Local Writers Groups

Omaha Writing Group:

• This group meets at the Omaha Public Libraries Willa Cather Branch. If interested, contact Cynthia Ybarra at cdy1390@gmail.com or 310-456-4792.

Writers Write Omaha:

• Meets the first Saturday of every month from 10:00 am to noon in the Milton R. Abrahams conference room of the Omaha Public Library, 5111 N 90th Street. Members email up to 15 pages two weeks prior to the next month’s meeting, when notes from fellow members are given. WWO is cross-genre and focuses on the business and networking aspects of writing, sharing ideas, and inviting experts to speak on the topic. If you are interested in joining, please contact Charles Davis @ charlese.davis@icloud.com.

Alternative Book Club:

• They meet at Panera’s 13410 Maple Street in Omaha, NE every Sunday from 2pm to 4pm except holidays. CLOSED GROUP but thinking about starting another group if there is enough interest. In the last two years they have published four books. They write chapters, then share drafts for editing and review. Contact person: Keith Jones. Keith@alternativebookclub.com.

Nebraska Novelists:

• They meet every Friday, from 7 pm to 9 pm, using Zoom. Bring 5—7 manuscript pages of your novel to read and be critiqued. Contact Cathy R at: ghr57@cox.net.

Fine Lines Critique Group:

• Meet every third Thursday at Concierge Marketing, 4822 South 133rd. 6.30 pm to 8.30 bring copies of 6—8 pages to be read/ critiqued by members of the group This is a branch of the literary quarterly but not restricted in membership Essays, poetry, fiction and nonfiction are welcome. Contact Ellie B at: ellybiederman@gmail.com

Realm Makers:

• A Christian Science Fiction/Fantasy group. This is their first year as a membership-led group.
• To join the critique groups, you must become a member of Realm Makers, and RM can be found online here.
• This group is strictly for Sci-Fi/Fantasy but also includes supernatural and horror genres as well, both for the Christian markets and for the ABA. Scott and Becky Minor are the founders of Realm Makers, and Jason Joyner is their critique group director. This group includes all ages in their genres– children, YA, and adult. All critique groups work differently according to their leader’s guidelines, but they are established through Slack (an online file sharing/messaging app, kind of like a virtual office). My group is now full and closed, but there are numerous groups Contact Dawn Ford dawnford001@gmail.com

Nebraska Writers Workshop:

• Weekly meetings: Wednesday evenings at 6 pm, alternating between in-person and online meetings. Please consult the website for the schedule.
• In-person meetings are held at Ralston’s Baright Public Library, 5555 South 77th Street, Ralston, NE
• Online meetings are done via Zoom. You must be a member of our Facebook group to receive the meeting invitation.
• NWW is a free, weekly meeting of writers helping writers. This group is open to creative writers of all levels, concentrating in the areas of fiction, poetry, and scripts. We encourage active participation, whether by reading excerpts of your works-in-progress, participating in peer-to-peer reviews, or teaching a lesson.
• https://nebraskawritersworkshop.info/

Omaha Screenwriters:

• Potential members must submit first 10 pages of a script to be considered Professional group every Sunday at Panera’s on Maple in Omaha at 1130

North Omaha Summer Arts Writing Group (NOSA):

• occasionally meets outside of summer.
• They do writing exercises and critique Wed evening 6pm to 8 pm at Trinity Lutheran contact Pamela Jo Berry 402.502.4669

Wordsowers Christian Writers (WCW)

• Monthly meetings: The fourth Thursday each month
• Place: Swanson Library, 90th and Dodge, Omaha
  Time: 6-8 p.m.
• Presentations by different presenters/topics each month. (Check the website.)
• Critique Groups meet monthly. Email for time and locations.

What’s Your Story:

• The Healing Power of Words invites you to create and explore innovative meanings of health and sickness. This group meets on the first Saturday of every month, from 1000-1200, where we write our experiences into existence. We will be meeting via Zoom for the foreseeable future. General Information: This writing program is free and open to any interested person. Please contact Cynthia at cdy1390@gmail.com for more information.

Romance Authors of the Heartland

• Website: https://romanceauthorsoftheheartland.com/
• Four in-person meetings a year.
• Dues are $35 a year which goes to their conference.