A writing circle is a group of like-minded people needing support for their work, either through writing critiques, workshops or classes, or just encouragement. There are many different types of writing circles based on location, style of writing, or format.

Australia

• Common Cold Poetry Collective

Canada

• Alberta Foundation for the Arts
• Alberta Romance Writers' Association
• Atlantic Publishers' Marketing Association.
• Calgary Association of the Romance Writers of America.
• Federation of English Language Writers of Quebec
• Literary Translators' Association of Canada/ Association des traducteurs et traductrices litteraires du Canada
• Manitoba Arts Council
• Manitoba Writers' Guild
• Ottawa Independent Writers
• PEI Writers' Guild
• Professional Writers Association of Canada
• Territorial Writers Association and Conference
• Union des Ecrivain(e)s Quebecois(e)s
• Writers' Alliance of Newfoundland and Labrador
• Writers' Circle of Durham Region
• Writers' Federation of New Brunswick

Ireland

• Creative Writers Workshop
• Rathmines Writer's Workshop

United Kingdom

• Malvern Writers' Circle
• Norwich Writers' Circle
• Creative Writing Society: A society for creative writing at the University of Surrey in England
• Oxford University Poetry Society.

United States

• WordSmitten Writing Workshop
• Clarion Workshop
• Milford Writer's Workshop
• The Turkey City Writer's Workshop
• The Wordos Writer's Workshop
• Rio Hondo Writer's Workshop
• Slugtribe
• Sycamore Hill Writer's Workshop
• Viable Paradise
• Iowa Writers' Workshop