on Slam. Come to watch, read, share, recite, laugh, and drink (beer or coffee, depending on the time of day). Don't come to feed us rainbows. …

Do you have a story to tell, a script to write, or poetry begging to be heard? Developing a web site? Writing a documentary? Journalist or journal-er? Do you need help getting it out of your head and down on paper or through your keyboard? Then come join us! All writing is welcome - novels, nonfiction, screenplays, stage plays, short stories, poetry, anything you can imagine. Film, print, web, audio? Welcome! National Novel Writing Month? Script Frenzy? Come right along! More info about the Roun …

We are a non-profit visual artists organization (501 c3) that supports the San Antonio community by exhibiting and hosting Afro-American art at different venues in the San Antonio area. This year marks our 30th anniversary and we are expanding our ranks by sponsoring an Poetry Competition with a grand prize of $500 at our annual "Lunch with the Artists" gala held at the Doubletree Hotel. This is an elimination event which you can get details on our website, saeastx.org. We are inviting anyone an …

The Austin Writers Roulette features a different monthly theme and line up of artists who love to perform their original written works such as poetry, essays, spoken word, singer-songwriting, or excerpts from novels. Artists also have the opportunity to set up a vendor table at the roulette. Although the roulette is not an open mic, interested artists who would like to read for an upcoming event should first attend a roulette. And of course, performance art lovers are always welcome!

This is a group for people who would like to attend free workshops and critique groups for their creative writing. We will meet weekly to review and critique up to ten pages of your short story, flash fiction, novel chapter, poem, memoir, or essay. All you need to do is show up with 10 copies of your work, double-spaced. You or someone you select will read your work, and the other attendees will provide suggestions. We meet at a restaurant in Northeast San Antonio. You do not have to purchase a …

Are you an aspiring writer, poet, novelist or other creative wordsmith seeking to find a group of like minded people to come together and encourage and help you feed and keep your muse? Have you been a writer for a long time now, and felt as though you've lost touch with that creative spark? Are you all too familiar with that dreaded literary monster known as "Writer's Block?" Or do you simply feel that you need more true friends, and people who are living the writer's life just as yourself and …

We are musicians, comedians, poets, magicians, jugglers, actors, dancers etc...people who enjoy performing or watching performances from local artists and amateur talent. We are dedicated to promoting and encouraging local Austin performers. We plan Open Mic Nights for amateurs and look for late night music acts to perform in North Austin.

Hi there.  Welcome to Weird Austin Writers.  If you’re a writer but your goal is to be an author...this is your place.  Whatever a writer writes is art from the mind.  We're a talented group who like getting and giving feedback for manuscripts. This group is all about helping writers write better and get published. This Group will be doing: 2 Read, Workshop, and Chat meetups per month 1 Brainstorming session to get feedback on pre-manuscript ideas 1 Book Review session, where you talk about b …

The Austin Arts Collective is a group of people that support the visual arts in Austin, Texas. We include visual artists of any expression: jewelry makers, photographers, painters, welders, graphic artists, ceramicists, sculptors, glass blowers, weavers, print makers, seamstresses, etc. You are equally welcome if you are an art buyer, enthusiast, publisher, historian, curator, etc. Come meet with us to informally network and socialize.  Pass some cards around.  Get to know each other. Be sur …

Join other parents and children (ages 0-6) for fun playdates in Farsi! The objective of this group is to encourage our little Austinites to learn Farsi. This group is, therefore, open to all those who speak Farsi or would like to learn. This is a new group so please join and spread the word.

Artists, Musicians, Makers, Dancers, Crafters, Designers, Reiki Masters, Massage Lovers, Tattoo Lovers, Lovers of the Weird, Tarot Readers, Burners, Hoopers, Fire Dancers, Yogi's, and just interesting folks who love life, love connecting and creating and sharing. It is more of a state of mind than a particular job or hobby that brings us together at "The Weirdery". We are not just "outside the box" thinkers, we have grabbed the box, painted it, added a few feathers and turned it into a cool lam …

Professional commitments have prevented the founding organizers of this group from continuing as the leaders, so we're in the process of re-booting and expect to resume meeting in March. Current members:  We'll stick pretty close to the group's original set up, and we hope you'll continue to participate.  New / Potential members:  Here's what we're about... This group is for writers who are seeking inspiration, grappling with writer's block, need a nudge (or shove) to get started, or are inter …

A writing group for the early birds or wannabe early birds who aspire to get some writing done in the early hours before the day everything. This is not an evaluation or critique meetup (necessarily), but just a shared commitment to starting the day with coffee, camaraderie and keystrokes. May it serve as a building block for your morning writing practice no matter what kind of writing you're doing. At this time there is one weekly meeting, Sunday morning. Saturdays and weekdays have been discus …

Overview Most of the time, WriteByNight is hard at work providing customized writers' services to novices and professionals alike. But on select days and times, we draw the shades, turn off our ringers and open our doors to writers on the prowl for a quiet, comfy haven where they can write, read, collaborate or just kick back and dream. We’ve got a library, writing prompts, coffee and free Wi-Fi. What more could a writer ask for? Objective Write Here allows you to carve out much-needed writing …

This group is created to bring San Antonio singles between the ages of 23-56 together. We gather to provide support for one another and have fun doing random things. We will gather to do things like hike, dance, wine mixers, and dating icebreakers.  We normally host to 20-50 singles per event, meetup.com is not our only source to market these events.  Also, visit our official sponsor www.scenergy-dating.com, they are a local owned company that provides  larger network of local singles.  So if yo …

The San Antonio Writers' Guild is a non-profit organization that has been in existence since 1975. It encourages writers of all genres. We have a monthly meeting on the first Thursday of the month. Our monthly program is presented by an established writer. We also hold weekly critique sessions on every Wednesday unless it falls on the same week as our monthly meeting. We have a quarterly write-in. You can find all the information on our website: sawritersguild.com. You do not have to be a member …

Having trouble finishing your manuscript? Starting a term paper? Writing a long overdue love letter? Then this is the group for you! The Sit Down, Shut Up, and Write! Meetup is exactly what it sounds like: a venue for writers to start, continue, or finish written works. The Format: The "Sit Down" part: The first thirty minutes is reserved for introductions, chit-chat, purchasing food and drink, skimming writing books, exchanging ideas, yoga postures, Gregorian chants, or whatever gets you psyche …

Austin Writers is a meant as a source of positive reinforcement and community for writers of all kinds in the Austin area. During a regular month, we have 2 meetups; one in South Austin & one in North Austin. (I am in the process of expanding that to 4 meetups a month.) These will be discussion based where people bring examples of their current writing for sharing (read silently) and to spark discussion. The goal is simply to help foster a community of writers in Austin, and provide continuity …

You must be a member of Round Rock Writers Guild to participate in this workshop. You are welcome to come and audit a meeting whenever you want. We meet twice monthly - a Monday night and the following Saturday morning - to help each other in developing our writing using a workshop format. The prerequisite: Anyone attending a workshop day must submit a piece of their own for review and read those to be workshopped that day. We will receive the most benefit from an active discussion among all mem …

If you seek feedback on your writing from people other than adoring family and polite friends, and if you're willing to read and help other writers with constructive feedback, then this group is for you. At our meeting, member submissions are workshopped using the Milford model. - Manuscripts are distributed at least 2 weeks prior to the workshop. - Members provide editorial comments and general writing issues in the margins of the document and write a separate typewritten review. - Members mus …

Real Writers is called Academic because it is designed to be like a workshop you would take at a big university, where the instructor would take seriously the fundamentals of literary techniques and straightforward criticism about member writing in order to understand those techniques. Real Writers is a literary workshop in which substantial literary ideas are developed in order to facilitate 'real' writing both in the form of literature and in related media. Any writer or artist could potential …

Hello, Welcome to Soul Nourishing! Soul Nourishing is a holistic life coaching practice that focuses on guiding you successfully to an empowering and joyful place in your life. Learn how to nourish your heart, mind, body and soul! Example of recurring PROGRAMS: *SOS, Support of Self, is a self-care forum, created to allow for the sharing and discussion of heart-body-mind-soul concepts that empower one another and lead to personal transformation. SOS will meet from 7-8 pm on the fourth Tuesday of …

Hi Everyone, First of all, I'll tell you that I used to facilitate and Artist's Way Group thru Meetup here in Austin. I am creating a group based on the correspondence classes of Chicago's Jerry Cleaver's Immediate Writing course of study. Jerry has many accolades and many published writer's singing his praises. My goal is to begin and complete his one year of correspondence classes by utilizing his book "Immediate Fiction", which contains all the lessons needed. I'm looking for other would be w …

I want to meet the educated 30 something men and women in Austin. Socializing, and planning fun thiungs to do that aren't based around 6th street. Mock poetry slam? Karaoke? Bowling? Spades tournaments? Back yard BBQ? Ore what ever else we can think of to do. So if you want our of the house and to meet new people join this group!