High Octane Brain Boxing at its Finest
WRITE CLUB is the world's greatest combative philanthropic literary bloodsport, featuring only the most audacious and fearsome of writers and performers. Started in 2010 at the Hideout in Chicago by Our Illustrious Overlord Ian Belknap, WRITE CLUB has been operating in Atlanta since 2011.
WRITE CLUB is:
3 bouts of
2 opposing writers arguing
2 opposing ideas for
7 minutes apiece
Audience picks a winner
The Team
Nicholas Tecosky
Nicholas Tecosky (He/Him) is a writer based in Atlanta, Georgia. He was one of the screenwriters of the horror omnibus V/H/S, which premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival. He’s also been a writer for such horror fiction podcasts as 13 Days of Halloween, Tomorrow’s Monsters, 12 Ghosts, and The Mantawauk Caves. Nick has lent his voice to over 150 audiobook titles, including The Death of Sweet Mister by Daniel Woodrell, which was included on the American Library Association's 2013 "Listen List." In 2016, he was mildly horrified to become internet famous for meowing at his cat.
Dani Herd
Dani Herd (they/them) is an Atlanta-based writer and weirdo who is really into monsters, theme parks, and the power of friendship. Outside of Write Club, you might have seen Dani onstage with the Atlanta Shakespeare Company (favorite roles include Rosalind, Lady Macbeth, and Titania) or at the 2022 Atlanta Fringe Festival where their one-person show “gender euphoria: a story in three peters parker” won the Producer’s Choice Award. As a writer, Dani has contributed pieced to Collider, Apartment Therapy, the podcast “12 Ghosts,” and WUSSY. In case you were wondering, Dani always wants to talk about Spider-Man 2, so you should buy them a coffee and bring it up. Alfred Molina, man. What an icon.
Mykal Alder June
June (she/her) is a writer, producer, and musician in Atlanta, Georgia. Currently making podcasts for iHeartMedia, she spent over a decade in public radio at WABE 90.1 FM covering arts and culture. Her work has earned awards from the Georgia Association of Broadcasters and the Associated Press, and has appeared in The Bitter Southerner, SLAB, The Tusk, and the anthologies Bare-Knuckled Lit and 12 Authors, 12 Stories 2018. She records music as Meaning of Everything.
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Jon Carr
Jon Carr (He/Him) is the founder and producer of Vaguely Specific Productions. As the former Executive Producer of The Second City, he oversaw all creative aspects of Second City Chicago, Toronto, and Hollywood. Before that, he worked as the Artistic Director of Dad's Garage Theatre in Atlanta, Ga.
He has had extensive experience on and off the stage of some of the most influential institutions in America. He's an award-winning improviser, a former leader at Alliance Theatre Company, and a writer of the 2018 Suzi Bass award-winning play Black Nerd. However, his greatest accomplishments are being a Dad to Ava and a loving partner to Annie.