The Bay Area Writers League is an organization of writers in the Galveston Bay area near Johnson Space Center. It was founded in 1989 and currently has more than 100 members. Most meetings feature a speaker who is a published writer, editor, teacher, or literary agent.
Meetings are free and visitors are welcome.
B.A.W.L. publishes Galaxy, a collection of original short stories, essays, and poems . Write to Managing Editor, Galaxy Literary Journal, at the address given above. Each year, B.A.W.L. holds a writing conference at the University of Houston-Clear Lake. A manuscript competition for novice writers is held in conjunction with the conference. The next conference will take place in May 2002.