Join us on Tuesday, May 3 from 7-9pm for Writers Night Out/In with featured writer Rebecca Hart Olander. Registration is required. Register HERE. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Bio: Rebecca Hart Olander’s writing and collaborations have appeared recently in Bracken, Jet Fuel Review, Massachusetts Review, Tinderbox,
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Regine Jackson Named Recipient of the 2022 Straw Dog Writers Guild Emerging Writer Fellowship
NORTHAMPTON MA. Straw Dog Writers Guild has announced that Regine Jackson of Springfield MA is the recipient of the 2022 Emerging Writer Fellowship. Jackson will receive a $3000 grant to be used for writing-related expenses, access to mentors who can offer assistance with writing needs identified by the Fellow, a professional author website, valued at Read More
Poetry Writing: Strategies for Finding Voice Through Life Experience with Ron Welburn
Join Straw Dog Writers Guild in person on Saturday, May 21, 2022 from 10:30am – 12:00pm for a craft workshop: Poetry Writing: Strategies for Finding Voice Through Life Experience with Ron Welburn. This is the long-awaited rescheduled event from last year. And it’s being held by our co-sponsor the Northampton Center for the Arts. No
Character Whispering: Strategies for Further Insight with Justine Dymond
Join us on Saturday, April 23, 10:30am – 12:00pm for a Straw Dog Writers Guild Craft Workshop: Character Whispering: Strategies for Further Insight with Justine Dymond, Whether you are playing with possibilities for new stories or trying to get closer to a character you’ve known for a while, this workshop will offer a variety of
Writers Night Out 10th Anniversary Fundraiser Starts Today
Writers Night Out is 10 years old! Help celebrate this literary birthday during the May 3 WHO by participating in our annual fundraiser for Straw Dog Writers Guild Our goal is $25,000 from March 15 through June 7, 2022. In 2020, we raised $22,000 and at the urging of friends and supporters, we increased our Read More
Writers Night Out 10th Anniversary Fundraiser
Our fundraiser is the perfect way to celebrate yourself and those you love while supporting the Straw Dog Writers Guild. Writers Night Out is 10 years old! Help celebrate this literary birthday during the May 3 WHO by participating in our annual fundraiser for Straw Dog Writers Guild Our goal is $25,000. In 2020, we
Straw Dog Writers Guild Author Interview: Lynne Bertrand
Lynne Bertrand is the author of City of the Uncommon Thief (Dutton Books, Penguin Random House, 2021). This novel for young readers takes place in a walled city of mile-high towers, quarantined from the rest of the world. Each tower is a cloistered home to a guild of craftspeople who specialize in making products of Read More
Writers Night Out/In April
Join us on Tuesday, April 5 at 7:00pm for Writers Night Out/In on Zoom! Our featured readers are Karen Skolfield and Rio Santos. Registration is required. Register HERE. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email within 24 – 48 hours containing information about joining the meeting. Bios: Karen Skolfield is the poet laureate of
Straw Dog Writers Guild Releases the 2022 Shortlist for its Emerging Writer Fellowship
The selection panel for the Straw Dog Writers Guild Emerging Writer Fellowship has announced the 2022-23 shortlist of three writers. They are Vida James, Regine Jackson, and Syki Barbee. One writer will be named the 2022-23 Fellow in March. The Fellow will receive a $3000 grant from Straw Dog Writers Guild to be used for Read More
Writers Night Out/In March
Join us on Tuesday, March 1 at 7:00pm for our monthly Writers Night Out/In! Our featured reader is Lynne Bertrand. Registration is required. Register HERE. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email within 24 – 48 hours containing information about joining the meeting. Bio: Lynne Bertrand lives in Western Massachusetts and works in the