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Becky Jones on Summer Writing Goals

Becky Jones on Summer Writing Goals

Posted on June 15, 2017October 1, 2021

Setting your summer writing goals  and our recent Roundtable Discussion Eight of us met on Saturday, June 10th to talk about our summer writing goals. Our goals ranged from the Read More

SDWG Writing Residencies

SDWG Writing Residencies

Posted on May 15, 2017October 1, 2021

WE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE  a new benefit for our members— the Straw Dog Writers Guild Writing Residencies at Patchwork Farm Retreat. A Straw Dog Writing Residency will include 6 Read More

Blog by Christopher J. Sparks

Posted on April 15, 2017October 1, 2021

Like any writer, I know how important craft can be. Straw Dog Writer’s Guild, a group of the Valley’s own writing talent, offers workshops by our, often quite accomplished, neighbors. In mid-March, I Read More

“What sustains you as a writer?”

Posted on March 14, 2017October 1, 2021

Two writers tell us what they got out of participating in Straw Dog’s first Writers Roundtable -held February 11th. The topic was “What sustains you as a writer?” –  The next Roundtable Read More

New Member Benefits! Newly Redesigned Website!

Posted on February 15, 2017October 1, 2021

Please check out our newly redesigned website! Over the past month, I have had the pleasure of redesigning the Straw Dog Writers Guild website. It has been inspiring to design Read More

Patricia Lee Lewis upon reflection …

Posted on January 16, 2017October 1, 2021

Patricia Lee Lewis upon reflection … By Patrica Lee Lewis In the year that opens before us, I will turn 80, and recently in a writing circle of workshop leaders Read More

Welcoming Big Changes for SDWG in 2017

Posted on December 15, 2016October 1, 2021

  Welcoming Big Changes for SDWG in 2017 By Elli Meeropol 2017 looms, and seven years after Straw Dog Writers Guild was conceived in Patricia Lee Lewis’ living room, we Read More

Perugia Press Turns Twenty

Posted on October 15, 2016October 1, 2021

Perugia Press Turns Twenty: Celebrating Milestones with our Local Community By Susan Kan and Rebecca Hart Olander For 20 years, Perugia Press has published the best new woman poet each Read More

The Depressed Novelist’s Complaint

Posted on September 16, 2016October 1, 2021

The Depressed Novelist’s Complaint, or How I Learned to Love the Gray By Jane Yolen Having just finished a major Holocaust novel for young adults,* I find myself at loose Read More

August 15, 2016

Posted on August 16, 2016October 1, 2021

Meet Andrew Connelly, Straw Dog’s First Scholarship Recipient by Becky Jones Andrew Connelly was chosen by his teachers at the Easthampton High School as the recipient of the first Straw Read More

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