Texas Storytelling Guilds and Organizations
The Big Thicket Story Circle
We serve southeast Texas and meet the 2nd Tuesday of the month at Tyler County Art Gallery, 210 W. Bluff/Hwy. 190 W., Woodville, Texas at 7pm. Contact Shelby Smith 214-212-1771 or 409-429-3254 or shelby@tipitellers.org
Bluebonnet Scops Storytelling Guild
Meets the 1st Saturday of the month in members homes, usually in Teague, Mexia or Groesbeck. This is a guild for storytellers in Limestone, Freestone, Hill, McClennan and Navarro Counties, including those willing to drive a bit from Waco, Hillsboro and Corsicana. For meeting location contact Liz McDaniel at 254.729.5104 or lizmcdan@yahoo.com.
Central Texas Storytelling Guild
Meets at 6:45 pm on the 2nd Tuesday of the month at Barnes & Noble in Westlake, 701 South Capitol of Texas Highway, West Lake Hills, Texas Contact Sheila Darr at 512.445.4742 or sojourner@austin.rr.com.
Colonneh Storytellers Guild
Meets at the Sam Houston Memorial Museum (log building between the Steamboat House and the blacksmith forge) in Huntsville, Texas, on the 4th Tuesday of the month at 7:00 pm. Contact Mike Morrow at 936.295.7096 or mike@mike-morrow.com.
Dallas Storytelling Guild
Meets 6:30 p.m. the 2nd Wednesday of each month at the Churchill Recreation Center, on the southeast corner of Churchill and Hillcrest, in Dallas. The business meeting is 7 p.m. the 4th Wednesday of the month, except November and December, at the Center for Community Cooperation, 2900 Live Oak, Dallas. Contact Peggy Helmick-Richardson, 214-275-0999 or twiceuponatime@sbcglobal.net for more information.
Denton County Storytellers
Meet the 3rd Monday of the month at the Red Bud Inn, 815 Locust St. Denton, Texas. Contact Nelda Nance, at 940.349.7254 or nelda.nance@cityofdenton.com.
East Fork Storytellers and Aficionados
Meet the 3rd Monday of each month at 7:00 pm at the Garland Senior Activity Center, 600 W. Avenue A in Garland. Contact Keith Archie at 972.226.4305 or keitharchie@yahoo.com.
East Texas Storytellers
Meet the last Saturday of each month at 8:30 am for breakfast at The Golden Corral on the loop in Tyler, Texas. Contact Pamela Pipkin at 903.984.0420 or pipkinw@hotmail.com.
Grand Prairie Story Tellers and Listeners
Meet at the Betty Warmack Branch Library, 760 Bardin Rd. at Robinson in Grand Prairie on the 4th Thursday of the month, 7-8:30 pm. For more information contact Mel Davenport at 972.291.2240 or Dorothy Anthony at 972.263.3801.
Guadalupe Valley Storytelling Association
Meets on the 2nd Tuesday of every month at 7:00 pm at the Heritage Museum, 114 N. River St., Seguin, Texas. Contact Rosemary Davis at 830.330.5571 or rlgdavis@satx.rr.com.
Houston Storytellers Guild
Meets at 7 pm on the 3rd Wednesday of each month at Ziggy's Healthy Grill 2320 Alabama At Greenbriar in Houston. Contact us at 281-775-9318 or www.houstonstorytellers.org
McKinney Storytelling Guild
Meets at 7:00 pm the 4th Monday of the month at Foote Chapel in Chestnut Square, at the SW corner of McDonald and Anthony Streets in McKinney. Contact Adah Leah Wolf at 972 548.7186 or eflat@attbi.com.
Mesquite Storytellers of Abilene
Meet the 3rd Tuesday of the month at the Center of Contemporary Arts, 220 Cypress St., Abilene, Texas. Contact Betty Grant at 915.695.8555.
North 40 Storytelling Guild
Serving Far North Dallas, Richardson, Plano, and surroundng community
Meets at 7 pm on the 3rd Monday of each month at the Heritage Farmstead, 1900 W. 15th Street (near Custer) in Plano. Contact: Gwen Caldwell at gwen@gwencaldwell.com or www.north40storytellers.com
Red River Storytelling Outfit
Meets the 2nd Monday of the month at 7 pm at the Gallery Coffee House, 421 W. Main St. in Denison. Contact Waynetta Ausmus Brown at 903.786.5294 or storyteller@texoma.net.
Rio Grande Valley Storytellers
Meet at 7:00 pm on the 1st Monday of each month at the Barnes & Noble at the corner of Nolana & 10th St. in McAllen. Contact Becky Martinez 4407 N. Victoria Rd. Donna, Tx 78537 956-464-2129 blorfeldm@yahoo.com
San Antonio Storytellers Association
Meets the 3rd Tuesday of each month at 6:30 pm in the San Antonio Central Library, 600 Soledad, San Antonio, Texas. Contact Sue Kuentz at 830.980.7877.
Storytellers of the High Plains
Storytellers of the High Plains, based in Amarillo/Canyon Texas meets on the second monday of each month at the Southwest Public Library, 6801 SW 45th, Amarillo, Tx. Contact Trudy Hanson at 806.655.0675 or thanson@mail.wtamu.edu, http://www.wtamu/~thanson
Tarrant Area Guild of Storytellers
Meets the 1st Monday of each month at the Center for Change, Development and Support in Arlington, Texas, and also on the 3rd Monday. Contact Jaye McLaughlin at 817.292.4206 or tagstory@yahoo.com.
Tejas Storytelling Association
Tejas Storytelling Association is a non profit organization that is dedicated to fostering the appreciation of storytelling as an oral tradition and a performing art.
Texas Hill Country Talespinners
Meet the 1st Monday of the month (except for holiday Mondays) at 6:30 pm at the Medina Community Library, 13948 State Hwy 16 N in Medina, Texas. Contact Shirley Klepfer at 830.589.2979 or storyteller@78055.com.
Weatherford Storytellers Guild
Meets on the 3rd Saturday of the month, 2-3 pm, at the Weatherford Public Library. Contact Michael Anderson at 817.596.0550 or biotuner@aol.com