Straw Dog Writers Guild
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Historical Fiction Confidential
Lilly Library 19 Meadow Street, Florence, MA, United StatesHistorical fiction is having a moment again in the literary world. Join Straw Dog Writers Guild and writer Dean Cycon in this craft workshop "Historical Fiction Confidential" on Saturday, December 7, from 10:30am - 12:00pm at the Lilly Library in Florence, MA. This workshop will look at the different types of HF, discuss effective research
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Everyone Reads Second Sundays Open Mic
zoomCome 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
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Straw Dog Writes Weekly Writers Meet Up
zoomStraw 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
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Straw Dog Writes Weekly Writers Meet Up
zoomStraw 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
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A Writer’s Night
The Longmeadow Adult Center 211 Maple Road, Longmeadow, MA, United StatesThe Longmeadow Adult Center and Straw Dogs Writers Guild will present “A Writer’s Night” with Jovonna Van Pelt, poet and essayist. Jo is the author of “Unrelated Questions” a gorgeous book of poetry published in 2019, and her endearing book of Christmas Stories, “Merry and Bright,” was published in 2022. Over the years her writing
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Poetry Critique Meet-up in December
zoomPoetry 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 Sunday, December
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Writers Night Out
Forbes Library Coolidge Museum, 20 West Street, Northampton, 01060Welcome to 2025! Join Straw Dog Writers Guild on Tuesday January 7, 6:00-8:00pm for Writers Night Out with featured writer Ed Orzechowski 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.
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Poetry Critique Meet-up in January
zoomPoetry 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 Saturday, January
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Poetry Critique Meet-up in January
zoomPoetry 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 Sunday, January
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A Writer’s Night in January
The Longmeadow Adult Center 211 Maple Road, Longmeadow, MA, United StatesStraw Dog Writers’ Guild, Longmeadow Adult Center, and The Storrs Library present Pete Nelson, writer of stories, novels, and song lyrics on Thursday, January 16, 6:45 at the Longmeadow Adult Center. Peter Nelson was born in 1953 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and attended St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota. He received his MFA in poetry from