NCW hosts many critique group in order to help writers hone their skills and get feedback. Here are the current NCW critique groups.
NEW: FantaSci Critique Group
Meets: 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of each month at 7:00 P.M. at the Bean Cycle/Matter Bookstore in downtown Fort Collins.
Restricted to Speculative Fiction including fantasy, Sci-FI, horror and paranormal/supernatural. We are open to one new member by invitation. If interested, please submit a writing sample of up to 4,000 words. It should be a polished piece of work in MS Word .doc format as an attachment to an E-mail. The E-mail should detail your interests, writing accomplishments, and your goals for joining the critique group. For further information, please contact: Steve Benjamin
Open: Mostly Memoir
Meet: Last Wed. of the month from 7:00 till 9:00pm.
Currently we have two memoir writers, a creative non-fiction/poetry writer and a fantasy writer. We are looking for other writers to join our group.
OPEN:Fiction: Long Haul Novelists
Meets: Twice a month. 7:00pm, usually 1st & 3rd Thursdays.
Northeast Fort Collins
Contact: Debbie Haskins:
Focuses on fiction.
OPEN: Red Herrings
Mystery/Thriller/Suspense group
Meets: Thurs evenings at NCW Studio. 7:00-9:00pm
Contact Jane Bock or Kerrie Flanagan.
Looking for 2 new members who are working on a novel in this genre.
OPEN: Online Critique Group
Contact: Jennifer Carter:
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(especially designed for members who are not in the Fort Collins/Loveland/Windsor area)
This forum is for NCW fiction writers who want a critique group but may not be in the immediate area or have a schedule that works with existing groups. Writing experience may vary among members, but the important thing is our commitment to submitting and critiquing on time each month!
OPEN: Nonfiction Group
Meets: First Mondays 4:30-6:30pm
Contact: Katharine Gregory
We have a nonfiction group focusing on magazine writing (includes articles and short personal essays). Looking for other members who are serious about writing for this genre, pursuing markets and providing support & encouragement to other group members. Contact Katharine if you are interested.
Open: Memoir
Meet: first and third Tuesdays of each month, from 1-3 p.m. Cost is $20 per month, beginning April.
Contact: Joannah Merriman
We work with dedication and delight, reading the submissions of group members, offering suggestions, asking questions, and helping one another do the work to make the writing better, clearer, more alive. Everyone is respectful of the work, and everyone has grown in their own writing process and style during the past six months. If you are working on scraps of memoir or want to begin, please let me know. The group members take turns submitting, so that each member sends out one short submission or partial submission once a month.