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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-5/2024-07-10
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:20240714T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240714T200000
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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\n\nHosted by Straw Dog Writers Guild.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/everyone-reads-second-sundays-open-mic-2/2024-07-14
LOCATION:zoom
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Open Mic,Straw Dog Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240717T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240717T210000
DTSTAMP:20260405T182930
CREATED:20240103T192833Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240124T202046Z
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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-5/2024-07-17
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:20240724T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240724T210000
DTSTAMP:20260405T182930
CREATED:20240103T192833Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240124T202046Z
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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-5/2024-07-24
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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240731T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240731T210000
DTSTAMP:20260405T182930
CREATED:20240103T192833Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240124T202046Z
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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-5/2024-07-31
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:20240806T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240806T200000
DTSTAMP:20260405T182930
CREATED:20240605T172954Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240708T185841Z
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SUMMARY:Writers Night Out
DESCRIPTION:Join Straw Dog Writers Guild on Tuesday August 6\, 6:00-8:00pm for Writers Night Out with featured writer Linda Bratcher Wlodyka at Forbes Library.\nNo 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. \nLinda Bratcher Wlodyka is the current Massachusetts Beat Poet Laureate\, 2023-2025. In the summer of 2023\, Linda was chosen as a contributor to WordxWord a summer poetry festival in the Berkshires where she collaborated with a team of poets creating a very large poem that was read aloud for the audience at The Mount. She also has held the position as a docent at The Mount\, Edith Wharton’s summer home in Lenox\, MA from 2002 -2006. She retired as an educator from Mt. Greylock Regional School District in Williamstown in 2020. Linda’s poem\, “Secret Cottage\,”was voted Best in the Berkshires in 2012 and she was invited to the Colonial Theater in Pittsfield\, MA to read that poem. Linda has 3 chapbooks previously self-published\, Her Spirited Cameo\, Voices from the Blue Room and Tick Tock. If Brambles Were Bookends Collected Poems\, is Linda’s first full length poetry collection released in late 2023. Her poems have been widely anthologized. She is a member of the Florence Poet’s Society and has recently been involved in reading and choosing poems for publication in the anthologies\, Silkworm and Naugatuck River Review.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/writers-night-out-10
LOCATION:Forbes Library\, Coolidge Museum\, 20 West Street\, Northampton\, 01060
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Open Mic,Straw Dog Event,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:20240807T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240807T210000
DTSTAMP:20260405T182930
CREATED:20240103T192833Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240124T202046Z
UID:10000662-1723057200-1723064400@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-5/2024-08-07
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:20240811T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240811T200000
DTSTAMP:20260405T182930
CREATED:20240410T175200Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240410T181652Z
UID:10000631-1723399200-1723406400@strawdogwriters.org
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\n\nHosted by Straw Dog Writers Guild.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/everyone-reads-second-sundays-open-mic-2/2024-08-11
LOCATION:zoom
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Open Mic,Straw Dog Event
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240814T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240814T210000
DTSTAMP:20260405T182930
CREATED:20240103T192833Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240124T202046Z
UID:10000663-1723662000-1723669200@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-5/2024-08-14
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:20240820T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240820T193000
DTSTAMP:20260405T182930
CREATED:20240731T182919Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240731T183908Z
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SUMMARY:2025 Emerging Writer Fellowship Virtual Launch Event
DESCRIPTION:2025 Emerging Writer Fellowship Virtual Launch Event\nTuesday\, August 20\, 2024\n6 p.m. ET\nVirtual via Zoom. Register Here \nJoin Nicole Young-Martin (program founder) and Regine Jackson (2022 Fellow) to hear about this year’s Emerging Writer Fellowship Program. Attendees will learn about this year’s application and selection process as well as details about the program year and associated benefits. This year’s genre is MEMOIR/CREATIVE NONFICTION and will be open to women of color and BIPOC gender expansive writers based in Franklin\, Hampden\, and Hampshire Counties. We will be accepting applications from August 15\, 2024 through October 1\, 2024 and announcing the fellow by November 15. This year’s fellowship will take place January through December 2025. \nTo learn more about the program and applicant criteria\, please visit https://www.ewfellowship.org/
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/2025-emerging-writer-fellowship-virtual-launch-event
LOCATION:zoom
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Straw Dog Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Straw Dog Writers Guild":MAILTO:admin@strawdogwriters.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240821T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240821T210000
DTSTAMP:20260405T182930
CREATED:20240103T192833Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240124T202046Z
UID:10000664-1724266800-1724274000@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-5/2024-08-21
LOCATION:zoom
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Straw Dog Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Straw Dog Writers Guild":MAILTO:admin@strawdogwriters.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240828T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240828T210000
DTSTAMP:20260405T182930
CREATED:20240103T192833Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240124T202046Z
UID:10000665-1724871600-1724878800@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-5/2024-08-28
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:20240903T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240903T200000
DTSTAMP:20260405T182930
CREATED:20240708T183307Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240708T190201Z
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SUMMARY:Writers Night Out
DESCRIPTION:Join Straw Dog Writers Guild on Tuesday September 3\, 6:00-8:00pm for Writers Night Out with featured writer D. Dina Friedman at Forbes Library.\nNo 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. \nD. Dina Friedman’s recent work includes a short-story collection\, Immigrants\, (Creators Press\, 2023) and a poetry chapbook Here in Sanctuary—Whirling (Querencia Press\, 2024). She is also the author of the chapbook Wolf in the Suitcase (Finishing Line Press) and two young adult novels: Escaping Into the Night (Simon and Schuster) and Playing Dad’s Song (Farrar Straus Giroux). Dina has published widely in literary journals including Rattle\, Salamander\, The Sun\, Mass Poetry\, Chautauqua Journal\, Crab Orchard Review\, Cider Press Review\, Hawaii Pacific Review\, Cold Mountain Review\, Lilith\, Negative Capability and Rhino and received four Pushcart Prize nominations.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/writers-night-out-11
LOCATION:Forbes Library\, Coolidge Museum\, 20 West Street\, Northampton\, 01060
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ORGANIZER;CN="Straw Dog Writers Guild":MAILTO:admin@strawdogwriters.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240904T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240904T210000
DTSTAMP:20260405T182930
CREATED:20240103T192833Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240124T202046Z
UID:10000666-1725476400-1725483600@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-5/2024-09-04
LOCATION:zoom
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Straw Dog Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Straw Dog Writers Guild":MAILTO:admin@strawdogwriters.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240908T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240908T200000
DTSTAMP:20260405T182930
CREATED:20240410T175200Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240410T181652Z
UID:10000632-1725818400-1725825600@strawdogwriters.org
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\n\nHosted by Straw Dog Writers Guild.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/everyone-reads-second-sundays-open-mic-2/2024-09-08
LOCATION:zoom
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Open Mic,Straw Dog Event
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240910T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240910T190000
DTSTAMP:20260405T182930
CREATED:20240814T184301Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240828T192906Z
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SUMMARY:Special Celebration of Straw Dog Members
DESCRIPTION:Join Straw Dog Writers Guild on September 10\, 5-7pm at the beautiful Michelson Gallery on Main Street in Northampton for a special event for members! \nThis is a time to celebrate Straw Dog Writers Guild Members (it’s never too late to become a member) with drinks and appetizers. Our Advisors and community sponsors will be there too. SDWG members\, watch your email for your invitation.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/special-celebration-of-straw-dog-members
LOCATION:Michelson Gallery\, 132 Main St\, Northampton\, 01060\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Straw Dog Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Straw Dog Writers Guild":MAILTO:admin@strawdogwriters.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240911T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240911T210000
DTSTAMP:20260405T182930
CREATED:20240103T192833Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240124T202046Z
UID:10000667-1726081200-1726088400@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-5/2024-09-11
LOCATION:zoom
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Straw Dog Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Straw Dog Writers Guild":MAILTO:admin@strawdogwriters.org
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240914T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240914T171500
DTSTAMP:20260405T182930
CREATED:20240708T181136Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240724T194304Z
UID:10000700-1726329600-1726334100@strawdogwriters.org
SUMMARY:2024 Residency Writers Read
DESCRIPTION:Straw Dog Writers Guild and Edith Wharton’s The Mount present a virtual reading of the 2024 Writers-in-Residency on Saturday\, September 14\, 4:00-5:15pm. \nOur 9 writers are: Camila Sanmiguel Anaya\, Stevie Billow\, Eleanor Fuller\, Jason Prokowiew\, Mariah Rigg\, Whitney Scharer\, Mistinguette Smith\, Julia Thacker\, Jen Alandy Trahan. \nRegister for this free Zoom presentation HERE. \nTo read the writers’ bios visit The Mount’s Virtual Reading event listing.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/2024-residency-writers-read
LOCATION:zoom
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Readings,Straw Dog Event
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240918T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240918T210000
DTSTAMP:20260405T182930
CREATED:20240103T192833Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240124T202046Z
UID:10000668-1726686000-1726693200@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-5/2024-09-18
LOCATION:zoom
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Straw Dog Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240919T184500
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SUMMARY:A Writer's Night
DESCRIPTION:On Thursday\, September 19 from 6:45-7:30pm Straw Dog Writers Guild and The Longmeadow Adult Center present A Writer’s Night with Chris O’Carroll. \nChris O’Carroll is the author of three books of poems – The Joke’s on Me\, Abracadabratude\, and Quantum Creed. He has been a Light magazine featured poet and his work appears in New York City Haiku\, Extreme Sonnets\, Love Affairs at the Villa Nelle\, and The Great American Wise Ass Poetry Anthology\, among other collections. In addition to being a poet\, Chris is also an actor and a stand-up comedian\, so he has multiple ways of not earning a living. \nYou may register by calling 413-565-4150\, option 1. You may also come without registering.\nThe Longmeadow Adult Center is located at 211 Maple Road\, Longmeadow\, MA
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/a-writers-night-3
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:20240925T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240925T210000
DTSTAMP:20260405T182930
CREATED:20240103T192833Z
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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-5/2024-09-25
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:20240928T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240928T143000
DTSTAMP:20260405T182930
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SUMMARY:What Poems Want Reading and Revising with Care
DESCRIPTION:When giving feedback about poems\, we’re often asked to point out what’s “working” and what’s “not working” and discuss revisions that would make poems “stronger.” But what would it mean to enter a different kind of relationship with our writing—one in which we let the poem itself guide us to what it needs? In this revision-based craft class\, we’ll see what happens when we try to ask: “What does the poem want?” We will look at poems that seem to have holes\, hungers\, and unrequited loves baked in\, and practicing listening for their desires. We’ll try out a few revision exercises that try to be in conversation with poems rather than “fixing” them. And we’ll discuss what it might mean to engage with writing (ours and others’) through an ethics of care. \nJoin Straw Dog Writers Guild and poet Franny Choi at the Lilly Library in Florence for this craft workshop\, “What Poems Want: Reading & Revising with Care” on Saturday\, September 28 from 1:00-2:30pm. No registration necessary. \nThis workshop is for anyone who is feeling stuck on their writing and/or is interested in considering a new approach to revision! Participants should bring 3-4 poem drafts that they would like to work on (the less “polished” the better). \nFranny Choi is a poet & essayist whose books include The World Keeps Ending\, and the World Goes On (Ecco\, 2022)\, a finalist for the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award\, Soft Science (Alice James Books\, 2019)\, and Floating\, Brilliant\, Gone (Write Bloody Publishing\, 2014). Franny’s writing has appeared in the New York Times\, the Atlantic\, the Paris Review\, and elsewhere. Franny is the current Poet Laureate of Northampton\, MA and the founder of Brew & Forge. She has two books forthcoming: a collection of essays about robots\, and an anthology\, We the Gathered Heat: Asian American and Pacific Islander Poetry\, Performance\, and Spoken Word\, co-edited with Terisa Siagatonu\, No‘u Revilla\, and Bao Phi. Franny is Faculty in Literature at Bennington College.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/what-poems-want-reading-and-revising-with-care
LOCATION:Lilly Library\, 19 Meadow Street\, Florence\, MA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Straw Dog Event,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241001T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241001T200000
DTSTAMP:20260405T182930
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SUMMARY:Writers Night Out
DESCRIPTION:Join Straw Dog Writers Guild on Tuesday October 1\, 6:00-8:00pm for Writers Night Out with featured writer Dean Cycon at Forbes Library.\nNo 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. \nDean Cycon is an author\, lawyer\, human rights advocate and internationally renowned social entrepreneur who has lived and worked in over sixty countries. Cycon is a passionate explorer of culture and history\, seeking out unexamined corners that illuminate the human condition. His narrative non-fiction\, Javatrekker: Dispatches from the World of Fair Trade Coffee (Chelsea Green\, 2008) was awarded the Gold Medal for Best Travel Essay by the Independent Publishers Association and has been translated into Chinese\, Korean and Spanish. FINDING HOME (Hungary\, 1945) is his first novel.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/writers-night-out-12
LOCATION:Forbes Library\, Coolidge Museum\, 20 West Street\, Northampton\, 01060
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Open Mic,Straw Dog Event,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:20241002T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241002T210000
DTSTAMP:20260405T182930
CREATED:20240103T192833Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240124T202046Z
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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-5/2024-10-02
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:20241009T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241009T203000
DTSTAMP:20260405T182930
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SUMMARY:Surprising Readers and Ourselves: Playing with Hermit Crab Essays\, Poems\, and Stories
DESCRIPTION:Upon first glance\, “Hermit Crabs” (stories or poems or essays that borrow another “shell” or form\, also known as the False Document or Trojan Horse poem or Constraint Essay) look like literary play (and they are fun!). But they’re also great tools to break through writers’ block or overcome resistance to topics that feel heavy\, complex\, or overwhelming. Author\, editor and teacher Faith Adiele will review the history and rules of the form\, share best practices for fusing form and content\, and provide prompts for playing with this deceptively accessible form that has the potential to surprise both your readers and yourself. \nJoin Straw Dog Writers Guild for this craft Workshop “Surprising Readers (& Ourselves): Playing with (Hermit) Crab Essays\, Poems & Stories” on Wednesday\, October 9\, 2024\, 7:00-8:30pm via Zoom. Register for this free event HERE. \nFaith Adiele is author of Meeting Faith\, an innovative account of becoming Thailand’s first Black Buddhist nun (PEN Award)\, and Her Voice and Voice/Over\, two recent hybrid chapbooks about growing up Nigerian–Nordic-American in the Pacific Northwest. Her essays explore travel\, race\, gender\, family\, identity\, and social justice\, while her media credits include My Journey Home\, a PBS documentary about finding her Nigerian father and siblings\, Sleep Stories for the CALM App\, and A World of Calm (HBO-Max). Named as one of Marie Claire Magazine’s “Five Women to Learn From\,” Faith teaches at California College of the Arts\, Stonecoast Low-Residency MFA\, and around the world. 
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/surprising-readers-and-ourselves-playing-with-hermit-crab-essays-poems-and-stories
LOCATION:zoom
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Straw Dog Event,Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241013T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241013T200000
DTSTAMP:20260405T182930
CREATED:20240410T175200Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240410T181652Z
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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\n\nHosted by Straw Dog Writers Guild.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/everyone-reads-second-sundays-open-mic-2/2024-10-13
LOCATION:zoom
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Open Mic,Straw Dog Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241015T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241218T000000
DTSTAMP:20260405T182930
CREATED:20241009T175533Z
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SUMMARY:Annual Author Showcase Call for Member Submissions
DESCRIPTION:Call to SDWG members who published a book in 2024…\nSubmit your name for the drawing of readers at the 11th Annual Author Showcase: A Celebration of Members’ Books.\nMark your calendars: Saturday\, January 26\, 2025\, 2:30 – 4:00 p.m.\, a hybrid event in person at the Northampton Friends Meetinghouse and online on Zoom.\nStraw Dog Writers Guild invites Straw Dog Writers Guild members with a book published in 2024 to read as part of the 2025 annual Author Showcase. If interested in being part of the Showcase\, please indicate your interest by emailing strawdogsubmission@gmail.com.\nThe deadline to express interest is midnight December 18th. We will let authors know by December 21st. Authors will be selected at random by drawing names from a hat.\nTen readers will have five minutes each to read from their work. If you are in person\, you will have the chance to sell books in person; otherwise we put will links to your books in the chat.\nOnce chosen\, you will need to provide a brief bio and photograph for publicity and Showcase program.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/annual-author-showcase-call-for-member-submissions
LOCATION:MA
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Straw Dog Event,Submissions & Contests
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241016T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241016T210000
DTSTAMP:20260405T182930
CREATED:20240103T192833Z
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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-5/2024-10-16
LOCATION:zoom
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Straw Dog Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241017T184500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241017T193000
DTSTAMP:20260405T182930
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SUMMARY:A Writer's Night
DESCRIPTION:On Thursday\, October 17 from 6:45-7:30pm Straw Dog Writers Guild and The Longmeadow Adult Center present A Writer’s Night with Doug Anderson. \nDoug Anderson’s first full length book of poems\, The Moon Reflected Fire\, won the Kate Tufts Discovery Award; Blues for Unemployed Secret Police won a grant from the Academy of American Poets. His third book\, Horse Medicine\, was published by Barrow Street\, and his most recent book\, Undress\, She Said\, was published by Four Way Books. Poems from these books have won two Pushcart Prizes\, a fellowship from The National Endowment for the Arts\, and grants from the Massachusetts Artists Foundation and Massachusetts Cultural Council. He won the Emily Balch Prize from the Virginia Quarterly Review. He has published poetry in the Massachusetts Review\, Field\, Ploughshares\, The Southern Review\, and many other literary journals. His play\, Short Timers was produced at Theater for the New City in New York City in 1981. He has written for film as well\, and published reviews and articles in the New York Times Book Review\, the Boston Globe\, The London Times Literary Supplement as well as local newspapers. His memoir\, Keep Your Head Down\, was published by W.W. Norton in 2009. \nYou may register by calling 413-565-4150\, option 1. You may also come without registering.\nThe Longmeadow Adult Center is located at 211 Maple Road\, Longmeadow\, MA
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/a-writers-night-4
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:20241023T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241023T200000
DTSTAMP:20260405T182930
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SUMMARY:A Transformational Poetry Share
DESCRIPTION:Sometimes you battle your demons on the page. But monsters and mayhem can transform with pen and paper or keystroke and screen. You have the power to turn your villains into wise counsel or a hero’s dream. \nFind examples of your poems to read that have turned from woeful to joyful\, from fearful to hopeful\, from angry and monstrous to innocence recovered.\n(And you don’t have any\, find and read someone else’s.) \nCome read and listen on Wednesday\, October 23\, 6:30-8:00pm in the Belding Memorial Library Meeting Room with poet Arianna Alexsandra Collins of Offerings for Community Building. Wine and chocolate will be served. \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. \nSponsored by Belding Memorial Library and Straw Dog Writers Guild.
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/a-transformational-poetry-share
LOCATION:Belding Memorial Library\, 344 Main Street\, Ashfield\, 01330\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Poetry Share,Straw Dog Event
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