BAY AREA WRITERS LEAGUE Monthly Meeting, Clear Lake Park Building, 5001 NASA Rd 1 Seabrook. Meets 1st Thursday of every month at 7 pm. For more information visit http://www.bawl.org

TAACCL - THE ARTS ALLIANCE CENTER AT CLEAR LAKE in Nassau Bay, TX. Local area writers, only. Call 281-335-7777 or visit www.taaccl.org/literary.html

HOUSTON WRITERS LEAGUE: Meets 2nd & 4th Friday of each month at Sharpstown Mall's Community Room, 7:30 pm., Houston, TX. Call 713-804-3281 or e-mail JoinUsIn99@aol.com

ROMANCE WRITERS OF AMERICA: For information on area Chapters visit: http://HCARWA.com or email HCARWA@yahoo.com.

INPRINT WRITER'S WORKSHOPS: Inprint House, 1524 Sul Ross, Houston, TX. Contact Rich Levy at 713-521-2026, email at inprint@airmail.net, or visit www.inprint-inc.org.

NUESTRA PALABRA - LATINO WRITERS HAVING THEIR WAY: Call 713-867-8943, visit www.nuestrapalabra.org or contact Tony Diaz at AztecMuse@aol.com

MYSTERY WRITERS OF AMERICA: Southwest Region meets 3rd Saturday of each month, except July, August, and December, at noon, Doubletree Guest Suites Hotel, 5353 Westheimer, in the Galleria area, Houston, TX. Lunch followed by speaker. $17 for members, $20 for nonmembers includes lunch. Reservations: 713-797-8464 (chapter voicemail; will be confirmed).

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SOL MAGAZINE: An international organization of volunteers and poets interested in the education of poets. For more information see their Website at www.Sol-Magazine.org and to find out what is happening in poetry, see their wonderful Events Page for local, state, and national literary events at here.

BAY AREA BARNES & NOBLE (1029 W. Bay Area Blvd. at I-45, Webster, TX, 77598) e-mail CRM2671@bn.com or call 281-554-5669 for information. Featured poets followed by open mic on the fourth Tuesday of each month at 7:30 p.m.

FIRST FRIDAY THE "FIRST FRIDAY" poetry readings on the first Friday of each month at 8:30 p.m. Open mic after the featured poet. Contact Robert Clark: houstonfirstfri@aol.com Inprint House, 1524 Sul Ross, across from the Menil Museum, a block east of Mandell, Houston. Admission is free. Check it out here.

HOUSTON POETRY FEST: For information see their web site here, call 713-512-3519, or e-mail HPFest@aol.com.