
Arts - Online Writing - Chats and Forums


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Nova Express
- The 1997 Hugo nominated fanzine, resides in plush luxury within the SF Literature Forum on Delphi.
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WitchyVelvet
- Paranormal site with community chat board, tales of ghost and ufo sitings.
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Phy-d'eau
- In a simple way a web-based magazine. In a more complete way, a gathering space for people to meet, challenge, and conspire with each other.
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A Wish For Wings That Work
- Forum for posting personal poetry and other writings.
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Namenlos
- Forum for essays on any aspect of everyday life.
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StoryWall
- Provides the opportunity to express and experience the stories, celebrations, tributes and remembrances of life.
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The Blue Hand
- Displays stories written by visitors using 5 fixed words that change monthly.
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Electronic Literature Organization
- ELO bulletin boards and chats. Features guest speakers and online workshops.
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The American Brain
- Write ideas and chat with people about anything.
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Wicked Company's Preview Book Club
- Preview a mystery novel for free in a daily newsletter.
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Story Writing.com
- Put your imagination into words with interactive story writing.
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The Gate: A Writing Community
- A Web-based interactive community where authors come to share their stories, read other author's stories, and post comments.
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The Writer Community
- Discussion boards, polls, contests, events calendar.
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MurderList
- A Onelist group for people who love mysteries, thrillers and true crime novels.
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The Bahamas Writer Forums
- Offers writers several different forums where they can meet and chat with writers from around the world. Includes boards for articles, stories, poems, books, job announcements, and search.
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WritersBloq
- Independent creative writing site with original pieces are submitted around a monthly theme. Contributions of all styles and genres are encouraged, including prose, poetry and non-fiction.
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Tag You're It - Writing Club
- Tag writing community in which one person starts the piece, and others contribute. Includes related links and FAQ.
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Bluehawq's Nest
- Diverse and varied subject community, with multiple boards for poetry, short stories, social issues, feedback, and critique. Includes tips for writing online and general discussions. Membership required.
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Creative Concepts
- Portal where readers and writers can share stories and poems on multiple boards. Includes publishing resources, writing links, and chat.
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PixelKitten.com
- Multiple boards for poems, short stories, journals, writing ideas, online store, and social area. Also includes a webcam and tips about constructing your web page.
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Shared Writing
- A forum for sharing writing of many genres, including science fiction, fantasy, and romance. Also offers a poetry forum and archives of contributed fiction and non-fiction.
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Black Rose Literature
- A forum inviting submissions of all genres of literature.
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The Confession Spot
- Online communities for people to share secrets and stories.
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Realm of Illusion
- Contains forums for dark and light poetry, short stories, interactive writing, and critique.
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Writer Exchange
- Large selection of stories, satire, scripts, poetry, and songs. Includes an interactive forum.
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Le Chat Sage
- Community devoted to creative expression through prose, poetry, and song. Includes writer's workshops and peer critique, with an emphasis on fantasy.
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PPz4um
- Forum for short stories, poems, critique and chat, with guest and member logins.
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The Falcon's Pen
- A TalkCity-based chat for writers to discuss ideas.
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The UnderWorld
- An open forum for the discussion of submitted poetry and creative writing.
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The Steele Tree House
- Offers critique, challenges and friendly chat amongst writers of all genres. Includes multiple boards and free membership.
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The Story Exchange
- Allows users to read and share stories in one of five categories: tragic, amazing, funny, mystery, and miscellaneous.
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Starlite Cafe's Poet Corner
- Writers can submit and critique poetry, create online portfolios of their work, view classic poetry, and participate in discussions/chats.
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The Lyrical Missive
- Post poems, haiku, get feedback, learn, grow and discuss poetry related topics.
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Alien8ed
- A handful of boards, including a featured poem of the week, and a list of links.
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Moontown Cafe
- Multiple poetry boards including free verse, metered, rhyming, and spiritual. Moontown Cafe also includes a chat room.
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Fadingflower
- Poets can post and customize the look of their poetry, accept feedback from others, and make suggestions and comments about others' poetry.
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Artist Corner
- Multiple boards on which to post poetry, short stories, song lyrics, quotes, and various form poetry.
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Poetic License
- Sharing and discussion of poetry, inspirations, reflections on life; including personal online notebook for composition.
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Pagan Poet
- A community in which poets can post their writings to many different categories, including odes, nature, and general.
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Unknown Poets
- A poetry community where poets can post their work into different categories, such as "love" and "observation."
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Flowers In Concrete
- A chat room with areas to post poems and a featured writer section.
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Artistry in Poetry/StarcrOss
- A poetry community, including contests, critique, and scheduled chats.
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E-Poet Forums
- Authors are invited to publish their work, poetry news, events and announcments across two large forums. An initiative of the online poetry journal Fluid Ink Press.
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The Poets' Place
- Community forum for poets and writers.
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Shadow Poetry
- Multiple boards and e-mail lists. Submit free verse, haiku, sonnets and limericks. Also includes artwork.
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The Poet's Peak
- A place for amateur and established poets to post their work for friendly critiquing and commenting by others. This site also includes a chat room.
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The Pedestal Magazine
- Intends to support both established and burgeoning writers. The site offers a forum and an e-zine.
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Friendly Musings
- Multiple active poetry boards, including critique, holiday thoughts, nature, and poetry writing instruction.
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Justour Love
- User submission and ranking as well as critiques, in a number of subcategories.
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Poetic Muse
- Affiliated with Poetictricity and Beatnik Poetry Journal. Includes a poet of the month and opportunities to get a poetry folio published.
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Blueline Poetry Forum
- A full-featured forum, including various contests, boards, games, chats, and discussions. Readers may nominate poetry for awards.
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Distracted Poets Club
- Users may read and submit poetry, and obtain a web-based e-mail account.
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Shane Land
- Poetry discussion board, submissions, and featured poetry archives.
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Wild Poetry Forum
- Several poetry boards and chat. Users may create e-cards using personal images and sounds.
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The Poetry Pages
- Offers message and critique boards, as well as webspace for poets.
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In A Dove's Nest
- Users may submit poetry for critique and for consideration for publication on The Nest's main site. Also includes artwork and personal boards.
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Paradise Poets' Society
- An MSN community including chat, submissions, featured poetry, and an online novel in progress.
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Bianca's Book of Poetry
- An unmoderated poetry forum, which includes chat as a part of the larger Bianca community.
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Salty Dreams
- Boards include dark poetry, critique, sharing, fight club, writing exercises, and archives.
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Critical Poet's Poetry Forum
- Multiple boards, including how to critique poetry and individual member archives.
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Eratosphere
- Part of Able Muse, offering metrical, classical, and general boards, as well as contests and chat.
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Wild City
- A critique forum and chat room that also publishes a quarterly, seasonal magazine.
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eWriteLife
- Users may take part in ongoing writing exercises, and take part in chats.
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Passions in Poetry
- Boards include mild critique, heavy critique, teen, adult, spiritual, and archives. Poetry headlines also included.
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Tir Nan Og
- Multiple poetry and personal boards, including archives and inspirational quotes.
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Chthonic Rising Arts Collective
- New dark poetry forum, also including links and member sites.
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Words on Fire
- Fourteen boards, including haiku, tanka, spiritual, hip-hop, critique, and suggestions. Users may participate in a chat.
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Infinitum Poetry
- Offers poetry forums, chats, file sharing, image gallery, and active discussions.
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About.com Poetry Forum
- Solicits questions and reviews of submitted poems.
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Allpoetry
- A sharing network where poets can post and customize the look of their poetry, accept feedback, and make comments about others poetry. Includes an "add-a-line" poetry forum.
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Plagiarist.com
- Poets can post their poems for critiques. Also features forums for publishing opportunities, contests, and book reviews.
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Poetry Sundays on the Net
- Forum and e-group for writers who meet in the town of Chelmsford, England. Also includes a showcase, schedule of workshops, and links.
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Open My Mind
- Forum for stories, poetry and rants.
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Ever and Again Interactive Poetry
- Interactive poetry, and multiple message boards organized by topic.
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Sawf Poetry (English, Urdu, Hindi and Gujrati)
- A vibrant and mildly moderated forum that allows posts in English, Hindi, Urdu and Gurati.
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The Pink Palace of Poetitude
- Users may share their writings in boards organized by category. Includes a teen board and chat.
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Staticfiends
- Poets are encouraged to post their poems and short stories to share ideas and suggestions to improve their poetry.
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Random Thoughts
- A new board offering user submissions, and boards for ranting and raving.
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Hot Poetry
- Showcases the work of amateur poets, including bios and links to other sites.
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Poetryland
- A discussion board for topics of interest to poets and readers of poetry. Poets can slso post their work on the site and receive feedback.
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Poetrybox.com
- A community including chat rooms, forums, voting system, featured poets, and an e-zine. Free and exclusive memberships.
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Voices Network
- A community including contests, forums, mailing list, chat, poem of the month, and a bookstore.
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Seashore Poetry Critiques
- Two poetry forums for different levels of critique.
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Bayou Poetry Cafe
- Interactive forums, chat, and free membership.
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Black Days
- A multiple board community dedicated to dark poetry and discussions.
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The Pasture Christian Poetry and Prose
- An online community where Christians can share and discuss reflections of their spiritual walk through writing.
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Poetry Place
- A community for sharing poetry.
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Shannon's Poetry Cafe
- A community for poets including posting and featured poets.
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Poetry Array
- A community offering six boards, organized by type of poetry.
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Confluere
- A small, e-mail-based poetry organization designed to demonstrate the different variations a closed group of eight members can interpret a weekly topic. Visitors can see how others perceive a topic given out by individual members.
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Open Kitchen
- A Yahoo group, offering romanticism, victorian, black, and friendship poetry, short stories, and quotes.
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Del Sol: The Writer's Block
- For critique and discussion of poetry. Includes publication and chapbook information, writing programs and other links.
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The Chop House Review
- New mastery forum for both metrical poetry and free verse. Contemporary kabbalistic poetry in the Toledano Tradition.
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My Good Eye
- Community of people that read and write poetry. Includes forums, archives, member photos, news, and games.
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The Poetry Free-for-all
- For writers serious about improving their poetry and willing to work toward that goal. Large collection of poetry forums where you may submit your poems for critique by experienced and aspiring poets.
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Ethereal Blue Poetry Forum
- Open poetry forum for veterans and amateurs alike. Poems and short stories can be submitted in a forum for viewing, and users are encouraged to comment.
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White Crow Poetry Exchange
- Interactive poetry site with discussion forums that include rhyme, free verse, haiku, sonnet, lyrics, and limericks, contests, and chat.
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Sunday Morning Poetry Group
- Informal poetry group of poetry lovers including profiles and weekly poetry. New members welcomed.
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The Poets Underground
- Share work and comment in forums. Includes two sections, one for works from people of all ages, and one dealing with more mature themes.
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SimplyPoems.com
- Read, rate and add original poems. "Poems by Mail" service allows visitors to receive new poems via e-mail.
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Crystal Lake Poetics
- Poetry, philiosophy, and rants submitted by it's members. User membership and submission is encouraged.
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RhymeZone Forum
- Users may submit poetry, discuss Shakespeare, and share poetry contests.
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Post Poems Forum
- Critique, conversation, love, dark, and Japanese form poetry boards.