Here are a few resources available outside of San Francisco State University to foster community and help one grow as a writer.
This is by no means a complete list.
Classes & Individual Writing Instruction
The Lab: Writing Classes with Matthew Clark Davison
http://matthewclarkdavison.com/ or find The Lab on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/writingclasssanfrancisco/
Jane Ganahl
Playwrights Foundation
http://playwrightsfoundation.org/ of find them on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/playwrightsfoundation/
San Francisco State University College of Extended Learning
http://www.cel.sfsu.edu/ or find them on Facebook.com https://www.facebook.com/SFStateExtended/
San Jose State University Open University
http://www.sjsu.edu/openuniversity/
The San Francisco Writers’ Grotto
http://www.sfgrotto.org/contact/joining/grotto-fellowship/ or find them on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/sfgrotto/
UC Berkeley Extension Post-Baccalaureate Certificate Program in Writing
http://extension.berkeley.edu/cert/writing.html
UCLA Department of Film, Television and Digital Media
http://www.tft.ucla.edu/programs/film-tv-digital-media-department/
The Writing Salon
http://www.writingsalons.com/ or find them on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/the.writing.salon/
Bookstores with Events
Books, Inc.
http://www.booksinc.net/ or find them on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/BooksIncOperaPlaza/
The Booksmith
http://booksmith.com/ or find them on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/booksmith/
Green Apple Books
http://www.greenapplebooks.com/ or find them on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Green.Apple.Books.and.Music/
Modern Times Bookstore Collective
http://moderntimesbookstore.com/ or find them on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/moderntimesbookstore/
Moe’s Books
http://www.moesbooks.com/ or find them on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/MoesBooks/
Reading Series & Other
Kearny Street Workshop
http://i52611.wix.com/kearnystreet or connect with them on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/kearnystreet
LGBTQIA Scholarships
https://www.accreditedschoolsonline.org/resources/lgbt-scholarships/
Litquake
http://www.litquake.org/ or connect with them on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/litquake/?fref=ts
Mill Valley Literary Review- Free Submissions for Creative Writing Students!
https://bit.ly/MillValleyReview.
Poetry Flash
http://www.poetryflash.org/ or connect with them on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/PoetryFlash/?fref=nf
Small Press Traffic
http://smallpresstraffic.org/ or connect with them on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SmallPressTraffic/
Writeaways
The Grotto Fellowship
http://www.sfgrotto.org/contact/joining/grotto-fellowship/ or find them on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/sfgrotto