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1	Carteret Writers (Emerald Isle, Morehead City) Founded in 1984, Carteret Writers is a non-profit organization dedicated to cultivating camaraderie between writers and promoting the art of writing. Besides monthly meetings held on the second Tuesday of the month September through November and January through April at Golden Corral in Morehead City, smaller genre critique group meetings are available to members. In December we have our holiday party/meeting and in May we host an awards dinner for our contest winners.	1081
2	Charlotte Writers Club (Charlotte) The Charlotte Writers’ Club meets the third Tuesday of each month, September through May, except for the second Tuesday in December, at 7:00 pm at Providence United Methodist Church at the corner of Providence and Sharon Amity Roads. Meetings feature guest speakers, contest winners, networking, refreshments. Guests welcome. See website for contact information and dues.	1338
3	The Fractured Writer: Creating Community -- Authoring Success (Greensboro) In 2011, The Fractured Writer will present a year-long series designed to guide and support writers in making a sustained commitment to their writing projects. This four-part series of year-long workshop intensives is designed to catch writers where they find themselves and to chart a course toward achieving these goals. The Sunday Series offers writers with busy schedules an opportunity to receive support on their creative journeys as they complete a project in an intimate, supportive environment.	285
4	High Country Writers (Boone) Energizing writers since 1995, HCW supports writers in all genres and in all stages of writing career. Meets at Watauga County Library, Boone, NC.	317
5	Hillsborough Writing Groups (Hillsborough) EXPERIENCED, DETERMINED WRITERS. Three writing groups are available in Hillsborough; these ongoing groups offer support and tough peer critique in a trusting atmosphere. We encourage productive, committed writers to work on stories or book-length manuscripts. We seek serious writers only who will attend regularly. A memoir by one member was published in May 2006; another member's novel debuted in November 2008, and a novel by a third member will be published by Viking in early 2011. The leader of these groups has a two-book deal with Kensington Publishing. Tuesdays from 10:00 am-noon or 7:00-9:00 pm, and Wednesdays from 10:30 am–12:30 pm, in a private home in Hillsborough (easily accessible from I-40 and I-85). The cost is $160 every eight weeks. For more information: 919-644-1239.	1187
6	Mountain Writers NC (Waynesville) This group aims to advance the professional interests of creative writers through networking and advocacy. They champion professional education, publication, contests, awards, and workshops.	99
7	NCWN West Poetry Group NCWN West Poetry group meets the first Thursday of each month at Tri-County Community College, Murphy, NC. Contact Janice Moore, 706-379-3111. The group gives gentle but instructive criticism of poems read at the meeting. Visitors are welcome to observe.	225
8	Pittsboro Writers' Morning Out (Pittsboro) Meets monthly at Davenport & Winkleperry, 18A East Salisbury St., in beautiful downtown Pittsboro. See website for more details.	232
9	Raleigh Fiction Writing Group (Raleigh) Raleigh Fiction Writing Group welcomes active writers of book-length and short fiction who are dedicated to growing as writers in a non-threatening yet challenging environment. We gather twice a month to share successes and rejections, critique one another’s work, and celebrate the joys of writing. If you are interested in joining, contact Trina at: trina.l.allen@gmail.com.	582
10	Transylvania Writers Alliance (Brevard) First and third Wednesday of each month, 3:00-5:00 pm. For more information and guidelines for critiques, please e-mail Wayne Drumheller at wd2999@yahoo.com.	472
11	Writers' Group of the Triad (Greensboro) Writers Group of the Triad has eight genre subgroups and three affiliate subgroups, which provide a meeting place for poets, writers of book and short-story length fiction, and nonfiction for adults and children, as well as songwriters and screenwriters. Most of the groups meet monthly at the Sternberger Artist Center, Studio 5, 712 Summit Ave., Greensboro.Visitors are welcome. Annual dues $30. Contact: Call 336-665-9494 or visit the website at www.triadwriters.org.	1185