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Writers Night Out 10th Anniversary Fundraiser Starts Today

Writers Night Out 10th Anniversary Fundraiser Starts Today

Posted on March 15, 2022March 18, 2022

Writers Night Out is 10 years old! Help celebrate this literary birthday during the May 3 WHO by participating in our annual fundraiser for Straw Dog Writers Guild Our goal Read More

Straw Dog Writers Guild Author Interview: Lynne Bertrand

Straw Dog Writers Guild Author Interview: Lynne Bertrand

Posted on March 9, 2022March 9, 2022

Lynne Bertrand is the author of City of the Uncommon Thief (Dutton Books, Penguin Random House, 2021). This novel for young readers takes place in a walled city of mile-high Read More

Straw Dog Writers Guild Releases the 2022 Shortlist for its Emerging Writer Fellowship

Straw Dog Writers Guild Releases the 2022 Shortlist for its Emerging Writer Fellowship

Posted on March 2, 2022March 2, 2022

The selection panel for the Straw Dog Writers Guild Emerging Writer Fellowship has announced the 2022-23 shortlist of three writers. They are Vida James, Regine Jackson, and Syki Barbee. One Read More

Recording of Author Showcase

Recording of Author Showcase

Posted on January 25, 2022January 28, 2022

On January 19th, 2022, Straw Dog Writers Guild and Forbes Library co-sponsored the 8th annual Author Showcase. Twelve Straw Dog member/authors gathered on Zoom to read from their recently published Read More

Valley Society Launches New Website

Valley Society Launches New Website

Posted on January 20, 2022January 12, 2022

Valley Society, the black writer’s guild of the Pioneer Valley and a Straw Dog project launched a new website last month. You can now subscribe to our newsletter to receive Read More

Straw Dog Writers Guild Author Interview: John Sheirer

Straw Dog Writers Guild Author Interview: John Sheirer

Posted on January 12, 2022January 12, 2022

John Sheirer has published works of fiction, memoir, and current events, as well as books for children. A few of his titles include Growing up Mostly Normal in the Middle Read More

Meet the 2022 Writers-in-Residence

Meet the 2022 Writers-in-Residence

Posted on January 11, 2022March 29, 2022

The Selection Committee of the Edith Wharton-Straw Dog Writers Guild Writers-in-Residence Program is pleased to announce its nine residents for 2022: Yasmine AmeliJody CallahanElyse DurhamCheryl IsaacElla JacobsonLiana MackJessica ProvenzSarah WangDashaun Read More

Finalists for the Writers in Residence Program

Finalists for the Writers in Residence Program

Posted on December 16, 2021December 17, 2021

Creative writers everywhere value uninterrupted time to write in an inspiring place and 329 of them in 7 genres from across the US, Canada and 5 other countries applied to Read More

Straw Dog Writers Guild Author Interview Series: Bela Breslau and Stephen Billias

Straw Dog Writers Guild Author Interview Series: Bela Breslau and Stephen Billias

Posted on December 10, 2021January 12, 2022

Bela Breslau and Stephen Billias are the co authors of the forthcoming novel Pilgrim Maya, which they plan to release next summer. Stephen’s most recent book is A Book of Fields: Tales Read More

Straw Dog Writers Guild Author Interview Series: Suzanne Rancourt

Straw Dog Writers Guild Author Interview Series: Suzanne Rancourt

Posted on October 29, 2021January 12, 2022

Suzanne Rancourt is a poet, a writer of fiction and creative non-fiction, photographer, and musical artist. As a woman of Native American and European ancestry who grew up in rural Read More

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