
Depending on the organization, you may be able to pitch a story, take a workshop, or have a place to practice a story you are working on. This listing has groups that I know about, but not necessarily every group out there.
- Storytelling Places local to the Washington, DC, Maryland (MD), Virginia (VA) area
- DC
- Perfect Liars Club
- Story District
- The Story Collider
- The Moth in DC
- Smut Slam
- Armed Services Arts Partnership (ASAP)
- MD
- The Stoop Storytelling Series
- National Association of Black Storytellers (NABS)
- Voices in The Glenn
- The Grapevine Storytelling Series
- VA
- Virginia Storytelling Alliance (VASA)
- Better Said Than Done
- Hoot and Holler
- Tales and Ales
- Secretly Y’all
- This is My Brave
- Armed Services Arts Partnership (ASAP)
- Tell Me More Live Storytelling
- Storymasters Toastmaster Club
- Blue Ridge Story Space
- DC
- Storytelling Places online and other places (note; these places may have physical places as well as an online space. They just aren’t in the DC. MD, or VA areas)
- Artist Standing Strong Together (ASST)
- Storytelling.org (a directory for guilds and organizations)
- International Storytelling Center
- Society for Storytelling
- Six Feet Apart Productions
- GRIT: True Stories That Matter
- National Storytelling Network (NSN)
- Story Jam
- The Secret Society of Twisted Storytellers
- Stories from The Stage
- Mortified Live
- RISK! Live Storytelling
- Story Crossroads
- Do Not Submit
- Replay Storytelling Presents…
- Kuumba Storytellers of Georgia
- Storyluck
- Society X
- Story Arts of Minnesota
- Totally True Things: A Socially-Conscious Storytelling Show
- Durham Storytellers – Monthly Storytelling Gathering
- The Iridescent Robot Storytelling Club
- Mezrab Live Storytelling
- Northeast Storytelling
- Crick Crack Club
- Pittsburgh Storytelling Series
- Speak Story Series
- West Virginia Storytelling Guild
- Patchwork Storytelling Guild
Links to past post about storytelling groups
Connecting Storytellers to Storytellers (blogs and websites)
Connecting Storytellers to Storytellers (Workshops, Classes, and Coaching)
Connecting Storytellers to Storytellers (Facebook Groups)
Have a storytelling place or organization you want added to the list? Email me at storytellingonpurpose365@gmail.com to get it added to the list!