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Massachusetts Resources for Writers
Here you’ll find a collection of resources for writers in Massachusetts, from conferences to local critique groups to literary magazines. If you’re looking for writing groups near you, writing workshops near you, creative writing classes near you, or simply a place to hang out with writers or submit your work, these are some Massachusetts writing organizations you might want to check out:
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Book Coaching : If you’re writing a book and want some help along the way.
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Publication Assistance : If you’ve written a book and want help finding an agent or publisher.
Amherst Writers and Artists
The Amherst Writers and Artists’ philosophy is simple: every person is a writer, and every writer deserves a safe environment in which to experiment, learn and develop craft. Offers writing workshops of all kinds.
Anomalous Press
A literary magazine and chapbook publisher, Anomalous “has its sights set on publishing literary text, advancing audio forms and creation, and supporting all sorts of alternative realities of the near future.”
Boston Writers SIG
A special interest group for writers who are also members of Boston Mensa. Meets in person monthly at various locations in Greater Boston.
Cambridge Writers’ Workshop
Formed by graduate students at Harvard University in 2008, the CWW is a creative writing community in Cambridge offering writing workshops, online courses, and writing retreats.
Cape Cod Writers Center
Writing workshops and a nationally-recognized writers conference that takes place annually during the third week in August at the Craigville Conference Center in Centerville on Nantucket Sound.
Fine Arts Work Center
A nonprofit devoted to encouraging the growth and development of emerging visual artists and writers through residency programs, to the propagation of aesthetic values and experience, and to the restoration of the year-round vitality of the historic art colony of Provincetown.
Gloucester Writers Center
This “working writers center in a working town” offers classes, writing workshops, readings, lectures, residencies, and more.
Grub Street
The second largest independent center for creative writing in the United States, its mission is to be an innovative, rigorous and welcoming community for writers who together create their best work, find audience and elevate the literary arts for all. Offers writing workshops of all kinds and other events.
Juniper Summer Writing Institute
An annual week-long event hosted by the MFA program at UMass Amherst. Attendees can choose from a wide variety of writing workshops in poetry, fiction, and nonfiction, as well as craft sessions, manuscript consultations, readings, and more.
Ploughshares
Founded in 1971, Ploughshares is an award-winning literary magazine at Emerson College publishing poetry, fiction, essay and memoir.
Scribbler’s Ink
A Boston-area writing workshop for writers of all genres and abilities.
Seven Bridge Writers’ Collaborative
A community-based creative writing group operating under the auspices of the Thayer Memorial Library in Lancaster, Massachusetts.
Straw Dog Writers Guild
A nonprofit volunteer organization dedicated to the craft and transformative power of writing. Its mission is to support the writing community by strengthening, engaging and connecting writers at all levels of development.
Sutton Writing Group
Meets at the Sutton Public Library once a month and welcomes writers of all skill levels working in all genres. Meetings are social, and much of the reading and critiquing work is done via email.
Writers in Progress
Writing workshops and one-on-one mentoring with author Dori Ostermiller to enhance writers’ lives and work.
The Writers’ Room of Boston
A nonprofit organization committed to supporting the creation of new literature by providing a secure, affordable workspace and an engaged community to emerging and established writers in downtown Boston.
Help us add to this list, Massachusettsians! Do you know of writing groups near you, writing workshops near you, creative writing classes near you, or a Massachusetts literary journal we should be aware of? Let us know here
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