This group is for published, established and working writers who seek fraternity, conversation and friendship. Join if you're a published/established/working writer looking for the company of your peers, and seeking like-minded companions for talk, dining, museums, films, concerts, travel and other activities.

This is a group designed for writer's in the area. The best way to improve the craft is through practice, so why not have a writer's circle where we can share our work and offer positive criticism? This is for anyone who loves to write, whether it's your vocation or just a hobby. All writing is welcome, fiction and non-fiction.  Anyone who loves to put pen to paper, or more accurately fingers to keyboard, this is the group for you.  

CWN is a group of serious writers who are committed to furthering their work through a workshop-style critique process. We meet on the first and third Tuesday of each month. Please be sure to read CWN's Critique Guidelines under the Pages tab before you submit your first piece for critique.

A weekly goal setting and critiquing group for writers.

Attendees from the 2008 Northwestern Summer Writers Conference share feedback, resources, and support.

Find inspiration and support, bounce ideas off of other writers, test drive something you have written and receive feedback. Come join us.

We welcome all projects and styles of writing for kids and young adults. Our intent is to provide each other with positive feedback and support. Our goal is for everyone to find representation and be published.

… Feel free to come to work on your novel, play, short story, poem, or just journal or use a writing prompt. Writers of every level and genre are welcome. Bring your laptop and your ipod and we'll all buckle down and get some writing done silently for an hour and a half. Then we'll close our laptops and take some time to socialize and have some coffee or a drink depending on where we are. If you'd like to read a bit of what you're working on, feel free to share!  But you don't have to share unless …

… Members range in experience from student filmmakers to professionals and include writers, directors, producers, cinematographers, editors, actors, all crew roles, entertainment attorneys and more. **PLEASE NOTE: The group is currently only accepting members who want to actively participate in building the foundation of the group and its projects. Please do not apply at this time if you do not have the desire/time to volunteer or get involved in one of the many areas. this group welcomes both fe …

Mystery, Thriller, Romantic Suspense and Dark Fiction Conference. The Coolest Crime Scene Happens Every February in Chicago - Plead Guilty and Be There. For writers - February in Chicago is the hottest time of the year! Agents, publishers, Master Classes, forensic professionals, weapons experts, essential panels, presentations, and elbows to rub--the perfect antidote for whatever ails writers at every level. Love is Murder--be freezin' for a reason and come ready to advance your career and …

Calling all freelancers, students, retirees, business sorts, and paid writers! If you're looking to work on a long term writing project, but haven't found the wherewithal to stick with it, this is the writing group for you. Regardless of members' experience with writing, we're looking to build a strong base of 8-12 regular writers who'd like to develop a support system for their writing work. Whether your focus is on screenplays, chapters to build a novel, a collection of short stories/poems, or …

Why? There’s no creative community in Chicago’s Northwest Suburbs. That’s a shame. We know there are plenty of creatives out here who want to connect with other creatives, network a bit and learn a few tricks. Right now, we’re all dispersed. There are tons of meet-ups in downtown Chicago (either at 7AM or 6PM) which is very inconvenient for many of us located in Lake county. Besides, why should the downtown Chicago creatives have all the fun? We’re in the burbs. We shouldn’t be penalized for tha …

Visual artists, installation artist, performance artists...poets, writers, singers, performers...activists, change agents, drummers, dancers...what is your art? How does art change the world around you, the people around you? How does art change you? Perhaps in this group you will meet artists to collaborate with to bring to life that vision you have of a giant installation piece...perhaps in this group you will find others interested in joining together to form a troupe for street theater prote …

If you like to write and want a supportive environment in which to write join us! Each week, a member volunteers to provide writing prompts to spark our creativity. It can be a first line, an object, a picture, a situation. For about 10-15 minutes we write and if we feel like sharing we read our creation aloud. This is not a critique group - only positive feedback is encouraged. We usually fit in 3-4 prompts in an evening. Member ages range from young adults to octagenarians. You do not h …

We believe in the whole writing process, not just the finished product. We see writing as a tool for emotional well-being, self-discovery, self-expression and inspiration. We focus on how writing can be used for emotional well-being and how to launch a successful career as a writer. Whether you love to journal or want to take your writing to the next level, this writing circle is for you. Begin your writing journey today and join now.

The 12th annual Love is Murder on Dark & Stormy Nights Mystery Fans Conference will be Feb. 4-6, 2011 at the Intercontinental O'Hare Hotel in Rosemont. Hear presentations from authors and publishers; meet one-on-one with agents, editors and authors; and mingle with readers and fans of mystery, dark fiction, suspense and romance. It's the Midwest's PREMIER mystery con!