There are many opportunities to join writers groups sponsored by the CCWC.

Membership in CCWC is a requirement of participation, after a trial period of up to three weeks.

How Groups Work

Each group lasts two hours. After determining how many writers would like work critiqued, the two hours are divided among them. Writers must manage their time to include a short introduction of themselves and their projects, time to read several pages of the manuscript, and time for discussion by the group.

Please bring several extra copies of your manuscript for the group. (For longer works, you may want to email in advance with attachments.)

Non-members are welcome to visit the writing groups prior to joining CCWC up to three times; however membership is required for continuing to participate.

Please contact CCWC for current schedules and meeting locations, as they may change.

Five groups are currently open:

1  The Non-Fiction Writers Group meets at the West Falmouth Library on the last Thursday of the month at 6 PM.  Open to those working on a memoir, history, non-fiction articles or other non-fiction projects.  Facilitator is CCWC president Sheila Whitehouse.  Please contact the CCWC office writers@capecodwriterscenter.org if you would like to join this new group.

2  The Advanced Writers Group meets every Tuesday, from 10 am to noon at the Osterville Methodist Church, Pond Street, Osterville. This group includes novelists, short story writers, essayists, poets, and playwrights who are serious about their writing, most working toward publication.  Facilitator is Jack Chalfin. Interested writers are invited to show up for a meeting.

3  Screenwriters meet at Community Media Center, Whites Path, South Yarmouth (Exit 8 off of Route 6) from 6 to 8 pm on Tuesday nights. Please contact facilitator Jacqueline Loring for specifics about the structure of this group.  jmljake@capecod.net

4  The Evening Writers Group, working on an eclectic mix of prose projects, has moved from the Sturgis Library to Heatherwood in Yarmouthport.  Meetings are held on the first and third Tuesday of the month from 7 to 9 PM.  Contact Facilitator Stephanie Boosahda boosahdas@hotmail.com for details on this group, including directions to the new location.

5  The Guyer Barn Poets meet the second Wednesday of the month at the Osterville library, 7 to 9 pm in the winter and at the Guyer Barn on South Street in Hyannis in April, May, June and September.