Registration is now open for WriteAngles Writers Conference, a project of Straw Dog Writers Guild. The one-day conference will be held on April 6, 2024, at the Northampton Center for Read More
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Straw Dog Writers Guild Online Auction Coming May 2024
The Straw Dog Writers Guild is planning our first-ever online auction to be held this coming May, and you can help make this fundraiser a success. We’re looking for donated Read More
2024 Writers in Residence at The Mount
Thank you to all the accomplished writers for applying for 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
Emerging Writers Writers-in-Residence 2024 Finalists Announced
The Selection Committee of the Edith Wharton-Straw Dog Writers Guild Writers-in-Residence is pleased to announce 27 finalists from emerging writers across the United States and other countries around the globe. Read More
New sponsor for SDWG
Straw Dog Writers Guild announces our new community partner, Valley Home Improvement. Along with Forbes Library, Valley Home Improvement now sponsors Writers Night Out, our monthly Open Mic. Steven Silverman, Read More
Straw Dog Writers Guild Helps Launch Student Publication
On April 27, Straw Dog Writers Guild collaborated with Smith Vocational and Agricultural High School to launch Volume 5 of The Viking Rune Stone at Forbes Library. The literary journal Read More
Writers Night Out New Home at Forbes Library
April’s Writers Night Out at Forbes Library in Northampton was a hit. Our featured reader was the amazing, brilliant, powerhouse of a poet, Michael Joshua Stewart reading from three of Read More
2023 Edith Wharton-Straw Dog Writers Guild Writers-in-Residence
We are delighted to announce the winners of the 2023 Edith Wharton-Straw Dog Writers Guild Writers-in-Residence. We received 427 applications this year from across the United States and nine other Read More
Writers-in-Residence Finalists Announced
The Edith Wharton & Straw Dog Writers Guild Writers-in-Residence Program We received 427 applications this year from across the United States and nine other countries. The task of selecting the Read More
Meet the Publishers from the Publishers Panel and Marketplace
Publishers Panel and Marketplace by Beth Filson Straw Dog Writers Guild gathered eight area publishers at the Northampton Center for the Arts. Michael Favala Goldman was the MC for the Read More