In the first Meet Our Members Interview, Stevie Billow interviews Connie Senior Stevie: To start, I’d love to hear about one of the first stories you ever wrote! Can you Read More
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Straw Dog Writers Guild Welcomes The Writing Sisters! by Q Keough-Huff
The Writing Sisters are a community of women who identify as BIPOC and LGBTQ. Several years ago two of its founding members, Gri Saex Martinez and Darlene Elias, realized that Read More
The Algorithm Ate My Poem – Visibility and the Writer in a Platform World By Fungai Tichawangana
The Internet was supposed to be the playing field that equalized everything. It didn’t. Back in 2004, when I was building my first website for writers, the promise was that Read More
WriteAngles: a status update
Planning a conference is a gargantuan task. So many details to figure out – finding the perfect venue, picking dates that don’t conflict with major holidays or events, selecting food Read More
Nine Writers Selected for 2025 Emerging Writers Residency
The Mount and Western Massachusetts’ Straw Dog Writers Guild are thrilled to announce the nine writers selected for the 2025 Residency for Emerging Writers. The 2025 residents will be working Read More
Our Stories: Straw Dog Writers Guild Founders Look Back First installment: a conversation between Patricia Lee Lewis and Ellen Meeropol
Our Stories: Straw Dog Writers Guild Founders Look Back First installment: a conversation between Patricia Lee Lewis and Elli: I have such strong memories of you inviting Jacqueline Sheehan, Celia Read More
Emerging Writers in Residence 2025
Thank you to all the accomplished writers for applying to the Edith Wharton-Straw Dog Writers Guild Writers-in-Residence program at The Mount. The Selection Committee is pleased to announce the residents, Read More
Announcing the 2025 Emerging Writer Fellow
Congratulations to Darlene Elias (memoir, creative nonfiction) who has been selected as the 2025 Emerging Writer Fellow. Darlene Elias is an emerging writer and poet from Western Mass. She is Read More
Writers-in-Residence 2025 Finalists
The Selection Committee of the Edith Wharton-Straw Dog Writers Guild Writers-in-Residence project is pleased to announce 33 finalists from emerging writers across the United States and other countries around the Read More
Straw Dog Writers Guild Hires Executive Consultant
Straw Dog Writers Guild is pleased to announce the appointment of Patricia Pin (known to most simply as “Pin”) as Executive Consultant of the organization, a new part-time, contracted position. Read More