Washington Writing Groups, Workshops, and Creative Writing Classes
Here you’ll find a collection of resources for writers in Washington, from conferences to local critique groups, workshops, and creative writing classes. If you’re looking for writing groups near you, a workshop or class, a place to connect with other writers, or somewhere to submit your work, these Washington writing resources are worth checking out.
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Writing Organizations & Groups
A Seattle-based poetry organization offering workshops, festivals, readings, online programs, and community projects exploring poetry, place, ecology, and the Cascadia bioregion. (Seattle)
A nonprofit literary organization supporting speculative fiction writers through year-round classes, public events, an intensive six-week summer workshop, and a nine-month novel-writing workshop. (Seattle / Online)
A Tacoma literary organization offering readings, community events, and writing groups, including the recurring Port of Poets group for poets seeking prompts, discussion, feedback, and literary community. (Tacoma)
A nonprofit literary arts center offering creative writing classes, workshops, writing circles, open mics, coaching, events, and other resources for writers across genres and experience levels. (Seattle)
Pacific Northwest Writers Association
A regional writing organization offering critique groups, educational programs, contests, networking, access to the Writers’ Cottage, and an annual conference connecting writers with agents, editors, and publishing professionals. (Issaquah)
A Seattle Public Library program supporting writers through occasional classes, publishing and craft resources, connections to local literary organizations, and an application-based Writers’ Room residency at the Central Library. (Seattle)
Washington Center for the Book
A statewide literary program promoting books, reading, libraries, and Washington’s literary heritage through the Washington State Book Awards and other programs celebrating authors and literature. (Statewide)
Conferences, Retreats & Residencies
A literary nonprofit offering residencies, retreats, convenings, and public programs supporting women writers and their creative work on Whidbey Island. (Whidbey Island)
Port Townsend Writers Conference
An annual weeklong conference at Centrum featuring generative workshops, craft lectures, readings, open mics, and community programming for writers across genres and experience levels. (Port Townsend)
Southwest Washington Writers Conference
An annual conference offering craft and publishing workshops, master classes, critique-group opportunities, and instruction from writers, editors, and other publishing professionals. (Centralia)
Write on the Sound Writers’ Conference
An annual craft-focused conference offering workshops, panel discussions, manuscript and poetry critiques, a writing contest, and publishing-industry programming for fiction, nonfiction, and poetry writers. (Edmonds)
Literary Magazines & Publishers
A nonprofit independent press publishing poetry by emerging and established writers, translations, anthologies, reissues, and prose books about poetry. (Port Townsend)
A long-running literary journal publishing poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction in two print issues annually and an additional online issue, The Spring Crab. (Seattle / Online)
An independent Seattle literary magazine publishing fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, and other literary work online three times a year, along with contests and special features. (Seattle / Online)
A twice-yearly literary journal affiliated with Eastern Washington University, publishing contemporary fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and interviews by emerging and established writers. (Spokane)
Help us add to this list, Washington writers! Do you know of writing groups near you, writing workshops near you, creative writing classes near you, or a Washington literary journal or publisher we should be aware of? Let us know here. We periodically review these listings for broken links and outdated information.