Events for Members
Events
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Writers Night Out in May with Eileen P. Kennedy
Forbes Library Coolidge Museum, 20 West Street, Northampton, 01060Join Straw Dog Writers Guild on Tuesday May 5th, 6:00-8:00pm for Writers Night Out with featured writer Eileen P. Kennedy, at Forbes Library. No registration required. If you want to participate in Open Mic and read, please sign up by 5:50pm. Ten names will be randomly selected. Each reader will have five minutes. The second half Read More
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Straw Dog Writes
ZOOM MAStraw Dog Writers Guild members who would like to spend some time writing together can join a Zoom session. We will spend 15 minutes on introductions, a 45 minute writing session, have a 15 minute discussion, then write for a second 45 minute period of time. Afterwards, the Zoom room will remain open for a Read More
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Open Mic at Articulture in Westfield!
Amelia Park Arena, Westfield MA 21 S Broad St, Westfield, MA, United StatesJoin Straw Dog Writers Guild and ArtWorks Westfield for an open mic! Bring your best work, read, listen, and enjoy an afternoon celebrating literature at Articulture in Westfield! May 9th, 1-3pm at Amelia Park Arena, 21 South Broad Street in Westfield. Free!
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Second Sundays Virtual Open Mic
Come create community on second Sundays of every month 6-8pm EST with a virtual open mic on zoom. Please contact Lindsay Rockwell for zoom link if interested: emonrock@mac.com Format Focus: EVERYONE READS! Co-create and reading and listening experience that is generous, dynamic, and heart-felt. Read a 3-minute piece Brief positive responses after readers share Listeners Read More
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Straw Dog Writes
ZOOM MAStraw Dog Writers Guild members who would like to spend some time writing together can join a Zoom session. We will spend 15 minutes on introductions, a 45 minute writing session, have a 15 minute discussion, then write for a second 45 minute period of time. Afterwards, the Zoom room will remain open for a Read More
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A Writer’s Night in May with Joy Deva Baglio
The Longmeadow Adult Center 211 Maple Road, Longmeadow, MA, United StatesStraw Dog Writers’ Guild and Longmeadow Adult Center present Joy Deva Baglio for A Writer's Night on Thursday, May 14th from 6:45-7:30pm at the Longmeadow Adult Center. Joy Deva Baglio is a writer of speculative-literary fiction and the founder of the literary arts organization Pioneer Valley Writers’ Workshop, based in Northampton MA (and virtually). Her Read More
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The Quintessential Query
ZOOM MAWriting a book is only the first step in getting published. If your publishing goals include finding a literary agent to represent your work to the Big 5 and other large publishing houses, you’ll need a query letter that grabs their attention. May 16th, 1-2:30 pm on ZOOM. Register HERE. In this presentation, Marsal Lyon Literary Read More
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Poetry Critique Meet Up in May
Northampton Center for the Arts 33 Hawley St., Northampton, MA, United StatesPoetry Critique Meet-up on Zoom is a chance for poets to give and receive immediate constructive feedback on their poems by everyone in attendance. Learn what is working in your poems, and what may need revision. Contribute your observations to other poets. Be fascinated by the breadth of the written word. Register for Wednesday May Read More
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Straw Dog Writes
ZOOM MAStraw Dog Writers Guild members who would like to spend some time writing together can join a Zoom session. We will spend 15 minutes on introductions, a 45 minute writing session, have a 15 minute discussion, then write for a second 45 minute period of time. Afterwards, the Zoom room will remain open for a Read More
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WOW Center and Straw Dog Writers Guild to present acclaimed author Patricia Lee Lewis!
Westfield on Weekends 105 Elm Street, Westfield, MA, United StatesWOW Center and Straw Dog Writers Guild to present acclaimed author Patricia Lee Lewis! Westfield on Weekends (WOW) in association with Straw Dog Writers Guild and WhipCity Wordsmiths, will present acclaimed poet and author Patricia Lee Lewis as part of the free “Writers Out Loud Guest Author Series.” The event will take place on Thursday, Read More