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The Writers Grotto Join us, become a member, or donate! The Writers Grotto is a workplace — and a place in the mind.
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The Writers Grotto is a community of 190+ professional storytellers supporting one another and the Bay Area’s literary arts through mentorship, professional development, affordable coworking, classes, & public events. We nurture a community of working writers and narrative artists who connect in physical and virtual space, pooling our talents, supporting each other, engaging the wider world, and creating beautiful work. Now in our 25th year, we have a roster of more than one hundred professional writers, including journalists and novelists, podcasters and poets, comedians and filmmakers, playwrights and publishers. We offer an affordable co-working space in San Francisco and foster a literary culture that is generous in spirit and deeply inclusive. When you connect with The Writers Grotto—whether by taking a class, attending a party, or joining in creative collaboration—you help us amplify seldom-heard voices and expand the audience for meaningful storytelling.

This four-week class focuses on beginnings and sticky places. Whether you’re struggling to start a memoir, feeling stall...
10/19/2026

This four-week class focuses on beginnings and sticky places.

Whether you’re struggling to start a memoir, feeling stalled midway through a personal narrative or short story, or trying to regain momentum on a longer project, this generative workshop will help you reconnect with your work-in-progress through a supportive community of fellow writers.

Thursdays, November 5th - December 3rd, from 6:00 - 8:00pm PT. Via Zoom.

https://www.writersgrotto.org/classes-and-events/getting-started-getting-unstuck

10/18/2026

🥂 Kick off Lit Crawl with us!
Join us at the Writers Grotto for our Lit Crawl Mixer & Open House—a FREE afternoon celebrating writers, readers, artists, and the vibrant Bay Area literary community!

✨ Open bar with literary libations
🎨 Art exhibit featuring Flo Hodes, Andrea Guskin & Elizabeth Sher
🎶 Live DJ
🍴 Sweet & savory bites
✍️ Meet Grotto writers, tour our space & learn more about the Grotto

📅 Saturday, Oct. 24, 2–4pm
📍 1663 Mission St., #602, San Francisco
🎟️ FREE & open to all — RSVP or just come!

Then head out to Lit Crawl in the Mission! 📚

10/18/2026

Join us for a FREE lunchtime reading in the beautiful Wetlands Garden of the TJPA Salesforce Park! Norma Smith and Jennifer Christgau Aquino will be reading from their work, come by!

Words & Stories Reading Series
October 21 • 1:00–1:30pm
Wetlands Garden of TJPA’s Salesforce Park

Words & Stories had another lovely afternoon this past Wednesday at the Wetlands Garden at Salesforce Park! 🌿 Thank you ...
10/16/2026

Words & Stories had another lovely afternoon this past Wednesday at the Wetlands Garden at Salesforce Park! 🌿 Thank you to Joanne Furio and Heather Bourbeau for sharing their work, and to everyone who joined us.

Come by next Wednesday for another free lunchtime reading!

Join us for a FREE lunchtime reading in the beautiful Wetlands Garden of the TJPA Salesforce Park! Joanne Furio and Heat...
10/12/2026

Join us for a FREE lunchtime reading in the beautiful Wetlands Garden of the TJPA Salesforce Park! Joanne Furio and Heather Bourbeau will be reading from their work, come by!

Words & Stories Reading Series
October 14 • 1:00–1:30pm
Wetlands Garden of TJPA’s Salesforce Park

Address

1663 Mission Street, Suite 602
San Francisco, CA
94103

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 10pm
Tuesday 10am - 10pm
Wednesday 10am - 10pm
Thursday 10am - 10pm
Friday 10am - 10pm
Saturday 10am - 10pm
Sunday 10am - 10pm

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+14157411119

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