A 1943 bungalow
Private, in the Rosedale neighbourhood. About a mile from First Light Books.
The Society
The highest tier of the ATX Writing Club.
A private clubhouse in Austin for people doing serious creative work.
The Society · Austin, TexasIn one paragraph
A members-only creative space in Austin, built for quiet work by day and long discussion by night. Not scale, but alignment.
What we are made of
A room that thinks from fourteen directions.
…and that is just the start
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Entrepreneurs
The essentials
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Yours at 3am
A unique door code, 24/7, no reception desk and no booking system.
Application only
Nobody bought their way in. Everyone here applied and was accepted. That is the whole product.
The pantry
Coffee, wine, beer, liquor and snacks, stocked continuously, never billed.
01 / 03The premise
A clubhouse, not an office.
Desks for deep focus and round tables for discussion. No calls, no monitor set-ups, no guests. The rules exist so the clubhouse stays a clubhouse.
02 / 03The people
Thirty-two members do this full-time.
Film, advertising, startups, newsletters, design and books. You will see the same faces next week, and the week after.
03 / 03The bargain
Less than a desk downtown.
Nine hundred dollars a quarter, everything included. The difference is not the furniture. It is who applied to sit next to you.
Mutual excellence
A space for people working on serious creative projects to come together under the banner of mutual excellence.
By the numbers
32Membersmake their full-time living from their creative work.
2M+Wordswritten collectively by members of the Society.
24/7Accessto a private clubhouse in the heart of Austin, on your own code.
41Shippedbooks, films, launches and exhibitions out the door since we opened.
19KHourslogged at the desks and the long tables last year alone.
4Times a weekthe average member lets themselves in — which is why you keep seeing the same faces.BooksFilmTelevisionAdvertisingStartupsNewslettersDesignArchitectureLawMusicJournalismPhotographyAcademiaTheatreVideo GamesMedicineScreenwriting
DocumentaryPublishingPoetryIllustrationPodcastingFine ArtFashionVenture CapitalNon-profitsPolitical ScienceComedyAnimationProduct DevelopmentTranslationSculptureEngineeringCeramics
The clubhouse, plate by plate
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The space
Bright, quiet, lined with windows.
A 1940s bungalow designed for creative work, opening onto a garden full of tropical plants.
The arch, looking through