
What we’re about
Membership Benefits:
- Meet and get acquainted with other writers. Tampa Writers Alliance, Inc. hosts two member parties a year, providing all members a chance to make new friends and enjoy old ones.
Educational programs of interest to writers. Each monthly General Meeting offers an opportunity to learn something that may help your writing skills grow.
Two monthly Writers Critique Group meetings offer members a chance to have their manuscripts evaluated by their peers.
A monthly Poetry Group meeting allows members to enjoy each other’s poetry.
We currently meet via Zoom. For more information, including how to log in to our meetings, visit tampawriters.org
Upcoming events
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Wordier's Blah Blah Blah! Open Mic featuring Rubin Drew
Location not specified yetThis open mic is anything but blah!
Bring your finest prose or a true story to share. Everyone gets 7 minutes on the stage to present their work.
This month's featured guest is Rubin Drew. (Read more about his work below.)
The Open Mic Rules:
- Every reader gets 7 minutes to share their work.
- We’ll limit each event to just 10 readers.
- Toss your name in the bucket when you arrive. Names will be chosen at random.
- Tickets are $5. Advance purchase encouraged online here.
Email WordierThanThou@gmail.com or message us on Facebook with any questions.
Learn more about our feature, Rubin Drew:
In the early 2000's, Rubin studied theater under the acclaimed director John Didonna at the Black Box Theater in Orlando.
His experimental theater credits include a directing/acting role in Sam Shepard's "off-off Broadway" play "Chicago", and a lead in Eat Cake Productions' "Coyote".
Joining the spoken word movement, he represented Orlando in the 2002 National Poetry Slam.
Rubin relocated to St. Petersburg in 2010 and started Goon Squad Music production company to record and distribute his work.
An album of his spoken word titled "Do Not Stop" is available on all streaming platforms and can be purchased from the website http://www.goonsquadmusic.com, which houses his spoken word and journalistic works.
Also find his work at https://open.spotify.com/artist/3lxipToPMHQL8RgeTe9g1J?si=mb7s5GSfTgqbq2x9C0oD7w
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