Writer Groups

The CCWC offers a variety of Writers Groups. Open to members only.  These are small groups of writers who meet regularly to share their work and enhance skills in a  supportive atmosphere.

During sessions, writers read from their work and fellow members comment upon its strengths and offer suggestions for improvement.

If you would like to join a writing group, your first step is to become a CCWC member. JOIN 

Next, fill out the questionnaire:   CCWC-Writing-Group-Questionnaire. Email your completed questionnaire to ccwcwriters@gmail.com  and we will work to match you up with the right group. Due to limited openings within our writing groups, we will do our best to match you with like-minded writers in a group.

The current groups of the CCWC are listed below.

Fiction

Advanced Writers Group (closed)

Location: Osterville. Ma
Meets: Every Tuesday, 9:30 AM to noon
Genres: Novels, short stories, essays, and poems
Level: Mixed – serious writers, most working toward publication

Mashpee Fiction/E. Falmouth ( limited openings)

Location: virtually Zoom
Meets: Wednesday weekly at 7:30 pm
Genre: Novels

Falmouth Fiction Writers (limited openings)

Location: Falmouth Library,Ma - 
Meets: Zoom Thursday 4-6 pm
Genre: Female Adult Advanced fiction
Level: Mixed

Mid-Cape Fiction Group (closed)

Location: Zoom
Meets: Friday 2:00 pm
Genres: Advanced Fiction
Level: Mixed/ serious writers seeking publication

Off-Cape\South Shore (closed)

Location: email

Meets: Virtually 
Genres: Fiction 
Level: Moderate to advanced

Speculative Fiction – (limited openings)

Location: Leonard Room, South Yarmouth Library
Meets: Every three weeks, 2-5 on Tuesday afternoon
Genres: Bizarro, Dystopian, Fantasy, Horror, Magical Realism, Psychological Fiction, Science Fiction, 
Steampunk, and more
Level: Moderate - Advanced

Cape Scribblers  (limited openings)

Location: Zoom
Meets: TBD
Genres: Fact Based Fiction, Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction
Level: Mixed

Children’s Literature

Looking for more writers to form a new Children writers group. Contact  ccwcwriters@gmail.com

Children’s Two – Young Reader – (Open)

Location: Zoom
Meets: TBD

 

Poetry

Scargo Hill Poets (closed)

Location: Dennis, Ma
Meets: Third Thursday of each month, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Genres: Poetry, all forms
Level: moderate to advanced; serious poets working toward publication

Falmouth Poets (closed)

 

Non-Fiction

Mid-Cape Nonfiction Writers Group (Closed)

Highly Selective – members are all close to completion of projects

Location: Hyannis, Ma
Meets:2nd & 4th Tuesday each month, 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Genres: History, articles, and other non-fiction projects
Level: Mixed

New – Outer Cape Memoir(Limited openings) Wellfleet to Orleans

Location: Virtually Zoom
Meets: TBD
Genre: memoir and experienced based fiction

Though each group has its own working methods, rules, and strategies, there are some general guidelines that apply to all of our writing groups. You can download and read these guidelines here:  CCWC-Group-Guidelines

If there is sufficient interest, we will be forming one or more new groups in the near future. If you would like more information about any of our groups, or about starting a new group, please contact the center at: writers@capecodwriterscenter.org