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SUMMARY:WriteAngles Call for Proposals!
DESCRIPTION:Be part of the only writers conference in Western Massachusetts! If you are an experienced writing professional or teacher of writing submit a proposal to be part of the 2026 WriteAngles Conference HERE. \nIf you have an idea for a session that you would like to see at the conference\, please email Morgan at admin@strawdogwriters.org. \nWe can’t wait to hear your ideas! \n 
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/writeangles-call-for-proposals-2026
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SUMMARY:Writers Night Out in August with Phyllis St. George
DESCRIPTION:Join Straw Dog Writers Guild on Tuesday August 4th\, 6:00-8:00pm for Writers Night Out with featured writer Phyllis St. George\, 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. \nPhyllis St. George is a poet\, writer\, and filmmaker. Her short story\, “View from the Watchtower\,” is featured in Anthology 5 of Running Wild Press. Her poetry has appeared in the Hiram Poetry Review and Sinister Wisdom. Her villanelle won 3rd Place in the 2019 Palm Beach Poetry Festival Tech Effect Poetry Contest. She produced and directed two short films\, Plastics and The Therapy Killings. Her digital artwork “Monsters in the Deep” is found in the Bonemilk Collective Vol II by Gutslut Press. \nhttps://www.writersspringforth.com/
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/writers-night-out-in-august-4
LOCATION:Forbes Library\, Coolidge Museum\, 20 West Street\, Northampton\, 01060
CATEGORIES:Events for Members,Open Mic,Readings,Writers Night Out
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SUMMARY:Writers Night Out in September with Nina B. Lichtenstein
DESCRIPTION:Join Straw Dog Writers Guild on Tuesday September 1st\, 6:00-8:00pm for Writers Night Out with featured writer Nina B. Lichtenstein\, 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. \nNina B. Lichtenstein is a native of Oslo\, Norway. She holds a PhD in French from UCONN and an MFA in CNF from University of Southern Maine. She is the founder and director of Maine Writers Studio\, and the co-founder and co-editor of In a Flash Lit Mag. Her writing has appeared in WaPo\, HuffPo\, Lilith\, Full Grown People\, Tablet Magazine\, Dorothy Parker’s Ashes\, and AARP’s “The Ethel\,” among other places\, and in four anthologies: Ink (Hippocampus Books)\, Stained: Writing About Menstruation (Querencia Press)\, and Awakenings: Stories of Body & Consciousness (ELJ Editions)\, and Manna Songs: Stories of Jewish Culture and Heritage (ELJ Editions). Her book\, Out of North Africa: Sephardic Women’s Voices\, was published in 2017 (Gaon Press) and her memoir\, Body: My Life in Parts\, in 2025 (Vine Leaves Press). She lives in Maine where her husband\, kayak\, bike\, yoga\, and skis keep her (somewhat) sane. \n \n  \n 
URL:https://strawdogwriters.org/event/writers-night-out-in-september-with-nina-b-lichtenstein
LOCATION:Forbes Library\, Coolidge Museum\, 20 West Street\, Northampton\, 01060
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