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SUMMARY:Writers Night Out in September
DESCRIPTION:Join Straw Dog Writers Guild on Tuesday September 2nd\, 6:00-8:00pm for Writers Night Out with featured writer Joshua Michael Steward 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 of the evening showcases our Featured Reader. \nMasks are not currently required for indoor events. Please wear a mask if you would like to exercise caution. \nHosted by Jacqueline Sheehan\, Rick Paar and Beth Filson.\nSponsored by Valley Home Improvement. \nJoshua Michael Stewart is the author of Break Every String\, The Bastard Children of Dharma Bums\, and Love Something. His work has appeared in Modern Haiku\, Massachusetts Review\, Brilliant Corners\, New Flash Fiction Review\, and Best Small Fictions 2025. His latest book is Welcome Home\, Russell Edson—a graphic novel & prose poem hybrid created in collaboration with illustrators Bret M. Herholz and Aaron J. Krolikowski. https://joshuamichaelstewartauthor.com \n“There’s a fearlessness in Joshua Michael Stewart’s poetry—tough\, tightly written narratives and monologues about living poor with broken people (some of whom are your closest relatives) in hard times. This heartfelt gritty work reminds me of the hardscrabble accounts of humanity in some of our best poets—the work of Ai\, Bruce Weigel\, and Linda McCarriston’s landmark book\, Eva-Marie. Stewart exercises the courage of truth telling and takes the revenge of real poetic craft. As Bruce Weigel says “Say it clearly and you make it beautiful\, no matter what.”; Or as Stewart says\, “Poets are the battered spouses of hope.”; You can’t help but respect the maker of these streamlined vehicles\, for his guts and his unsentimental\, vivid poems.”\n-Tony Hoagland
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/writers-night-out-in-september-2-2
LOCATION:Forbes Library\, Coolidge Museum\, 20 West Street\, Northampton\, 01060
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Open Mic,Writers Night Out
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250903T190000
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SUMMARY:Straw Dog Writes Weekly Writers Meet Up
DESCRIPTION:Straw 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 half hour for discussion and chat.\nTo register and receive the zoom link\, contact Steven D. Brewer at sdbrewer@stevendbrewer.com
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/straw-dog-writes-weekly-writers-meet-up-6/2025-09-03
LOCATION:zoom
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Straw Dog Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250906T130000
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SUMMARY:Poetry Critique Meet Up in September
DESCRIPTION:Poetry 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. \nRegister for Saturday or Sunday September 6th and 7th\, 1-3:30 pm.  Cost: by donation. Suggested sliding scale $25-40. No one turned away for lack of funds. Limited to five participants. Register early.  Please sign up for one session per month. Register HERE. Questions – email:  hammerandhorn@gmail.com\n\n\nThese workshops are made possible in part through the Eli Daniel Nemetz Todd Memorial Fund. Please make your donation through the Center for the Arts via Paypal here\, via Venmo @Northampton-CenterForTheArts\, or by mailing a check made out to NCFA to PO Box 366\, Northampton\, MA 01061. Please note Poetry/Prose in the memo line.  Donations on the upper end of the scale help support our continued commitment to accessibility. If you need financial support\, please apply through NCFA’s Community Fund. \n\nFacilitator: Michael Favala Goldman is author of seven poetry collections and translator of nineteen books. His work has appeared in scores of publications such as The New Yorker\, The Harvard Review\, and Rattle Magazine. https://michaelfavalagoldman.com/\n\nMichael’s blog about the Poetry Critique Meet-up: http://strawdogwriters.org/blog/poetry-meet-up
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/poetry-critique-meet-up-in-september/2025-09-06
LOCATION:Northampton Center for the Arts\, 33 Hawley St.\, Northampton\, MA\, 01060\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Poetry Share,Workshops
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SUMMARY:Poetry Critique Meet Up in September
DESCRIPTION:Poetry 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. \nRegister for Saturday or Sunday September 6th and 7th\, 1-3:30 pm.  Cost: by donation. Suggested sliding scale $25-40. No one turned away for lack of funds. Limited to five participants. Register early.  Please sign up for one session per month. Register HERE. Questions – email:  hammerandhorn@gmail.com\n\n\nThese workshops are made possible in part through the Eli Daniel Nemetz Todd Memorial Fund. Please make your donation through the Center for the Arts via Paypal here\, via Venmo @Northampton-CenterForTheArts\, or by mailing a check made out to NCFA to PO Box 366\, Northampton\, MA 01061. Please note Poetry/Prose in the memo line.  Donations on the upper end of the scale help support our continued commitment to accessibility. If you need financial support\, please apply through NCFA’s Community Fund. \n\nFacilitator: Michael Favala Goldman is author of seven poetry collections and translator of nineteen books. His work has appeared in scores of publications such as The New Yorker\, The Harvard Review\, and Rattle Magazine. https://michaelfavalagoldman.com/\n\nMichael’s blog about the Poetry Critique Meet-up: http://strawdogwriters.org/blog/poetry-meet-up
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/poetry-critique-meet-up-in-september/2025-09-07
LOCATION:Northampton Center for the Arts\, 33 Hawley St.\, Northampton\, MA\, 01060\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Poetry Share,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250910T190000
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SUMMARY:Straw Dog Writes Weekly Writers Meet Up
DESCRIPTION:Straw 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 half hour for discussion and chat.\nTo register and receive the zoom link\, contact Steven D. Brewer at sdbrewer@stevendbrewer.com
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/straw-dog-writes-weekly-writers-meet-up-6/2025-09-10
LOCATION:zoom
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Straw Dog Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250911T184500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250911T193000
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SUMMARY:A Writer's Night in September
DESCRIPTION:Straw Dog Writers’ Guild and Longmeadow Adult Center present writer Suzanne Strempek Shea on Thursday\, September 11th\, from 6:45-7:30pm at the Longmeadow Adult Center.\n\n\n\n\nSuzanne Strempek Shea grew up in a small Polish-American Western Massachusetts village\, dreaming of becoming a horse trainer or an artist. Her first published writing was a newspaper she handwrote and drew for her parents every Saturday night when they went polka dancing and she stayed overnight downstairs at the home of her maternal grandparents. The Nutty News had only a circulation of one copy\, but it was a start. She fell into writing in high school\, when she went down to the office of The Palmer Journal and Monson Register\, her town’s newspaper\, to complain that it never wrote a story about the high school’s hockey team\, which contained both a sport and a couple of boys she loved. The editor told her there were no reporters free to go to the games\, and if she went\, as she did to every game\, she and her pal Barbara Sekula being the statisticians\, why didn’t she just write up a story each week and hand it in for publication. She learned to write and shoot and develop on deadline. She also learned that it paid to complain. \nYou may register by calling 413-565-4150\, option 1. Or you can just show up. The Longmeadow Adult Center is located at 211 Maple Road\, Longmeadow.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/a-writers-night-in-september-11
LOCATION:The Longmeadow Adult Center\, 211 Maple Road\, Longmeadow\, MA\, United States
CATEGORIES:A Writer's Night,Events for Members,Readings,Straw Dog Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250914T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250914T183000
DTSTAMP:20260404T195223
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LAST-MODIFIED:20250906T130729Z
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SUMMARY:Straw Dog Writers Guild 15th Anniversary Celebration & Reading
DESCRIPTION:  \nJoin the Straw Dog Writers Guild to celebrate their 15th anniversary with a lively panel discussion featuring Guild co-founders and members. Highlighted are readings by novelist Michael Jerome Plunkett\, Straw Dog Writers Guild Emerging Writing Fellow Darlene Elias\, and poet Julia Thacker\, both alumni of the Edith Wharton & Straw Dog Emerging Writers Residency\, which is celebrating its fifth anniversary. \nIn September\, Plunkett’s debut novel Zone Rouge (2025) is being published by Unnamed Press. It is the story of a team cleaning up the artillery and explosives used in World War I who make a startling discovery in Verdun\, France. Julia Thacker will read from To Wildness (The Waywiser Press\, 2025)\, winner of the 19th annual Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize. \nThis event is FREE and open to the public!\nSeating is limited\, registration is recommended: REGISTER HERE \n  \n 
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/straw-dog-writers-guild-15th-anniversary-celebration-reading
LOCATION:The Mount | Edith Wharton’s Home\, 2 Plunkett Street\, Lenox\, MA\, 01240\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Readings,Straw Dog Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250914T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250914T200000
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SUMMARY:Everyone Reads Second Sundays Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:Come create community on second Sundays of every month 6-8pm EST with a virtual open mic on zoom.\nPlease contact Lindsay Rockwell for zoom link if interested: emonrock@mac.com \nFormat Focus: EVERYONE READS! \n\nCo-create and reading and listening experience that is generous\, dynamic\, and heart-felt.\nRead a 3-minute piece\nBrief positive responses after readers share\nListeners welcome
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/everyone-reads-second-sundays-open-mic-3/2025-09-14
LOCATION:zoom
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Open Mic,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:20250917T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250917T210000
DTSTAMP:20260404T195223
CREATED:20241209T185240Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251130T132803Z
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SUMMARY:Straw Dog Writes Weekly Writers Meet Up
DESCRIPTION:Straw 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 half hour for discussion and chat.\nTo register and receive the zoom link\, contact Steven D. Brewer at sdbrewer@stevendbrewer.com
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/straw-dog-writes-weekly-writers-meet-up-6/2025-09-17
LOCATION:zoom
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,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:20250922T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250922T193000
DTSTAMP:20260404T195223
CREATED:20250817T130455Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250817T130455Z
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SUMMARY:Equinox Potluck & Poetry Share
DESCRIPTION:Bring poetry (your work or work by others) and a dish to celebrate summer’s harvest.\n\nWhat do you bring to the table? Whether food or skill\, speak to what you bring to the banquet of life. Come share your poems about community and activities you enjoy doing in a group or anything else that speaks to your heart – this is a potluck after all. (And you don’t have any of your own\, find and read someone else’s poetry.) Come read and listen on the Autumn Equinox\, Monday September 22 from 6:00-7:30pm in the Belding Memorial Library Meeting Room with poet Arianna Alexsandra Collins of Offerings for Community Building.\n\nThis program is free and open to the public. Please register by contacting Belding Memorial Library at bmlashfield@gmail.com or 413-628-4414.\nThe Library is located at 344 Main St. in Ashfield\, MA.\n\nSponsored by Belding Memorial Library and Straw Dog Writers Guild\nPlease list ingredients on your potluck dish. Thank you.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/equinox-potluck-poetry-share
LOCATION:Belding Memorial Library\, 344 Main Street\, Ashfield\, 01330\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry Share,Readings,Straw Dog Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250924T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250924T210000
DTSTAMP:20260404T195223
CREATED:20241209T185240Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251130T132803Z
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SUMMARY:Straw Dog Writes Weekly Writers Meet Up
DESCRIPTION:Straw 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 half hour for discussion and chat.\nTo register and receive the zoom link\, contact Steven D. Brewer at sdbrewer@stevendbrewer.com
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/straw-dog-writes-weekly-writers-meet-up-6/2025-09-24
LOCATION:zoom
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,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:20250927T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250927T140000
DTSTAMP:20260404T195223
CREATED:20250913T202443Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250913T202443Z
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SUMMARY:Open Mic at ARToberFEST in Westfield
DESCRIPTION:Join your fellow writers for an open mic at Ray Ray’s Cafe in Westfield during ARToberFESTIVAL! Poet and translator Michael Favala Goldman will MC the even. Bring three minutes of your best writing to share!
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/open-mic-at-artoberfest-in-westfield
LOCATION:Ray Ray’s Cafe\, 2-3 Main St\, Westfield\, MA
CATEGORIES:Open Mic,Straw Dog Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250929T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250929T190000
DTSTAMP:20260404T195223
CREATED:20250626T160044Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250912T201434Z
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SUMMARY:Annual Celebration!
DESCRIPTION:Save the date for our Annual Celebration! \nThis year we’re gathering at the Florence Civic Center from 5-7 pm to celebrate the 15 year anniversary of Straw Dog Writers Guild\, and you\, our members! \n 
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/annual-celebration
LOCATION:Florence Civic Center\, Florence Civic Center\, Park St.\, Florence\, MA\, 01062\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Straw Dog Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251001T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251001T210000
DTSTAMP:20260404T195223
CREATED:20241209T185240Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251130T132803Z
UID:10000777-1759345200-1759352400@strawdogwriters.org
SUMMARY:Straw Dog Writes Weekly Writers Meet Up
DESCRIPTION:Straw 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 half hour for discussion and chat.\nTo register and receive the zoom link\, contact Steven D. Brewer at sdbrewer@stevendbrewer.com
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/straw-dog-writes-weekly-writers-meet-up-6/2025-10-01
LOCATION:zoom
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Straw Dog Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Straw Dog Writers Guild":MAILTO:admin@strawdogwriters.org
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251007T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251007T200000
DTSTAMP:20260404T195223
CREATED:20250611T163109Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250809T125336Z
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SUMMARY:Writers Night Out in October
DESCRIPTION:Join Straw Dog Writers Guild on Tuesday October 7th\, 6:00-8:00pm for Writers Night Out with featured writer Aine Greaney 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 of the evening showcases our Featured Reader. \nMasks are not currently required for indoor events. Please wear a mask if you would like to exercise caution. \nHosted by Jacqueline Sheehan\, Rick Paar and Beth Filson.\nSponsored by Valley Home Improvement. \n \nÁine Greaney is an Irish-born writer who lives in Newburyport\, Massachusetts. Her work has appeared in various publications\, including Creative Nonfiction\, Salon\, The New York Times\, Books Ireland and others. Her fifth book has just been published by Sea Crow Press. She teaches writing at libraries\, conferences and wellness organizations.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/writers-night-out-in-october-7
LOCATION:Forbes Library\, Coolidge Museum\, 20 West Street\, Northampton\, 01060
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Open Mic,Writers Night Out
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251008T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251008T210000
DTSTAMP:20260404T195223
CREATED:20241209T185240Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251130T132803Z
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SUMMARY:Straw Dog Writes Weekly Writers Meet Up
DESCRIPTION:Straw 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 half hour for discussion and chat.\nTo register and receive the zoom link\, contact Steven D. Brewer at sdbrewer@stevendbrewer.com
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/straw-dog-writes-weekly-writers-meet-up-6/2025-10-08
LOCATION:zoom
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Straw Dog Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251009T184500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251009T193000
DTSTAMP:20260404T195223
CREATED:20250813T202554Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250813T210115Z
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SUMMARY:A Writer's Night in October
DESCRIPTION:Straw Dog Writers’ Guild and Longmeadow Adult Center present writer Morgan Sheehan on Thursday\, September 11th\, from 6:45-7:30pm at the Longmeadow Adult Center. \nMorgan Sheehan is a writer\, teacher and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu practitioner. She’s a published poet\, essayist and produced playwright. You can find her working on her new YA novel\, scrawling anecdotes about her time in the Peace Corps in the former Soviet Republic of Georgia\, practicing Brazilian Jiu Jitsu\, or dealing with her flock of ducks and two onery geese. \n\n\n\nYou may register by calling 413-565-4150\, option 1. Or you can just show up. The Longmeadow Adult Center is located at 211 Maple Road\, Longmeadow.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/a-writers-night-in-october-9
LOCATION:The Longmeadow Adult Center\, 211 Maple Road\, Longmeadow\, MA\, United States
CATEGORIES:A Writer's Night,Events for Members,Readings,Straw Dog Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251011T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251011T153000
DTSTAMP:20260404T195223
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SUMMARY:Poetry Critique Meet Up in October
DESCRIPTION:Poetry 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. \nRegister for Saturday October 11th\, 1-3:30 pm OR  Sunday\, October 12th\, 1-3:30 pm.  Cost: by donation. Suggested sliding scale $25-40. No one turned away for lack of funds. Limited to five participants. Register early.  Please sign up for one session per month. Register HERE. Questions – email:  hammerandhorn@gmail.com\n\n\nThese workshops are made possible in part through the Eli Daniel Nemetz Todd Memorial Fund. Please make your donation through the Center for the Arts via Paypal here\, via Venmo @Northampton-CenterForTheArts\, or by mailing a check made out to NCFA to PO Box 366\, Northampton\, MA 01061. Please note Poetry/Prose in the memo line.  Donations on the upper end of the scale help support our continued commitment to accessibility. If you need financial support\, please apply through NCFA’s Community Fund. \n\nFacilitator: Michael Favala Goldman is author of seven poetry collections and translator of nineteen books. His work has appeared in scores of publications such as The New Yorker\, The Harvard Review\, and Rattle Magazine. https://michaelfavalagoldman.com/\n\nMichael’s blog about the Poetry Critique Meet-up: http://strawdogwriters.org/blog/poetry-meet-up
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/poetry-critique-meet-up-in-october/2025-10-11
LOCATION:Northampton Center for the Arts\, 33 Hawley St.\, Northampton\, MA\, 01060\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Poetry Share,Workshops
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ORGANIZER;CN="Straw Dog Writers Guild":MAILTO:admin@strawdogwriters.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251012T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251012T153000
DTSTAMP:20260404T195223
CREATED:20250914T115548Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250930T151640Z
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SUMMARY:Poetry Critique Meet Up in October
DESCRIPTION:Poetry 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. \nRegister for Saturday October 11th\, 1-3:30 pm OR  Sunday\, October 12th\, 1-3:30 pm.  Cost: by donation. Suggested sliding scale $25-40. No one turned away for lack of funds. Limited to five participants. Register early.  Please sign up for one session per month. Register HERE. Questions – email:  hammerandhorn@gmail.com\n\n\nThese workshops are made possible in part through the Eli Daniel Nemetz Todd Memorial Fund. Please make your donation through the Center for the Arts via Paypal here\, via Venmo @Northampton-CenterForTheArts\, or by mailing a check made out to NCFA to PO Box 366\, Northampton\, MA 01061. Please note Poetry/Prose in the memo line.  Donations on the upper end of the scale help support our continued commitment to accessibility. If you need financial support\, please apply through NCFA’s Community Fund. \n\nFacilitator: Michael Favala Goldman is author of seven poetry collections and translator of nineteen books. His work has appeared in scores of publications such as The New Yorker\, The Harvard Review\, and Rattle Magazine. https://michaelfavalagoldman.com/\n\nMichael’s blog about the Poetry Critique Meet-up: http://strawdogwriters.org/blog/poetry-meet-up
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/poetry-critique-meet-up-in-october-12
LOCATION:Northampton Center for the Arts\, 33 Hawley St.\, Northampton\, MA\, 01060\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Poetry Share,Workshops
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ORGANIZER;CN="Straw Dog Writers Guild":MAILTO:admin@strawdogwriters.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251012T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251012T171500
DTSTAMP:20260404T195223
CREATED:20250914T120507Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250923T165142Z
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SUMMARY:2025 Writers-in-Residence Virtual Reading!
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for 2025 Writers-in-Residence Virtual Reading October 12\, 2025\n4:00 – 5:15 pm on Zoom \nBrief readings from 8 of the 9 2025 Edith Wharton & Straw Dog Writers Guild Writers-in-Residence\, plus the 2025 Straw Dog’s Emerging Writer Fellow \nReaders: \n\nBrenton Sizwe Zola\nIrene Jiang\nMichael Jerome Plunkett\nMelenie Freedom Flynn\nThaddeus Haas\nZite Ezeh\nLizzy Beck\nDarlene Elias\nMason Wray\n\nRegister for this event HERE.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/2025-writers-in-residence-virtual-reading
LOCATION:ZOOM\, MA
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Readings,Straw Dog Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251012T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251012T200000
DTSTAMP:20260404T195223
CREATED:20241209T184658Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250306T171510Z
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SUMMARY:Everyone Reads Second Sundays Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:Come create community on second Sundays of every month 6-8pm EST with a virtual open mic on zoom.\nPlease contact Lindsay Rockwell for zoom link if interested: emonrock@mac.com \nFormat Focus: EVERYONE READS! \n\nCo-create and reading and listening experience that is generous\, dynamic\, and heart-felt.\nRead a 3-minute piece\nBrief positive responses after readers share\nListeners welcome
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/everyone-reads-second-sundays-open-mic-3/2025-10-12
LOCATION:zoom
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Open Mic,Straw Dog Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251015T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251015T210000
DTSTAMP:20260404T195223
CREATED:20241209T185240Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251130T132803Z
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SUMMARY:Straw Dog Writes Weekly Writers Meet Up
DESCRIPTION:Straw 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 half hour for discussion and chat.\nTo register and receive the zoom link\, contact Steven D. Brewer at sdbrewer@stevendbrewer.com
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/straw-dog-writes-weekly-writers-meet-up-6/2025-10-15
LOCATION:zoom
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,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:20251018T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251018T170000
DTSTAMP:20260404T195223
CREATED:20250418T174127Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250719T105436Z
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SUMMARY:WriteAngles Conference!
DESCRIPTION:Join Straw Dog Writers Guild for WriteAngles\, the only writers conference in Western Massachusetts. Choose from 20 different workshop and panels to attend during this full day conference\, held at Greenfield Community College. Sign up to have an individual meeting with an agent. But most importantly\, spend time with other writers in your community who care about writing as much as you do. \nThe year’s conference theme\, inspired by Tiffany Yates Martin’s quote from The Thicket of Thorns: Stories Grow\, suggests exploring writing as a tool for resilience\, justice\, and forging connections in our polarized era. WriteAngles brings together writers for workshops\, roundtable conversations\, networking\, and inspiration. \nA keynote speaker of national note\, Franny Choi\, whose work supports the theme\, will launch the day’s activities\, which includes programming for writers at all levels of development and appointments with literary agents. \nWriteAngles is by writers for writers in the vibrant literary region of western Massachusetts. In line with Straw Dog Writers Guild’s mission\, presenters represent a diversity of age\, race/ethnicity\, and gender identity. Presenters will receive an honorarium\, and a generous scholarship program will welcome lower-income participants.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/writeangles-conference-2
LOCATION:Greenfield Community College\, 1 College Drive\, Greenfield\, MA\, 01301\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Open Mic,Readings,Straw Dog Event,Workshops,Writing Conference
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251022T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251022T210000
DTSTAMP:20260404T195223
CREATED:20241209T185240Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251130T132803Z
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SUMMARY:Straw Dog Writes Weekly Writers Meet Up
DESCRIPTION:Straw 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 half hour for discussion and chat.\nTo register and receive the zoom link\, contact Steven D. Brewer at sdbrewer@stevendbrewer.com
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/straw-dog-writes-weekly-writers-meet-up-6/2025-10-22
LOCATION:zoom
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,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:20251029T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251029T203000
DTSTAMP:20260404T195223
CREATED:20250822T183031Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250822T183031Z
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SUMMARY:Breaking the Submission Barrier with D. Dina Friedman\, the Submission Queen
DESCRIPTION:Writing may be a mostly joyful process\, but the process of offering our work to journals and literary agents can feel terrifying\, or simply like drudgery. This confidence-building workshop will help you increase your motivation for getting your work out into the universe\, where it deserves to be seen. We’ll work on setting reasonable and realistic submission goals\, and develop some armor for persevering through rejection. We’ll also cover the advantages/disadvantages of why/where/how you should (or shouldn’t) submit\, as well as strategies for finding submission resources\, establishing a submission habit\, and tracking your efforts.  \nRegister HERE! \nDubbed “The Submission Queen” in many of her local writing groups\, D. Dina Friedman has published in over 150 literary journals and received six Pushcart Prize and two Best-of-the Net nominations. She has also received more than 1\,000 rejections—maybe 5\,000 (she hasn’t counted them.) Dina is the author of two books of poetry: Here in Sanctuary—Whirling (Querencia Press) and Wolf in the Suitcase (Finishing Line Press); one book of short stories: Immigrants (Creators Press); and two young adult novels: Escaping Into the Night (Simon & Schuster) and Playing Dad’s Song (Farrar\, Straus\, Giroux). Dina blogs on living a creative life in a creatively challenged universe at https://ddinafriedman.substack.com. Visit her website at https://www.ddinafriedman.com. \n  \n 
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/breaking-the-submission-barrier-with-d-dina-friedman-the-submission-queen
LOCATION:ZOOM\, MA
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Straw Dog Event,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251029T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251029T210000
DTSTAMP:20260404T195223
CREATED:20241209T185240Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251130T132803Z
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SUMMARY:Straw Dog Writes Weekly Writers Meet Up
DESCRIPTION:Straw 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 half hour for discussion and chat.\nTo register and receive the zoom link\, contact Steven D. Brewer at sdbrewer@stevendbrewer.com
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/straw-dog-writes-weekly-writers-meet-up-6/2025-10-29
LOCATION:zoom
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,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:20251101T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251101T163000
DTSTAMP:20260404T195223
CREATED:20250728T190119Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251027T160921Z
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SUMMARY:Voices for Resistance presents: Celebrating One’s Roots\, a reading and conversation with Theresa Okokon
DESCRIPTION:Voices for Resistance presents: Celebrating [Being True to] One’s Roots\, a reading and conversation with Theresa Okokon\, storyteller\, co-host of Stories from the Stage\, and Pushcart Prize nominated essayist. Theresa will read selections from her writings and share stories of grief\, identity\, and courage. Nicole Young-Martin\, founder and host of Black Writers Read\, will shepherd the conversation with Theresa\, inviting questions from the audience. \nCo-hosted by Straw Dog Writers Guild and Black Writers Read \nLocation: The LAVA Center\, 324 Main Street\, Greenfield\, MA \nDate/Time:  Saturday\, November 1\, 2025 @ 3-4:30 p.m. \nTheresa Okokon is an award-winning writer\, storyteller\, and teacher. A Wisconsinite living in New England\, she is the co-host of Stories From The Stage who—in addition to writing and performing her own stories—also teaches storytelling and writing\, coaches other tellers\, hosts storytelling events\, collaborates with nonprofits on narrative-driven special projects and events. An alum of both the Memoir Incubator and Essay Incubator programs at GrubStreet\, Theresa’s memoir of essays about memory\, family stories\, and the death of her father — titled WHO I ALWAYS WAS — was published by Atria Books at Simon & Schuster in 2025.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/voices-for-resistance-presents-celebrating-ones-roots-a-reading-and-conversation-with-theresa-okokon
LOCATION:The LAVA Center\, 324 Main Street\, Greenfield\, 10301\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Readings,Straw Dog Event,Voices for Resistance
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251104T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251104T200000
DTSTAMP:20260404T195223
CREATED:20250927T161918Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250927T161918Z
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SUMMARY:Writers Night Out in November
DESCRIPTION:Join Straw Dog Writers Guild on Tuesday November 4th\, 6:00-8:00pm for Writers Night Out with featured writer Madlynn Haber 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 of the evening showcases our Featured Reader. \nHosted by Jacqueline Sheehan\, Rick Paar and Beth Filson.\nSponsored by Valley Home Improvement. \n \nMadlynn Haber was born and raised in Brooklyn\, New York. She has a master’s degree in clinical social work and worked as a Child and Family Therapist\, Supervisor\, and Teacher for over four decades. She is co-author of Madness\, Chaos\, and Violence: Therapy with Families at the Brink (Harper Collins\, 1991) When Madlynn retired from her social work career in 2017\, she began submitting her poetry and creative nonfiction for publication and has had writing published in numerous anthologies and literary journals. Seasons of Sorrow and Joy is her first collection of poetry. Madlynn’s work explores the complexity of the human experience from multiple perspectives with empathy and compassion. She lives in a cohousing community in Northampton\, Massachusetts. Visit her at www.madlynnwrites.com. \n 
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/writers-night-out-in-november-4
LOCATION:Forbes Library\, Coolidge Museum\, 20 West Street\, Northampton\, 01060
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Open Mic,Writers Night Out
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ORGANIZER;CN="Straw Dog Writers Guild":MAILTO:admin@strawdogwriters.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251105T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251105T210000
DTSTAMP:20260404T195223
CREATED:20241209T185240Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251130T132803Z
UID:10000782-1762369200-1762376400@strawdogwriters.org
SUMMARY:Straw Dog Writes Weekly Writers Meet Up
DESCRIPTION:Straw 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 half hour for discussion and chat.\nTo register and receive the zoom link\, contact Steven D. Brewer at sdbrewer@stevendbrewer.com
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/straw-dog-writes-weekly-writers-meet-up-6/2025-11-05
LOCATION:zoom
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Straw Dog Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251109T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251109T163000
DTSTAMP:20260404T195223
CREATED:20250927T165025Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250927T165025Z
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SUMMARY:Worldbuilding 101
DESCRIPTION:In science fiction and fantasy\, the strength and depth of the author’s world building can make the difference between a forgettable story and a classic. Join veteran SF writer James Cambias for a step-by-step breakdown of how to make convincing and interesting worlds for your stories\, while still respecting realism and scientific accuracy. We’ll go through making worlds to fit a particular story\, and fitting the story to an existing world. Participants will learn about key resources for building planets and aliens\, and pitfalls to avoid. \nBorn in New Orleans\, educated at the University of Chicago\, Mr. Cambias has been a professional science fiction writer since 2000. Among his novels are A Darkling Sea\, Corsair\, Arkad’s World\, The Godel Operation\, The Scarab Mission and his most recent\, The Miranda Conspiracy. He also designs roleplaying games\, and is an advisor to the Center for the Study of Space Crime\, Piracy\, and Governance. \nwww.jamescambias.com \n 
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/worldbuilding-101
LOCATION:North Amherst Library Community Room\, 8 Montague Rd\, Amherst\, MA\, 10002\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Services,Workshops
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