Writers Night Out

Forbes Library Coolidge Museum, 20 West Street, Northampton, 01060

Join us on Tuesday April 2, 6:00-8:00pm for Writers Night Out with featured writer Diana Whitney at Forbes Library. No registration required. If you want to participate in Open Mic and read, please sign up by 5:50pm. Ten names will be randomly selected. Each reader will have five minutes. The second half of the evening

WriteAngles Conference

Northampton Center for the Arts 33 Hawley St., Northampton, MA, United States

Straw Dog Writers Guild and our literary partners around western MA are re-imagining the WriteAngles Writers Conference, a local gem for over 30 years. Please save the date, April 6, 2024, for this day-long gathering of writers. That’s a long way away, you say? You’re right, but that gives us lots of time to brainstorm

Viking Runestone Literary Magazine Celebration

Forbes Library Coolidge Museum, 20 West Street, Northampton, 01060

You are invited to join us for a celebration of artists and writers from Smith Vocational and Agricultural High School. We are excited to announce the launch of The Viking Runestone, Spring 2024 Volume 6 at Forbes Library, Thursday, April 11 at 6:30pm in the Coolidge Room. Straw Dog Writers Guild is proud to collaborate

Everyone Reads Second Sundays Open Mic

zoom

Come create community on second Sundays of every month 6-8pm EST with a virtual open mic on zoom. Please contact Lindsay Rockwell for zoom link if interested: emonrock@mac.com Format Focus: EVERYONE READS! Read a 3-minute piece Co-create a reading and listening experience with your fellow writers that is generous, dynamic and heart-felt Brief positive responses

A Writer’s Night

The Longmeadow Adult Center 211 Maple Road, Longmeadow, MA, United States

On Thursday, April 18, 6:45-7:30pm Straw Dog Writers Guild and The Longmeadow Adult Center present A Writer’s Night with Christopher Boucher. Christopher Boucher is the author of the novels How to Keep Your Volkswagen Alive (2011), Golden Delicious (2016) and Big Giant Floating Head (a 2019 Massachusetts Book Award Finalist), all out from Melville House.

Dazzle an Agent: Pro Tips to Put the Polish on Your Manuscript

Make-It Springfield 286 Bridge Street, Springfield, MA, United States

The publishing market is brutally competitive. It’s not easy to get a query past the gatekeepers at publishing houses and literary agencies. You’re going to need an achingly good (and short) intro letter and an irresistible manuscript sample. You could pay an editor to buff up your prose, but with a little bit of elbow

Everyone Reads Second Sundays Open Mic

zoom

Come create community on second Sundays of every month 6-8pm EST with a virtual open mic on zoom. Please contact Lindsay Rockwell for zoom link if interested: emonrock@mac.com Format Focus: EVERYONE READS! Read a 3-minute piece Co-create a reading and listening experience with your fellow writers that is generous, dynamic and heart-felt Brief positive responses

Everyone Reads Second Sundays Open Mic

zoom

Come create community on second Sundays of every month 6-8pm EST with a virtual open mic on zoom. Please contact Lindsay Rockwell for zoom link if interested: emonrock@mac.com Format Focus: EVERYONE READS! Read a 3-minute piece Co-create a reading and listening experience with your fellow writers that is generous, dynamic and heart-felt Brief positive responses

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