Our Events

  Join us for a peaceful day of writing among friends at the Valaterra Retreat Center in La Grange, Kentucky. There will be time and space for writing, conversation, walking the trails, and peer critique. Bring a work-in-progress or write something new! We’ll provide a prompt for inspiration. Space is limited. If you need to cancel, please do so no ...

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Join us for our monthly meeting—beginning 6:30 PM and ending at 8:00 PM. We meet in-person at a Louisville Free Public Library. More information is sent in the monthly newsletter. We enjoy lively conversation about the writing life, including peer critiques of short manuscripts—poetry or prose. The strength-based peer critiques affirm each woman’s unique writing style while providing helpful revision suggestions.  On May 14, we’re back at the St. Matthews library branch with a special fiction workshop: ...

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  Plan to join us for our holiday party at The Bristol Bar and Grill at 1321 Bardstown Road across from Mid-City Mall. We’ll gather on Tuesday, December 12 beginning at 6:30 PM.  Last year, we enjoyed a book exchange of gently used wrapped books. This year, we’ll repeat the book exchange. Each of us will order from the menu. ...

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Photos of Loretto Motherhouse farm, courtesy of Kimberly Crum   Nature Meets Nurture: A Retreat among the Trees “Retreats are opportunities … to rest without disturbance … immerse oneself in the beauty of the natural world … read, write and think a little more deeply … learn and grow with others … reset or reaffirm your intention for your way ...

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Date: Thursday, September 14, 6:30 to 8:30 PM at Captain’s Quarters’ Stone Room Cost: $24 per person covers an appetizer buffet, a soft drink, and gratuity. Register Online: https://womenwhowrite.com/events/september-2023/ This is an event for WWW members.   To celebrate our Give for Good fundraiser on Thursday, September 14, we’re having a party at Captain’s Quarters in their Stone Room (the ...

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  Spring into Summer is the title of our next writing retreat, June 3, 2023, from 9 AM to 5 PM at the beautiful Valaterra retreat center, in LaGrange, KY. This is a wonderful opportunity to refresh, renew, reboot your writing life, and grow your relationships with fellow scribes. Cost will be $50 for members/ $75 for nonmembers. WWW will ...

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  At our March meeting—Tuesday, March 14, beginning at 6:30 PM at the St. Matthews Branch of the public library—3940 Grandview Ave, Louisville, KY 40207, we will welcome author Erin Keane for a reading and a lively conversation about her book. Erin Keane is a critic, poet, essayist, and journalist. She’s the author of Runaway: Notes on the Myths That Made Me (Belt ...

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  On Tuesday February 21 at 6:30 PM for at the South-Central Regional Library is a generative workshop with poet Lynnell Edwards. Through instruction, conversation and writing prompts, Lynnell will inspire us to write our own poems. She will inspire us by using Ada Limón poetry. Limón is our brand-new US Poet Laureate, and she is a resident of Lexington. Participants can expect ...

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Photo by Julia Larson on Pexels   Happy Holidays to all our members and friends. We celebrate so many things in common in this liminal season— between falling leaves and “leaping greenly spirits of trees” (ee cummings).  We wish you a Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Joyful Kwanzaa, or a Happy Festivus.  We are grateful for our community, which offers a place, a ...

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  Women Who Write will host a writing retreat on Saturday, November 5 and Sunday, November 6 at the Kentucky Foundation for Women’s Hopscotch House. Cost is $30 per day, $50 for both days, or $80 overnight. November 5 ($30) November 6 ($30) Both days ($50) Both days with overnight ($80) – Overnight space is limited to 5 guests. Cost includes ...

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