Below is a list of writing groups in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. Many of these groups will conduct book readings, offer workshops, or sponsor contests. Please let me know if I need to make any corrections or add more groups.

Association of Writers & Writing Programs, https://www.awpwriter.org/

Black Women Playwright’s Group, http://www.blackwomenplaywrights.org/home.asp

Black Writer’s Guild of Maryland, Inc., http://www.blackwritersguild.org/

D.C. Advocates for the Arts, http://dcadvocatesforthearts.org/

The D.C. Poetry Project, Inc. (MeetUp), http://www.meetup.com/DC-Poetry-Project/

D.C. Poetry Workshop Group (MeetUp), http://www.meetup.com/DC-Poetry-Workshop-Group/

The Federal Poets, http://www.blehert.com/TheFederalPoets/poetindex.html

Hurston/Wright Foundation, http://www.hurstonwright.org/

Maryland Writers’ Association, www.marylandwriters.org/

Politics and Prose, Trips and Classes, http://www.politics-prose.com/classes-trips

Riverby Books Capitol Hill Writing Workshop, http://www.riverbybooksdc.com/writing-workshop.html

Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators in MD, DE and WW, https://aseraserburns.wordpress.com/

Spark, http://www.getsparked.org/

Speakeasy Storytelling, http://speakeasydc.com/

Split this Rock, http://www.splitthisrock.org/

Veterans Writing Project, http://veteranswriting.org/

Washington Creative Writer’s Club (Meet-up), http://www.meetup.com/Washington-Creative-Writers-Club/

Washington Publishers, http://www.washingtonpublishers.org/

The Writer’s Center, http://www.writer.org/

Writer’s Foundation, http://www.writersfoundationllc.org/#

Writing the Body, http://writingbody.org/