The Arizona Novel Writers Workshop offers friendship and inspiration to those immersed in the writing life and dedicated to furthering their writing careers. We are committed to submitting our chapters for critique on a regular basis and assisting each other to polish our novels and short story collections for publication. Fellow members are able to follow and understand the writer’s novel as it progresses and provide thoughtful and in-depth critiques. Monthly meetings are held for face-to-face …

***WE ARE CURRENTLY CLOSED to new members, though you can click on 'Join the group' and will be put on our waiting list.*** Please note, we are a group of published and unpublished authors, serious about the craft and working towards publication in Novel/Novella length fiction. This is a group for local Spec-Fic Novel Writers. (We range from Sci-fi, Urban fantasy, historical, Alternate History, High\Quest, Young Adult, paranormal, romance, and erotic romance) We will no longer be accepting membe …

There are a lot of writer and literary groups out there! We are a smaller group that focuses a little more closely on personal and creative growth in our writing. We welcome you to check us out! Our Motto: "Assist, not assault!" We meet on the first and third Wednesdays each month at 7pm at Arrowhead Barnes & Noble and operate through cooperative critiquing. Prospective memebers are requested to attend one meeting, to see firsthand how we operate. If you're still interested, we'll activate your …

A serious but fun group for budding amateur and semi-professional photographers and models interested in working in the glamour photography industry. Learn new techniques, shoot dynamic images of models to build both your portfolio and the model's portfolio. Discuss lighting and posing techniques, and network with other photographers and models. Have your work critiqued by your peers to better your style. Meetings in Tucson and Phoenix Monthly, on different dates. Model shootouts 9 times a year, …

This photography group is for anyone who has an interest in photography and wants to get out and take pictures.  We are an active group that loves to go out and take pictures of almost anything.  Our emphasis is taking pictures, and then taking some more.  We do not have monthly meetings or photography critiques, although we do encourage our members to share their pictures of our adventures on the group album.  Our emphasis is focused on getting out of the house and working with your equipment t …

This is a spectacular group that has merged two passions together to form one great meetup.   Photography- the Art of making beautiful images.  And Wine- because . . . .who doesn't like a great glass of wine. This group has several meetups and in different locations.   Our topics vary from The Fundamentals of Photography  to studio portraiture. We have classes, critiques, happy hours and field trips. And we will always have wine at nearly all our events. The members in this group are beginners i …

The goal of this group is to form a small (ideally 6-8) gathering of writer's that can come together to review work, exchange ideas and generally help everyone involved become better and perhaps even (and dare I say it) published writers.

This will be a group for Fans who enjoy the sport of Boxing. Not just banging and fighting, but the sweet science of it. We will have forums and discussions about fights, fighters, techniques, styles, equipment, etc. We can get together to watch fights and even have some boxing classes and sparring for people who are interested. Another great idea is to get together to watch past fights so that we can discuss and critique them. This group is a free group with no membership or sign up charges. Th …

This group started as the AZ HDR Photography Group. Over the years we have morphed into a amazing group of photographers who love to have fun. We dare to be different and don’t “go with the flow”, we go against it! We are diverse and unique and passionate about photography, especially HDR photography. Are we against “film grain”? well of course not! We love all of photography! Our events include: Photo walks Workshops Happy Hours Photo Road Trips Online Challenges Photo Critiques All are welco …

Arizona Digital Junkies This group is for Digital Junkies primarily interested in photography (from point and shoot to pros) and web "geeks" who share a passion for all things digital. We meet each month for a free photo shoot and follow-up critique session.  We are located in the Valley of the Sun. As Digital Junkies we find ourselves using software such Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Photoshop Elements, Lightroom, other Adobe Creative Suite applications and other enhancement programs in your photograp …

Would you like to learn experientially the skills of life coaching by being coached yourself while witnessing others being coached as well? - great way to learn! Are you good and want to be even better at teaching, parenting, mentoring, managing, and leading? - we are all teachers, let's get better at it! Do you have some innate compassionate desire and ability to make a difference in your own life as well as others? - it's time to shine! Are you skilled in the art of helping people to grow a …