GuyWriters

Writing Groups

GuyWriters' writing groups are a helpful and lively way to improve your craft as a writer by generating new writing, sharing your work, receiving constructive feedback, attending literary readings and talking with professional writers.

GuyWriters currently hosts three writing groups that meet monthly: one each for poets, prose writers and playwrights.

Poetry Group

Poets are now meeting every second and fourth Tuesday of the month under the direction of Jay Siegel, a published poet and poetry contest winner who organizes GuyWriters' quarterly poetry open mic at Books Inc. in the Castro.

Playwrights Group

Playwrights meet every month with Alan Quismorio, a theater professional who has acted, directed or written plays for Alchemy SF, SF Fringe Festival, New Conservatory Theatre Center, Bay One Act Festival, Brava!, Shotgun Players, Magic Theater, Oakland Public Theater and Word for Word. He is currently Co-Artistic Director of the Asian American Theater Company.

Prose Group

Fiction and non-fiction writers meet every month with Eric Rose, a writing teacher with degrees in writing and literacy from SF State and UC Berkeley. He has extensive editing experience from the Bay Area Reporter, Transfer Magazine, Creampuff Magazine and the 2001 SF Pride Guide. Currently the chair of a high school English Department, he has facilitated teacher training at Stanford and UC Berkeley and he is currently work on an anthology of student writing with 826 Valencia.

If you would like to join a writing group, please send an email to GuyWriters (at) gmail.com.