FAQ | Clubs | Projects


This handy new resource is a one-stop-shop of all active literature clubs and projects currently available on DeviantArt. It also has links for joining each club, lets you know who's hiring, what prompts are being run, as well as what contests they are hosting, all with handy links for more information. This news feature is going to be posted bi-weekly, every other Wednesday, to continually update you, but the information is also available in my journal which will be updated as new information becomes available. The FAQ will probably answer most of your questions, but if you there are any other questions you wish to ask, or have a suggestion as to how this list could be improved, please contact me! Don't pose your question on this news article though as it may be missed. If you are a club or project owner and feel like your group has been misrepresented or there is information that is out of date, please inform me ASAP and I will update my journal. Thanks!

~Jessica (`PunknEra)


FAQ

What's the difference between a club and a project and why is it so important?

Clubs are communities for writers with similar interests. The distinctive feature is the club's reliance on members. Generally speaking, you must join a club in order to participate in its activities.

Projects, on the other hand, do not rely on members--they are open to the general public. Generally speaking, no commitment is required to participate.

It's important to differentiate between the two because if you want to get involved in the literature community but feel you don't have the time or energy to commit to a club, then you know to check out the projects section instead.


What do the symbols above the group icon/name mean?

~ means it is a prose club or project
~ means it is a poetry club or project
~ | indicates the club or project supports both poetry and prose.


Why do some groups have a subcategory that others don't?

Only pertinent information that the group has made available will be included in the subcategories. This means that if the club is not actively looking for staff, there will not be a "staff" subcategory. You'll find all or none of the following subcategories below each group description:

~ the Join section informs you of the club's joining procedure.
~ the Staff section let's you know if the club or project is looking for staff
~ the contest and Prompt sections are exactly as they sound: lists of ongoing contests and/or prompts hosted by the club or project.
~ the Other section directs you to any area of special focus for the club or project, such as a chat room or forum


What do I do if I see information that is out of date or information that is missing?

I watch all active literature clubs & projects, so this list should be continually updated as I receive journal updates in my inbox. However, if you do see something out of date, please inform me either by note or comment. If you are not a club or project owner/operator please include a link so I can verify your information. Also, if a new group opens up or an inactive one becomes active again, please let me know as well so I can include it on this list!


What is considered an "active" group?

An active group is one that has been updated in the past three months or, if it has exceeded this time, one that has expressed in advance that there will be a lull of activity for a specific amount of time.


How will I know what information has changed since I last checked this list?

I plan on posting a bi-weekly news article that informs the lit community of changes, such as new contests and prompts being posted, new staff openings, etc. You can either watch me or simply keep your eyes open for these news articles because they will indicate what information has been updated.


Quick Links




Clubs

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*Adopt-A-Writer is a club built to match up all kinds of writers, be you a creator of prose or poetry, and find you someone who will offer critique, help, and friendship! You have the chance to be an adopter, an adoptee, or both.

Join: Follow the joining instructions and fill out the Writer's Profile Form. "[link]


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*deviantLIT is a club which will cover all forms of literature. Poetry, Prose, Screen writing/Scriptwriting, Songs, Books, Essays, etc. The chat room is the focus of the club where lit discussion is strongly encouraged.

Staff: This club is currently seeking 5 staff members to assist in running the club. [link]"
Join: Simply watch the club and send a note expressing your interest.
Chat Room: Stop by #DeviantLIT. [link]


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~FanfictionAsylum is just what the Doctor prescribed. Here is a haven for people who have lost their minds to Fanfiction. So if you need your daily fix then become a patient of ~FanfictionAsylum today!

Join: Carefully follow the joining instructions. [link]


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~FictionFrictionClub is a club that is about showing any kind of imagination,at any friction. We dont care who you are or what your bad past with writing might have been, ~FictionFrictionClub gives you a fresh start.

Join: Watch the club and note them with "join" in the subject line. Make sure to include your name in the note. [link]
Contest: Write in any style about a precious or tragic moment. Deadline Dec. 7, 2008. [link]
Staff: This club is looking to fill various staff positions. [link]


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*FictionWorkshop is a club dedicated to artists who write original fiction in the form of Novels, Novellas, Short Stories and Scripts. This club's purpose is to provide support, guidance and critique for Original Fiction Writers.

Join: Carefully follow the club's joining instructions. [link]


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~fiftywordfiction is a club exactly as it sounds: based on the posted topics, writers are challenged to write a story around that theme.

Join: Simply send a note. [link]
Prompt: Write about trash. Deadline [link]


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For all inky-fingered deviants, *Inked-Page provides a place for critique, member spotlights, and frequent contests and prompts. This is a place where members can gain exposure and help other writers in the dA community.

Join: Watch and note the club with a 3-5 sentence description of yourself in the body. [link]
Contest: A three-part lit contest: photograph, keyword, and sentence prompts each with their own prize pools. [link]
Prompts: See the club's Challenges page for prompt topics to inspire you. [link]


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*Judas-Poets aims to provide a safe and encouraging place for dA writers to show off their work and gain and offer critique and support conducive of mutual growth and learning. Also, we want to see each and every dA writer reach his or her potential.

Join: Please carefully follow the clubs joining instructions. [link]


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~Kindred-Chronicle is a place to share your stories, from comic strips, to full blown novels and everything in between. We are hoping that Kindred Chronicle will become a close-knit community that you all can hold dear to your heart.

Join: Watch the club and send a note with your profile information. [link]


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~Letters-Words-Write is your literature pit stop - share your work, give and receive critique, meet other authors! Stop wishing you were apart of the crowd and step in on the hustle and join today!

Join: Watch and note the club with "Join" in the subject line. [link]


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~Lit-Lovers is a club focusses on having fun with literature through contests, quizzes, etc. Writers are featured in the club's gallery.

Join: Watch and note the club with "join" in the subject line. Also add the club's icon to your journal. [link]


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~PoeticPath strives to pull the poets together to make a closer more friendly community while encouraging and suggesting how to improve people's work. This club runs contests and features the poems of its members in their gallery.

Staff: This club is looking for moderators, judges, and operators for various tasks. [link]
Contests: This club is looking for a new contest idea. [link]


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*PoetryPlease is a non-exclusive club for poets that incorporates many activities including: contests, prompts, chat room activities, workshops, and mentoring services. This club is the oldest literature group on DeviantArt and by far the largest poetry specific club dA wide. One of it's branches is *TheFavoritesProject.

Join: Please carefully follow the club's joining instructions. [link]
Staff: This club is looking to fill a variety of staff positions. [link]
Contests: The Villainous Villanelle Contest. Deadline is Oct. 30, 2008 at 10:00 p.m. EST. [link]
Prompts: Challenge #31: Write a poem turning a tired old cliche into something new. [link]
Other: This club has a workshop they are trying to reestablish. [link] as well as a chat room which is most active on Saturday [link]


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Active since 2005, *ProsePlease is the most diverse prose club on DeviantArt. After so many years, "it is still the goal of ProsePlease to create a nurturing, creative atmosphere to bring prose authors together in the sharing, discussion, and improvement of their work." This club invites members of every caliber to participate in monthly prompts and features prose for the purposes of recognition and critique.

Join: Please carefully follow the club's joining instructions. [link]
Staff: This club wants Prose Share and chat moderators. [link]
Prompts: September ProsePrompt: There was a tragedy a long time ago; you thought you had recovered from it well. But now, something is happening to make you believe that the tragedy was no accident. [link]


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*Prose-R-Us is a community created by prose lovers with the goal of having fun while sharing their writings, critiques, and ideas with other members.

Join Watch and note the club with "join" in the subject line. [link]
Staff: This club is looking to fill various staff positions. [link]
Contest: Write a 250-800 word short story with the first line being, "My old room was...". Deadline is the end of November. [link]


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~RenderWonderland is a club for fantasy and sci-fi writers to submit their work for featuring by the club.


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~ShortStackStories is a club that encourages short story writers. [They] believe that short story writers don't get as much recognition as they should." Therefore, the club features submitted works by its members and encourages participation in various literature competitions around DeviantArt.

Join: Watch and note the club and add their icon to your front page. [link]
Prompts: A list of prompt topics is available. [link]


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*The-Literati is a fairly new club designed to combat writer's block with prompts, contests, and challenges, featuring the submissions. As an added bonus, this club watches its members in return to keep an eye on the individual writer's development.

Join: Please carefully follow the joining instructions. [link]
Contests: The Literati Musical. Dealine: Nov. 1, 2008. [link]
Prompts: New prompts posted daily. [link]


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*The-Novelist-Club is designed to feature the novels of its members on a chapter-by-chapter basis.

Join: Watch and note the club. [link]
Other: Submit to the workshop. [link]


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~TheWritingClub accepts submissions by its members for any genre of writing and features them in their gallery.

Join: Please carefully follow the club's joining instructions. [link]


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*Visual-Poetry-Club is exactly what is sounds like: a club dedicated to visual poetry. The club accepts submissions by its members and also runs regular contests.

Join: Watch and note the club and add their icon to your front page. [link]


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*VampireWriters is dedicated to the immortal underground of prose and poetry writers, all with an affection for the fanged and the macabre...all submissions must be vampiric in nature, somehow. The club accepts relevant submissions from its members for featuring in its gallery.

Join: Watch and note the club and add their icon to your front page. [link]
Prompt: Write about stalking a mortal. Deadline: End of October. [link]


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~writeaway offers its members a chance to have their poetry or prose featured in the club's gallery. They also initiate occassional contests.

Staff: This club is seeking staff members. More Info


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*Writers-Club's goal is to promote and celebrate the foundations and evolution of the literature community in all aspects! We encourage all members and non-members alike to enjoy all submissions and activities we have to offer.

Join: Watch and note the club, and add their icon to your journal. [link]
Staff: This club is looking for someone to join their Submission Team. [link]
Prompts: Horror and Mystery: write about something that rises from the depths of the water. Deadline Nov. 7, 2008. [link]


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The ~WritersGroup is a general group for all writers seeking for attention and friendly critique! Both prose and poetry writers are urged to join.

Join: Please carefully follow the club's joining instructions. [link]
Staff: This club is looking for 4 new Committee Members. [link]


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~writers-in-progress is temporarily on hold due to technical difficulties but hopes to be back up and running soon.

Join: Carefully follow the club's joining instructions. [link]


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*writersunknown accepts submissions from its members for feature in their gallery and provides helpful prompts to get the creative juices flowing.

Join: Please carefully follow the club's joining instructions. [link]
Prompts: There are two themes presented for the month of October: free-for-all and Halloween. [link]


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*Writers-Workshop is a literature community that focuses on the development of a writer. We are a non-competitive home for any writer who may want to improve, explore and experiment with their work.

Staff: The project does not need staff, but they are looking for workshop hosts. This would be a one-time commitment. [link]
Prompts: Current Workshop is on Existentialism. Deadline Oct. 29, 2008. [link]


Projects

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~Crystal-Ink is a literature project dedicated to helping writers develop their craft. This project offers prompts and challenges aimed at specific aspects of writing, designed to encourage experimentation and to bring you one step closer to your writing goals.

Prompts: Write about two characters in conflict with one another. [link]


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Here at *dAZine, promotion of the unknown artists and authors on DeviantART is our passion. Each issue features articles, spotlights, critiques, and general features. dA Zine is your forum to have your voice be heard!

Staff: This project is not seeking any literature staff, but view other openings here.


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*getLIT offers a chat room setting in which to receive critique from their experienced chat room moderators.

Other: #getLIT. [link]


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*litNEWS covers all the happenings of the DeviantArt literature community.


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*Romantic-fanfiction is a project designed for fanfiction writers that prefer to focus on themes of romance. They run regular contests and feature the submissions in their gallery.

Contests: The Master and the Servant. New Deadline Nov. 1, 2008 at 12:00 a.m. [link]


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*simplypoetry is a sister project to *simplyprose and the concept for both is the same: it "aims to provide a place on dA where poets can feature their poems without a selection process, but...will only feature poems that have been written for prompts that *simplypoetry has provided." This is to encourage new writing on DeviantArt rather than the re-submission of older works.

Prompts: There are four types of prompts held monthly: voice, form, word association, and miscellaneous. [link]


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*simplyprose is a sister project to *simplypoetry and the concept for both is the same: it "aims to provide a place on dA where poets can feature their poems without a selection process, but...will only feature poems that have been written for prompts that *simplyprose has provided." This is to encourage new writing on DeviantArt rather than the re-submission of older works.

Prompts: There are four types of prompts held monthly: scenario, character, word association, and miscellaneous.


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*TheFavoritesProject "is a program designed to feature poetry" from all over DeviantArt. There is no submission process and no membership process; all featured poems are determined by a majority vote of its panel of appraisers.

Other: This project is always looking for poetry suggestions for new features. [link]


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Where talent meets teeth! *Trashrock is an avenue of literary improvement, advice and constructive critique that allows you, as a writer, to slowly evolve at your own discretion and by your own election. Join the Critique rumble, now!

Staff: This project currently has 4 positions vacant for poetry/prose critiquers, including nonfiction.
Other: They are accepting submissions for Round 3 until Nov. 2, 2008.


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*WordCount is a project that features prose deviations on a monthly basis. There is no submission process; all deviations are found by the staff members and selected based on staff discussion and administrator decision.

Staff: They currently have three fiction spots and all nonfiction slots open. [link]


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*Wordspill is a new group designed to offer motivation for any level of writer who wants to get words on a page. At the core of *Wordspill will be a themed fortnightly activity. One person who submits to this activity is selected to choose the next prompt topic.

Prompts: "Rising from the Ashes". Deadline Nov. 5, 2008. [link]


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~writingresources is a quiet library of resources for writers. The project proVides tuturials for building stories and characters, definitions of poetic forms, and guides for nonfiction writing. There are also general resources about the craft of writing.