Join Straw Dog Writers Guild on Tuesday February 3rd, 6:00-8:00pm for Writers Night Out with featured writer Patricia Lee Lewis, 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
Join Straw Dog Writers Guild on Tuesday January 6th, 6:00-8:00pm for Writers Night Out with featured writer Corinne Demas, 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
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
Save the date for the 12th Annual Author showcase! Twelve readers will have five minutes each to read from their work. Books will be available for purchase at this in-person event.
Writers Night Out on Tuesday December 2nd has been cancelled. Join Straw Dog Writers Guild on Tuesday December 2nd, 6:00-8:00pm for Writers Night Out with featured writer and Straw Dog Writers Guild Emerging Writer Fellow Darlene Elias, at Forbes Library. No registration required. If you want to participate in Open Mic and read, please sign up
Do you want to start writing in 2026? Or do you want to get back to your writing after the busy holiday season? Join us for this (Zoom) Writing Workshop, Start Your New Year off “Write!” Saturday, January 10, 2026 1-2:30 PM Register HERE Activities and Learning Objectives … Tips on how to set up and maintain
Groovy! Whether you’ve got poems about stars, planets, cosmic adventures, out of this world encounters, or out of body experiences, we want to hear them! (And you don’t have any of your own, find and read someone else’s poetry.) Come read and listen on Wednesday, December 10 from 6:30-8:00pm in the Belding Memorial Library Meeting
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
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
Voices for Resistance: Can (Y)our writing help change the world? A reading and conversation with Ellen Meeropol and Bill Newman In times of political and social turmoil, many writers struggle to find effective ways to change minds and hearts with our work. In this Voices for Resistance event, fiction writer Ellen Meeropol and columnist, podcaster
