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Forrest Fest (The Loft Poets)<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Lamesa)Writers’ conferences and groups<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n

One of the most fruitful moves most writers make<\/span> is to join up with a group of likeminded scribes, for critique, learning, networking, and socializing. Texas is fortunate to have more than a hundred of them\u2014general, poetry, romance, children’s, Christian, ethnic, songwriting, screenwriting, mystery, technical writing, you name it.<\/p>\n

Lift the veil of solitude and reach out to one of these groups or organizations, categorized by Texas city\u2014they’ll tell you more about their purpose, meeting times, and membership requirements. Other useful resources for locating a group that suits your interest and location are your local bookstores and libraries, and the Austin-based Writers\u2019 League of Texas<\/span>.<\/a><\/p>\n

Is your group’s information missing or out of date? Email us<\/span><\/a><\/span> with contact details.<\/p>\n

Abilene Writers Guild<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Abilene)<\/p>\n

Rio Grande Valley Writers<\/span> (Alamo)<\/p>\n

Texas Mountain Trail Writers<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Alpine)<\/p>\n

Inspirational Writers Alive!<\/span> (Amarillo)<\/p>\n

High Plains Writers<\/span> <\/a>(formerly Panhandle Professional Writers) (Amarillo)<\/p>\n

Southwest Cowboy Poets Association<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Amarillo)<\/p>\n

Writers Association of the Golden Spread<\/span> (Amarillo)<\/p>\n

Writers’ Corner<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Amarillo)<\/p>\n

JStokes Writing Ministries<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Arlington)<\/p>\n

Society of Children\u2019s Book Writers & Illustrators (SCBWI) \u2013 North Central\/Northeast<\/span> (Arlington)<\/p>\n

Austin Creative Non-Fiction Writers Group<\/span> (Austin)<\/p>\n

Austin Creative Writing Group<\/span> (Austin)<\/p>\n

Austin Fiction, Writers Group<\/span> (Austin)<\/p>\n

Austin Mystery Writers<\/span> (Austin)<\/p>\n

Austin Poetry Slam<\/span> (Austin)<\/p>\n

Austin Public Library Friends Foundation<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Austin Romance Writers of America<\/span> (ARWA)<\/a> (Austin)<\/p>\n

Austin Screenwriters<\/span> (Austin)<\/p>\n

Austin Songwriters Group<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Austin)<\/p>\n

Austin Unbound Screenwriters<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Austin)<\/p>\n

Austin Writergirls<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Austin)<\/p>\n

Lake Travis Fiction Writers<\/span> (Austin)<\/p>\n

National League of American Pen Women<\/span> (Austin)<\/p>\n

Novel in Progress<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Austin)<\/p>\n

Poetry<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Austin)<\/p>\n

Sisters In Crime \u2013 Heart of Texas Chapter<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Austin)<\/p>\n

Society for Technical Communication<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Austin)<\/p>\n

Society of Children\u2019s Book Writers & Illustrators (SCBWI)<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Austin)<\/p>\n

Story Circle Network<\/span><\/a><\/span>(Austin)<\/p>\n

The Slugtribe<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Austin)<\/p>\n

Texas Association of Authors<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Austin)<\/p>\n

Texas Council of Teachers of English Language Arts<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Austin)<\/p>\n

Texas Institute of Letters<\/span> (Austin)<\/p>\n

The Writing Barn<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Austin)<\/p>\n

Writing From The Heart<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Austin)<\/p>\n

Writing Practice<\/span> (Austin)<\/p>\n

Writers League of Texas<\/span><\/a><\/span> (formerly Austin Writers\u2019 League) (Austin)<\/p>\n

North Texas Professional Writers Association<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Bedford)<\/p>\n

Trinity Writers Workshop<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Bedford)<\/p>\n

Prairie Hill Books<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Brenham)<\/p>\n

Brazos Writers<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Bryan)<\/p>\n

National League of American Pen Women<\/span> (Bryan)<\/p>\n

Romance Writers of America \u2013 NTRWA<\/span> (Burleson)<\/p>\n

National League of American Pen Women<\/span> (Carrollton)<\/p>\n

Society of Children\u2019s Book Writers & Illustrators (SCBWI)<\/span><\/a><\/span> \u2013 Brazos Valley<\/span> (College Station)<\/p>\n

Dallas Area Romance Authors<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Dallas)<\/p>\n

Dallas Area Writers Group (DAWG)<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Dallas\/Cedar Hill)<\/p>\n

Dallas Screenwriters Association<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Dallas)<\/p>\n

Poetry Society of Texas<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Dallas)<\/p>\n

Lucky Dog Books<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Dallas)<\/p>\n

National League Of Pen Women<\/span> (Dallas Chapter)<\/p>\n

Poetry Discussion Group – Dallas (Dallas)<\/p>\n

Sisters In Crime \u2013 Deadly Allies Chapter<\/span> (Dallas)<\/p>\n

Society for Technical Communication – Lone Star<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Dallas)<\/p>\n

Southwest Writers<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Dallas)<\/p>\n

WBA Dallas Chapter<\/span> (Dallas)<\/p>\n

Word Space (Dallas) (Dallas)<\/p>\n

Writer\u2019s Block<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Dallas)<\/p>\n

Writer\u2019s Garret<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Dallas)<\/p>\n

Writing Workshops Dallas<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Dallas)<\/p>\n

Denton Writers’ League<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Denton)<\/p>\n

North Branch Writers\u2019 Critique Group<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Denton)<\/p>\n

El Paso Writers League<\/span> (El Paso)<\/p>\n

Sisters In Crime \u2013 El Paso Chapter<\/span> (El Paso)<\/p>\n

The Tumblewords Project<\/span><\/a><\/span> (El Paso)<\/p>\n

DFW Writer\u2019s Workshop<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Euless)<\/p>\n

North Texas Christian Writers<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Fort Worth)<\/p>\n

Freelance Writers Network Dallas-FW<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Fort Worth)<\/p>\n

National League of American Pen Women<\/span> (Fort Worth)<\/p>\n

National League of American Pen Women<\/span> (Fort Worth)<\/p>\n

Sisters In Crime \u2013 Cowtown Crime Solvers<\/span> (Fort Worth)<\/p>\n

Write4Kids<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Frisco)<\/p>\n

North Texas Speculative Fiction Workshop<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Hurst; Dallas area)<\/p>\n

American Christian Fiction Writers (Central Texas Chapter)<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Georgetown)<\/p>\n

San Gabriel Writers\u2019 League<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Georgetown)<\/p>\n

Young County Writer’s Roundtable<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Graham)<\/p>\n

Valley Byliners (Harlingen)<\/p>\n

Association of Authors and Publishers<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Houston)<\/p>\n

Bay Area Writers League (BAWL)<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Houston)<\/p>\n

Houston Writers Guild<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Houston)<\/p>\n

Houston Writers House<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Houston)<\/p>\n

InPrint<\/span> (Houston)<\/p>\n

Manuscriptors<\/span> Guild (Houston)<\/p>\n

Nuestra Palabra<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Houston)<\/p>\n

Society for Technical Communication – Houston<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Houston)<\/p>\n

Women in the Visual and Literary Arts<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Houston)<\/p>\n

Woodlands Writers Guild<\/span> (Houston)<\/p>\n

Writers Club of Pasadena<\/span> (Houston)<\/p>\n

Writespace Houston<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Houston)<\/p>\n

Romance Writers of America \u2013 Yellow Rose<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Hurst)<\/p>\n

Irving Writers Connection<\/span> (Irving)<\/p>\n

East Texas Writers\u2019 Association<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Jacksonville)<\/p>\n

Bear Creek Book Club<\/span> (Katy)<\/p>\n

Romance Writers of America \u2013 West Houston<\/span> (Katy)<\/p>\n

Novel Ideas<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Killeen)<\/p>\n

Forrest Fest (The Loft Poets)<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Lamesa)<\/p>\n

Red Raku Writers\u2019 Cottage<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Tilmon; Lockhart area)<\/p>\n

Caprock Writers\u2019 Alliance<\/span> <\/a>(Lubbock)<\/p>\n

Society for Technical Communication TTU \u2013 Student<\/span> (Lubbock)<\/p>\n

Write Right Critique Group<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Lubbock)<\/p>\n

Highland Lakes Writers<\/span> (Marble Falls)<\/p>\n

West Texas Writers<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Midland)<\/p>\n

Texas Coalition of Authors<\/span> (New Braunfels)<\/p>\n

Writers Club of Pasadena<\/span> (Pasadena)<\/p>\n

Southeast Texas Writer\u2019s Caf\u00e9<\/span> (Pasadena)<\/p>\n

Writers Guild of Texas<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Plano)<\/p>\n

Romance Writers of America \u2013 DARA<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Richardson)<\/p>\n

Inspirational Writers Alive! \u2013 ETX<\/span> Chapter (Rusk)<\/p>\n

San Angelo Writers Club<\/span><\/a><\/span> (San Angelo)<\/p>\n

Christian Writers Group of Greater San Antonio<\/span><\/a><\/span> (San Antonio)<\/p>\n

Gemini Ink<\/a><\/span> (San Antonio)<\/p>\n

National Association of Women Writers<\/span><\/a><\/span> (San Antonio)<\/p>\n

Romance Writers of America<\/span><\/a><\/span> (San Antonio)<\/p>\n

San Antonio Meetup Group: Novel Writing and Publication<\/span><\/a><\/span> (San Antonio)<\/p>\n

San Antonio Writers Guild<\/span> (SAWG)<\/a> (San Antonio)<\/p>\n

Sisters In Crime \u2013 Without A Clue Chapter<\/span> (San Antonio)<\/p>\n

Society for Technical Communication \u2013 Alamo<\/span><\/a><\/span> (San Antonio)<\/p>\n

Society of Children\u2019s Book Writers & Illustrators (SCBWI) \u2013 Southwes<\/span><\/a><\/span> (San Antonio)<\/p>\n

Narciso Martinez Writers Forum<\/span> (San Benito)<\/p>\n

Romance Writers of America \u2013 Northwest Houston Chapter<\/span> (Spring)<\/p>\n

Romance Writers of America National<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Spring)<\/p>\n

Sisters In Crime \u2013 The Final Twist Chapter<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Spring)<\/p>\n

Houston Writers Guild (Fort Bend Writers)<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Stafford)<\/p>\n

Society of Children\u2019s Book Writers & Illustrators (SCBWI) \u2013 Houston<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Sugar Land)<\/p>\n

East Texas Writers Guild<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Tyler)<\/p>\n

Romance Writers of America \u2013 Heart of Texas<\/span> (Waco)<\/p>\n

Romance Writers of America \u2013 Bay Area<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Webster)<\/p>\n

Romance Writers of America \u2013 Red River<\/span> (Wichita Falls)<\/p>\n

Northeast Texas Writers\u2019 Organization (NETWO)<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Winfield)<\/p>\n

Golden Triangle Writers\u2019 Guild<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Woodville)<\/p>\n

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Literary Magazines<\/h1>\n

Texas is home to more than 80 creative journals publishing fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, photography, reviews, and other artistic content. Almost all are open to submissions and post guidelines on their websites.<\/p>\n

A Strange Object<\/p>\n

Amarillo Bay<\/p>\n

American Letters & Commentary<\/p>\n

American Literary Review<\/p>\n

American Short Fiction<\/p>\n

Analecta<\/p>\n

Aries: A Creative Journal of Literary Expression<\/p>\n

Art House Dallas<\/p>\n

Austin Review<\/p>\n

Bat City Review<\/p>\n

Bayousphere<\/p>\n

Borderlands: Texas Poetry Review<\/p>\n

Callaloo<\/p>\n

Camera Obscura<\/p>\n

Carcinogenic Poetry<\/p>\n

Carve Magazine<\/p>\n

CCTE Studies<\/p>\n

Cenizo Journal<\/p>\n

Crack the Spine<\/p>\n

Dappled Things<\/p>\n

descant<\/p>\n

escarp<\/p>\n

Expositor<\/p>\n

fields magazine<\/p>\n

Foxing Quarterly<\/p>\n

Front Porch Journal<\/p>\n

Glass Mountain<\/p>\n

Gulf Coast: A Journal of Literature and Fine Art<\/p>\n

haijinx<\/p>\n

Hothouse Literary Journal<\/p>\n

Huizache: The Magazine of Latino Literature<\/p>\n

Illya’s Honey<\/p>\n

Iron Horse Literary Review<\/p>\n

Lamar Journal of the Humanities<\/p>\n

Langdon Review of the Arts in Texas<\/p>\n

Literal: Latin American Voices Magazine<\/p>\n

Literati Quarterly<\/p>\n

Litragger<\/p>\n

Lone Star Legacy: Poetry Prose and History in Texas<\/p>\n

Mayo Review<\/p>\n

MOLT Literary Journal<\/p>\n

Nano Fiction<\/p>\n

Nat.Brut<\/p>\n

North Texas Review<\/p>\n

Overtime<\/p>\n

Persona<\/p>\n

Pulse<\/p>\n

Quicksilver<\/p>\n

R2: The Rice Review<\/p>\n

Raspa Magazine<\/p>\n

REAL: Regarding Arts & Letters<\/p>\n

Red River Review<\/p>\n

Reunion: The Dallas Review<\/p>\n

Rio Grande Review<\/p>\n

RiverSedge<\/p>\n

Sagebrush Review<\/p>\n

Sakura Review<\/p>\n

Short Story<\/p>\n

Smoking Glue Gun<\/p>\n

Southwest Review<\/p>\n

Story\/Houston<\/p>\n

Studies in American Indian Literatures<\/p>\n

Texas Poetry Calendar<\/p>\n

Texas Review<\/p>\n

The Dirty Goat<\/p>\n

The First Line<\/p>\n

The Literary South<\/p>\n

The Thing Itself<\/p>\n

TORCH Journal<\/p>\n

Trinity Review<\/p>\n

Unstuck<\/p>\n

Visions International<\/p>\n

Voices de la Luna<\/p>\n

Weasel Press<\/p>\n

WINDHOVER: A Journal of Christian Literature<\/p>\n

Workers Write!<\/p>\n

Write Bloody Publishing<\/p>\n

Writing Texas<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Publishers in Texas (a selected list)<\/h1>\n

Abilene Christian University Press<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Abilene)<\/p>\n

Arte P\u00fablico Press<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Houston)<\/p>\n

Aztlan Libre Press<\/span><\/a><\/span> (San Antonio)<\/p>\n

Baylor University Press<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Waco)<\/p>\n

BenBella Books<\/span> (Dallas)<\/p>\n

Black Rose Writing<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Castroville)<\/p>\n

Bright Sky Press<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Houston)<\/p>\n

Brown Books Publishing<\/span> (Dallas)<\/p>\n

Casey Shay Press<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Austin)<\/p>\n

Cinco Puntos Press<\/span><\/a><\/span> (El Paso)<\/p>\n

Concordia University Press<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Austin)<\/p>\n

Copano Bay Press<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Fulton)<\/p>\n

Deep Vellum Publishing<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Dallas)<\/p>\n

Dos Gatos Press<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Austin\/Albuquerque)<\/p>\n

Eakin Press (Fort Worth) Wild Horse Media<\/p>\n

Great Texas Line Press<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Fort Worth)<\/p>\n

Greenleaf Book Group<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Austin)<\/p>\n

Hendrick-Long Publishing<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Houston)<\/p>\n

Henery Press<\/span> <\/a>(Plano)<\/p>\n

Hill College Press<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Hillsboro)<\/p>\n

HWG Press<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Houston)<\/p>\n

Ink Brush Press<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Inklings<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Houston)<\/p>\n

John Hardy Publishing<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Houston)<\/p>\n

Lamar University Press<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Beaumont)<\/p>\n

Little Lamb Books<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Bedford)<\/p>\n

Mbedzi Publishing<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Dallas)<\/p>\n

Mindworks Publishing<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Houston)<\/p>\n

Mouthfeel Press<\/span><\/a><\/span> (El Paso)<\/p>\n

Mutabilis Press<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Houston)<\/p>\n

Pandamoon Publishing<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Austin)<\/p>\n

Plain View Press<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Austin)<\/p>\n

Queen\u2019s Ferry Press<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Plano)<\/p>\n

ROM Digital Ink Press<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Houston)<\/p>\n

Skipjack Publishing<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Burton)<\/p>\n

Slough Press<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Stephen F. Austin State University Press<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Nacgodoches)<\/p>\n

Texas A&M University Press<\/span><\/a><\/span> (College Station)<\/p>\n

Texas Christian University Press<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Fort Worth)<\/p>\n

Texas Review Press<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Huntsville)<\/p>\n

Texas Tech University Press<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Lubbock)<\/p>\n

Trinity University Press<\/span><\/a><\/span> (San Antonio)<\/p>\n

University of North Texas Press<\/span> (Denton)<\/p>\n

University of Texas Press<\/span> (Austin)<\/p>\n

Virgogray Press<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Waldorf Press<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Grapevine)<\/p>\n

White Bird Publications<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Austin)<\/p>\n

Wild Horse Media Group<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Fort Worth; see also<\/span> Eakin Press)<\/p>\n

Wings Press<\/span><\/a><\/span> (San Antonio)<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t see your Texas publishing house or university press listed here? Email us your contact information and we\u2019ll add you to the roster.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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