Darling You’re Making a Scene
zoomStraw Dog Writers Guild presents: “Darling, You’re Making a Scene” with Áine Greaney on Saturday, October 16, 2021 10:30 – 12:00. This workshop will be on Zoom. Registration required. Register HERE. Whether you write fiction or nonfiction, learn how to craft lively, memorable scenes that draw the reader in and make them care about your Read More
Writers Night Out/In November
zoomJoin us for Writers Night Out/In Open Mic on Tuesday, November 2, 7:00pm. Registration required. Our featured writers are Jason Montgomery and Alexandra Woolner, joint poet laureates of Easthampton. Register in advance for this meeting: Click HERE to register. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email (within 24 - 48 hours) containing information about Read More
SDWG Annual Meeting
zoomPUBLIC NOTICE: Straw Dog Writers Guild Annual Meeting Thursday, November 4, 7:00 - 8:00pm. Agenda: Welcome and accomplishments Vote in Board of Directors SDWG Programs and Committees A Path Forward Website performance for this past year Hear from the Membership SDWG members who are interested in participating in the Annual Meeting, please email admin@strawdogwriters.org to Read More
Writers Read Hilltowns November
zoomJoin us for Writers Read / Hilltowns on Sunday, November 7 from 2-4pm. Our featured reader is Rebecca Hart Olander. To attend, email Jane Roy Brown at brownjaneroy@gmail.com for a link to the Zoom meeting. Bio: Rebecca Hart Olander’s poetry has appeared recently in Crab Creek Review, The Massachusetts Review, and Tinderbox Poetry Journal, and Read More
Deadline for Presenter Interest for Author Showcase December 10
Straw Dog Writers Guild and Forbes Library invite Straw Dog Writers Guild members with a book published in 2020 or 2021 to read as part of the 2022 annual Author Showcase. If interested in being part of the Showcase, please indicate your interest by emailing strawdogsubmission@gmail.com. The deadline to express interest is midnight Friday, December Read More
Black Writers Read: Aprell May
OnlinePlease join us on Sunday, November 14 at 3 p.m. ET when we host Aprell May (urban creative non-fiction. journalism). She'll read from her memoir, "Classic Fly: Essays from generational trauma to healing." A previous salon owner, Aprell May is a trending/breaking news reporter for The Republican. She recently received her M.F.A. in Creative Nonfiction Read More
Exploring Some Japanese Poetry Forms: Writing Haiku and Tanka
zoomStraw Dog Writers Guild presents: Exploring Some Japanese Poetry Forms: Writing Haiku and Tanka with Eileen P. Kennedy on Wednesday, November 17, 2021 from 6:30 - 8:00pm. Haiku and Tanka are traditional Japanese poetry forms. How do we go about developing our creative thoughts into these highly structured styles of poetry? In this short workshop, Read More
Black Writers Read: Margo Gabriel
zoomPlease join us on Saturday, December 4 at 1 p.m. ET when we host Margo Gabriel (Food, travel, culture, wine, music, art, lifestyle, self-care). She'll read the opening essay, Where Food, Culture and People Meet, from her debut cookbook, The Expat Kitchen. We'll also chat about her expansive writing career. Margo Gabriel is originally from Read More
Writers Read Hilltowns December
zoomJoin us for Writers Read / Hilltowns on Sunday, December 5 from 2-4pm. Our featured reader is Jane Yolen. To attend, email Jane Roy Brown at brownjaneroy@gmail.com for a link to the Zoom meeting. Bio: Jane Yolen's published book count has reached 407. Approximately a dozen of them are volumes of adult poetry, and the Read More
Writers Night Out/In December
zoomJoin us for Writers Night Out/In Open Mic on Tuesday, December 7, 7:00pm. Our featured writer is Justine Dymond. Register in advance for this meeting: Register HERE. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email (within 24 – 48 hours) containing information about joining the meeting. For security purposes, all attendees must register via this link. Read More
Craft in the Real World Book Discussion
zoomHave you always understood writing craft topics, such as plot, setting or tone, to be objective subjects? In his book Craft in the Real World, Matthew Salesses argues that “what we call craft is in fact nothing more or less than a set of expectations. … These expectations are never neutral.” Reviewer Leni Zumas, author Read More
Writers Night Out-In January Richard Horton
zoomJoin us in the New Year on Tuesday, January 4 at 7:00pm for our monthly Writers Night Out/In! Our featured reader is Richard Wayne Horton. You can read his author interview with us from back in August HERE. Registration for WNO is required. Register for Zoom event HERE. After registering, you will receive a confirmation Read More
8th Annual Straw Dog Writers Author Showcase
zoom8th Annual Straw Dog Writers Author Showcase on Wednesday, January 19, 2022 at 6:30pm. Join us for readings from new books by members of Straw Dog Writers Guild: John Sheirer, Nina Dabek. Chris O’Carroll, Julie Wittes Schlack, Suzanne S. Rancourt, Lanette Sweeney, Michael Favala Goldman, Maureen Callahan Smith, Sally Bellerose, Joan Livingston, Mark Luebbers, Tom Read More
Writers Night Out/In February
zoomJoin us on Tuesday, February 1 at 7:00pm for our monthly Writers Night Out/In! Our featured reader is Adin Thayer. Registration is required. Register in advance by clicking HERE. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email (within 24 - 48 hours) containing information about joining the meeting. For security purposes, all attendees must register Read More
Creative Approaches to Structuring Your Essay with Nancy McCabe
Join Straw Dog Writers Guild on Wednesday, February 9 from 7:00-9:00pm for an online craft workshop: Creative Approaches to Structuring Your Essay with Nancy McCabe. This interactive presentation will focus on the devices that fiction and poetry offers us in structuring our essays. We’ll explore options from traditional narrative to lyric approaches like braids, collages, Read More
Writers Night Out/In March
zoomJoin us on Tuesday, March 1 at 7:00pm for our monthly Writers Night Out/In! Our featured reader is Lynne Bertrand. Registration is required. Register HERE. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email within 24 - 48 hours containing information about joining the meeting. Bio: Lynne Bertrand lives in Western Massachusetts and works in the Read More
Writers Night Out 10th Anniversary Fundraiser
OnlineOur fundraiser is the perfect way to celebrate yourself and those you love while supporting the Straw Dog Writers Guild. 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 is $25,000. In 2020, we Read More
Writing Disability: Panel Discussion
zoomJoin us on Saturday, March 26 from 10:30am to 12:00pm for Writing Disability. This presentation is a moderated discussion between three writers, focusing on the presentation of people, with physical and mental disabilities, in literature. Topics covered include individualizing people and disabilities, social role valorization, dealing with the discomfort of social expectations, the role of Read More
Writers Night Out/In April
zoomJoin us on Tuesday, April 5 at 7:00pm for Writers Night Out/In on Zoom! Our featured readers are Karen Skolfield and Rio Santos. Registration is required. Register HERE. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email within 24 - 48 hours containing information about joining the meeting. Bios: Karen Skolfield is the poet laureate of Read More
Spring Tonic Poetry Share
Belding Memorial Library 344 Main Street, Ashfield, United StatesJoin us for a Spring Tonic Poetry Share with Poet Arianna Alexsandra Collins on Saturday April 16, 1:30 - 3:00pm. We will welcome in spring with the auditory tonic of listening to one another read poetry while sipping ephemeral teas. We are sharing poetry inspired by spring – this can be your own work or Read More