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SUMMARY:Writers Night Out/In July
DESCRIPTION:Join us for Writers Night In Open Mic on Tuesday\, July 6\, 7:00pm. Registration required. Click HERE to register. Our featured writer is JoAnne Silver Jones. \nWriter Bio: In her first book\, a memoir\, Headstrong: Surviving a traumatic brain injury\, JoAnne Silver Jones tells of her journey from suffering an act of random violence that left her with a severe traumatic brain injury\, to the publication of her memoir\, at age 73\, and entry into the world of writing. She is Professor Emeritus at Springfield College\, an avid sports fan\, news junky\, ocean lover and dog worshiper. She and her wife divide their time between Santa Cruz\, California and Northampton\, MA. She continues to write and is waiting on her muse to guide her into her next book. \nVisit her at: https://joannejonesauthor.com/
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/writers-night-out-in-june-2
LOCATION:zoom
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Open Mic,Writers Night Out
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SUMMARY:Black Writers Read: Juneteenth\, One Year Later
DESCRIPTION:On Friday\, June 19\, 2020\, Valley Society hosted an over 3-hour virtual event\, convening 16 Black writers from across the country to share their work. Seeing the need to sustain this platform\, we launched the series\, Black Writers Read. Join us\, one year later in celebration of Juneteenth\, to hear from members of Valley Society and past Black Writers Read guests reflect on the year in Black culture\, literary arts\, and existence. Members of Valley Society will read excerpts from work written over the past year. \nWATCH LIVE on Saturday\, June 19 @ 6 p.m. ET\nwww.facebook.com/valleysociety413\nwww.facebook.com/writerscocopenexplore\nvia YouTube: Nicole M. Young’s channel \nAbout Black Writers Read\nHosted and Produced by performance poet\, playwright\, pop culture critic\, and philanthropy professional\, Nicole M. Young\, Valley Society’s Black Writers Read showcases\, celebrates\, and honors the words\, work and traditions of Black writers from across the country\, across genres\, across experiences and across the African Diaspora.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/black-writers-read-juneteenth-one-year-later
LOCATION:Facebook
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Readings,Straw Dog Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Straw Dog Writers Guild":MAILTO:admin@strawdogwriters.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210616T183000
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SUMMARY:An Exploration of Flash Fiction & Flash Memoir
DESCRIPTION:Join us online on June 16 from 6:30 – 8:00pm for An Exploration of Flash Fiction & Flash Memoir. \nFlash takes everything we love about compelling stories – the complexity\, nuance\, characters\, emotion\, tension\, stakes – and delivers it all in an impossibly short high-wire act that leaves us deeply affected and that resonates long after. But how do we go about writing\, crafting\, and editing down our stories into these sparkling fictional (or memoiristic) gems? In this short workshop\, we’ll attempt to answer that question. Through a short craft lecture\, exploration and discussion of two example texts\, and several in-class exercises\, we’ll pry open the door to this exciting form that rewards the playful experimenters and the meticulous crafters and challenges the rest of us to become more like them. Writers will leave with a better understanding of the flash form\, how it differs from longer fiction\, and the beginnings of two new pieces. \nRegistration required. Click HERE to register. \nBio: Joy Baglio is a fiction writer\, editor\, and founder of Pioneer Valley Writers’ Workshop\, a Northampton MA-based (now virtual) writing center\, offering a wide-array of one-day and multi-week workshops in all genres. Her short stories have appeared in American Short Fiction\, Tin House\, Gulf Coast\, The Iowa Review\, SmokeLong Quarterly\, and elsewhere. She’s received fellowships/awards from Yaddo\, Bread Loaf\, The Elizabeth George Foundation\, Vermont Studio Center\, Ploughshares Emerging Writers Contest (Runner-Up)\, among others. Joy holds an MFA from The New School and lives in Florence MA. F ind her at: joybaglio.com.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/an-exploration-of-flash-fiction-flash-memoir
LOCATION:zoom
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Straw Dog Event,Workshops
ORGANIZER;CN="Straw Dog Writers Guild":MAILTO:admin@strawdogwriters.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210606T140000
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SUMMARY:Writers Read / Hilltowns June
DESCRIPTION:Join us for Writers Read / Hilltowns! On Sunday\, June 6 from 2-4 pm our featured reader is Howie Faerstein. To attend\, email Jane Roy Brown at brownjaneroy@gmail.com for a link to the meeting. \nBio: Howie Faerstein is the author of two chapbooks: Play a Song on the Drums\, he said and Out of Order (Main Street Rag) and two full-length collections: Dreaming of the Rain in Brooklynand Googootz and Other Poems\, both published by Press 53. His poetry and reviews can be found in Great River Review\, Nimrod\, CutThroat\, Off the Coast\, Rattle\, upstreet\, Nine Mile and on-line in Verse Daily\, Nixes Mate\, Gris-Gris\, Peacock Journal\, and Connotation. A five-time Pushcart Prize nominee\, he volunteers as a mentor at the Center for New Americans\, is co-poetry editor of CutThroat\, A Journal of the Arts\, and lives in Florence\, MA.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/writers-read-hilltowns-june
LOCATION:zoom
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Open Mic,Straw Dog Event
ORGANIZER;CN="Straw Dog Writers Guild":MAILTO:admin@strawdogwriters.org
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SUMMARY:Writers Night Out/In June
DESCRIPTION:Join us for Writers Night In Open Mic on Tuesday\, June 1\, 7:00pm. \nRegistration required. Click HERE to register.  \nOur featured writer is Shanta Lee Gander. \nBio: Shanta Lee Gander’s work has been featured in many publications and is the 2020 recipient of the Arthur Williams Award for Meritorious Service to the Arts and 2020 and named as Diode Editions full-length book contest winner for her debut poetry compilation\, GHETTOCLAUSTROPHOBIA: Dreamin of Mama While Trying to Speak in Woke Tongues forthcoming in June 2021. Shanta Lee gives lectures on the life of Lucy Terry Prince as a member of the Vermont Humanities Council Speakers Bureau and is the 2020 gubernatorial appointee to their board of directors. To learn more\, visit\, Shantaleegander.com.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/writers-night-out-in-june
LOCATION:zoom
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Open Mic,Straw Dog Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210110T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210110T160000
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SUMMARY:How to Speak in Public with Nicole M. Young
DESCRIPTION:Sunday\, January 10\, 2-4 p.m. on Zoom. Pre-registration required. There is a cap of 15 participants\, so sign up early.   \nThere is a limited number of attendees (15) and then there will be a waiting list. \n\nTo Register please send your First and Last Name\, and zip code in an email to strawdogreg@gmail.com   \n\nYou will receive a link to attend the workshop or confirmation you are on the waitlist. \n\n\nWant to build up the confidence to share your writing at public readings?  Join local performance poet and actor\, Nicole Young\, to learn how to properly prepare yourself to read your work aloud.  She’ll provide workshop participants with a toolkit on how to approach the fear of speaking to large crowds and how to handle situations that might get derailed whether by making a mistake or even the audience joining you in unexpected glee.  Please bring a sample of your work that you’d like to practice. \nBiography \nNicole M. Young has over 20 years of experience as a theatre practitioner and performer.  Nicole possesses undergraduate and graduate degrees in theatre and has studied with the Stratford Shakespeare Festival (Canada) and Royal Shakespeare Company.  She also offers writing workshops on creative writing and theatre-making for youth and educators. \n  \nHeadshot Photo Credit:  Photo by Samm Smith Design and Photography \nThis event will be held on Zoom. Pre-registration is required. Because there is a cap of 15 participants for this workshop\, you will receive a Zoom link if your registration has been successful\, or we will let you know that we have put your name on a waitlist. 
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/how-to-speak-in-public-with-nicole-m-young
LOCATION:zoom
CATEGORIES:Events for Members
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SUMMARY:SDWG ANNUAL MEETING
DESCRIPTION:October 15\, 2020 at 7pm \nhosted on Zoom \nCome discuss ways Straw Dog Writers Guild can further sustain and inspire your writing! \nJoin us in our 10th year anniversary as we gather to elect new board members and officers\, and discuss our goals moving forward as an anti-racist organization. \nOpen to all members\, join us! \nto sign up to attend please email admin@strawdogwriters.org
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/sdwg-annual-meeting
LOCATION:ZOOM\, MA
CATEGORIES:Events for Members
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191019T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191019T233000
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CREATED:20190610T174346Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190611T211830Z
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SUMMARY:Dead Writers Dance - Literary Halloween
DESCRIPTION:DEAD WRITERS DANCE – Literary Halloween!\n\nLOTS OF FUN TO BE HAD! \n 
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/dead-writers-dance-literary-halloween
LOCATION:Northampton Center for the Arts\, 33 Hawley St.\, Northampton\, MA\, 01060\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Straw Dog Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190605T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190605T210000
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SUMMARY:Voices for Resistance - a Celebration
DESCRIPTION:Confirmed readers include:\nAndrea Hairston\, Chivas Sandage\, Christopher J. Sparks\, Doug Anderson\, Ilina Singh\, India Smith\, John Sheirer\, Kent Alexander\, Lanette Sweeney\, Maria Luisa Arroyo\,  Marya Zilberberg\, Mary Warren Foulk\, Nicole M. Young\,  Patrick Donnelly\, & Theresa Vincent
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/voices-for-resistance-a-celebration
LOCATION:Forbes Library\, Coolidge Museum\, 20 West Street\, Northampton\, 01060
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Readings,Straw Dog Event
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181209T100000
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CREATED:20180829T212537Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180829T213424Z
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SUMMARY:Poetry Critique Group - Register today!
DESCRIPTION:Register Here
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/poetry-critique-group-register-today-2
LOCATION:Northampton Center for the Arts\, 33 Hawley St.\, Northampton\, MA\, 01060\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Workshops
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ORGANIZER;CN="Straw Dog Writers Guild":MAILTO:admin@strawdogwriters.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180925T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180925T160000
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CREATED:20180614T021703Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180801T234354Z
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SUMMARY:Straw Dog Writers Guild Authors Showcase!
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, September 25\, at South Hadley Public Library at 6 p.m.  \nAUTHORS READING \nElizabeth George \nAmy Laprade \nSusan LaRosa \nRuth Lehrer \nMelanie S. Lewis \nEd Orzechowski \nMichael Ponsor \nJessica B. Sokol \nJoshua Michael Stewart \nMelissa Volker \nTom Weiner \nEllen Wittlinger
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/straw-dog-writers-guild-authors-showcase
LOCATION:South Hadley Public Library\, 2 Canal St\, South Hadley\, Massachusetts\, 01075
CATEGORIES:Events for Members
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180916T010000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180916T030000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20180829T212113Z
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SUMMARY:Poetry Critique Group - Register today!
DESCRIPTION:  \nRegister Here
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/poetry-critique-group
LOCATION:Northampton Center for the Arts\, 33 Hawley St.\, Northampton\, MA\, 01060\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Workshops
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