Groups and Associations
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Abilene Writers Guild
P.O. Box 2562
Abilene, Texas 79604
Email: AWG@AbileneWritersGuild.org
Meets
4th Thursday at 7 p.m., January through October
Center for Contemporary Arts
220 Cypress Street
Abilene, TX
"Not failure, but low aim, is crime." -Lowell
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Austin Chapter, Romance Writers of America
Meets
Second Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m.
Mr. Gatti's
3720 Far West Blvd.
Austin, TX
The ARWA is a group of dedicated writers ranging from those new to writing romance to published authors frequently found on best-seller lists.
If you are new to writing romance, come join us. We have programs to help you learn the basics and you will be able to discuss writing with others who share your interest.
If you have finished a book or two but are not yet published, come join us. We have programs to help you learn what it takes to make that big step to being published.
If you are published, come join us. You will find many of our speakers can give you the research information you need for your next book.
Austin RWA is a friendly, helpful, fun group dedicated to supporting each other in all stages of a writing career.
Visitors are always welcome at our meetings.
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Austin Screenwriters
Meets
First & Third Saturdays of the month at 9:30 a.m.
BookPeople
Austin, TX
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Authors and Publishers Association
6124 Hwy. 6 North, PMB 109
Houston, TX 77084
The Authors and Publishers Association is a non-profit association based in Houston, Texas, and is composed of authors (and would-be authors), editors, designers, artists, printers, publishers, self-publishers, marketers, distributors, booksellers, Internet professionals -- anyone associated with the production, developing, marketing and distribution of books.
The association aims to assist writers, authors, publishers and trades people in keeping the literary craft alive. To encourage tomorrow's Hemingways, Vonneguts and Sagans.
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Bay Area Writers League
P.O. Box 580007
Houston, TX 77058
E-mail: info@bawl.org
Meets
First Thursday of the month
Barnes & Noble
1029 W. Bay Area Blvd.
Webster, Texas
The Bay Area Writers League is an organization of writers in the Galveston Bay area near Johnson Space Center. It was founded in 1989 and currently has about 190 members.
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Cowtown Crime Solvers (Sisters in Crime)
PO Box 100223
Fort Worth TX 76185
817-731-8551
E-mail Barbara Ford: info@countrydaytravel.com
Meets
4th Sunday of the month, except July and December at either 3:30 or 4:00 depending on our speaker.
Borders Booksellers
Hulen Street and I-20
Every meeting except December is a speaker format. We have authors, police, coroners, forensic, experts in fields that relate to crime, the list is endless. Once a year we have a fund raising dinner with book sale and donate the money to a literacy program.
We have extra activities such as a potluck dinner if an author is in town and it is not our regular meeting time. We do occasionally set up field trips. We support a trip of mystery to England on a bi-annual basis. The trip is based on mystery books, authors and events and will be sponsored by Murder by the Book in Houston
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El Paso Chapter (Sisters in Crime)
345 Shadow Mt. #1610
El Paso TX 79912
915-587-6457
E-mail Patricia A. Phillips: pphillip@libr.utep.edu
The Final Twist (Sisters in Crime)
PO Box 100223
Fort Worth TX 76185
817-731-8551
E-mail President Sheridan Rowe: sheridanrowe@worldnet.att.net
E-mail Membership Director Jana Phillips: jlphillips@houston.rr.com
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Ft. Bend Writers Guild
12523 Folkcrest Way
Stafford, TX 77477-3529
Meets
Tuesdays 7-9 p.m.
Sugar Land Barnes & Noble
2545 Town Center Blvd
Sugar Land, Texas 77479
(Hwy 6 Exit off the Southwest Freeway/Highway 59)The weekly critique meetings are devoted to helping each other hone that manuscript for publication. All genres are welcome. (Well, almost. We'll tell you if you're too torrid for us.)
The Ft. Bend Writers Guild is a Houston, Texas area writers group.
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Heart of Texas Chapter (Sisters in Crime)
1009 Harwood Pl
Austin TX 78704
E-mail: hotxsinc@yahoo.com
Membership
HOTXSINC c/o Sarah Ann Robertson
PO Box 49939
Austin TX 78765
Phone: 512-331-1820
E-mail Kathy Borich: kathyborich@yahoo.com
North Texas Romance Writers of America
La Hacienda Ranch Restaurant
5250 HWY 121 frontage road just south of the Hall-Johnson Exit
Colleyville, Texas
Meets
3rd Saturday of each month
10 AM: Doors open
10:30 - 11:30: Program
11:45 - 1 PM: Business Meeting and lunch Meeting
La Hacienda Ranch Restaurant
Colleyville, Texas
Directions or call: 817-318-7500A $1 admission at the door includes raffle ticket. Guests are welcome to visit three times before asked to join.
Chapter #33, Region 5 of the Romance Writers of America® was organized in March of 1983 and offers educational programs, an informative monthly newsletter, and a friendly atmosphere for networking, and access of up to date information on agents, editors and publishers of romantic fiction. NTRWA's mission is to educate, support, and mentor published and unpublished members in the profession of romance writing. We are a multi-genre romance writing group from traditional romance to one of the most recent sales of our chapter in young adult. Our membership also includes various published members from book-length non-fiction and magazine publications.
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San Gabriel Writers’ League
Box 798
Georgetown, TX 78627
Phone: 512-869-1833
Meets
First Thursday of the month beginning at 7 p.m.
Main Street Baptist Church
1001 South Main
Georgetown, TX
Enter through the South Door. Visitors welcome.
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San Antonio Romance Authors
P.O. Box 160818
San Antonio, TX 78280-3018
Meets
3rd Wednesday of each month
6-6:30 PM: Sign in/mix & mingle
6:30-8:30 PM: General Membership meeting & speaker presentation
Joe’s Crabshack
IH-10 and DeZavala
(south of the Loop 1604/IH-10 exchange)
SARA is Chapter #41 of Romance Writers of America®.
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Sherlock Holmes Society of Austin
Kerbey Lane Cafe
12602 Research Blvd.
Austin, TX
E-mail Carolyn Hoehn: choehn@austin.rr.com
Meets
2nd Monday of the month.
The group usually discusses a story or has a program at its monthly meetings.
Texas Deadly Allies (Sisters in Crime)
3424 Chaparal Dr
Dallas TX 75234
E-mail Judith Fitzgerald: fitzdallas@sbcglobal.net
Meets
Phone 214-363-8374 for date and time
Community room in the far left back corner of the store as you come in the front doors of Half-Price Books
East of Central Expressway at 5915 E. NW Hwy. and ShadyBrook.
Without a Clue (Sisters in Crime)
Remember the Alibi Bookstore
8055 W. Ave. #101
San Antonio TX 78213
210-344-7776
E-mail Patsy Asher: patsy@world-net.net
Writers' League of Texas
(formerly Austin Writers' League)
1501 W. 5th Street / Suite E-2
Austin, TX 78703
Office Hours: Tuesday-Friday Noon until 6:00 p.m.
Office phone: (512)499-8914
The Writers' League of Texas is a nonprofit professional organization whose primary purpose is to provide a forum for information, support, and sharing among writers, to help members improve and market their writing skills, and to promote the interests of writers and the writing community.
With approximately 1,400 members nationwide, WLT is composed of published and unpublished writers as well as those who recognize the written word as art and simply love to read. Over 50% of the membership base resides outside the Central Texas area.
Meets
3rd Thursday of each month except for September when the league hosts the Violet Crown Awards and December when no meeting is held.
7 PM: Social Time (coffee and pastries)
7:30 PM: Program
Barnes and Noble Westlake
701 Capital of Texas Highway South
( just south of the corner of Bee Caves and Capital of Texas Highway in the Village at Westlake Center)
512-328-3155The program is about an hour and then there is time for people to network and meet with the program presenters.
Directions
The bookstore is not that easy to find the first time. If coming south on Capital of Texas Highway (360), pass Bee Caves and turn left at the next light and go into the shopping center (should be Las Cimas Parkway) and take the first (or second) left -- the one you see buildings -- and go into the parking lot. Call the bookstore for assistance if you need.
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The Writers' League of Texas promotes the art of writing and brings the power of self-expression to people across the state. It offers professional growth to its members through education, a supportive community, market resources, and ways to connect with the reading public.
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