Conference Update: New Keynote & Award Winner

WriteAngles has a new keynote speaker! We are delighted to welcome Shanta Lee to the conference, where she will accept the Abel Meeropol Social Justice Writing Award and give the keynote address.  Shanta Lee is an award-winning writer across genres and visual artist. She was the 2020 recipient of the Arthur Williams Award for Meritorious Service to the Read More

Important Update for WriteAngles Conference

Shanta Lee, award-winning author and visual artist, will accept the Abel Meeropol Social Justice Writing Award and give the keynote address at the WriteAngles Conference on April 6, 2024, at the Northampton Center for the Arts. Ms. Lee was the 2020 recipient of the Arthur Williams Award for Meritorious Service to the Arts and a Read More

Tickets are going fast for WriteAngles Conference

It’s just a few short weeks until WriteAngles: a Straw Dog Writers Guild Conference, and tickets are going fast. Only a couple dozen seats remain available and a few agent meeting slots still open. Of note, we have awarded about 30 scholarships. Those scholarships are possible because of the amazing generosity of our community. We Read More

WriteAngles: keynote speaker awards and inspiration

WriteAngles: keynote speaker, awards, and inspiration By Ellen Meeropol Registration is now open for the April 6, 2024 WriteAngles Conference. As the ticket sales increase day by day, my thoughts move away from the necessary details of conference development that have taken up most of my brain, returning to the big picture.  What do we Read More

WriteAngles Writers Conference Tea with Edith at the Mount

WriteAngles Writers Conference needs your suggestions and ideas! Straw Dog Writers Guild is bringing back the WriteAngles Writers Conference (April 6, 2024). The planning committee has been meeting for six months and we’re now ready for your program suggestions. We hope to elicit comments and ideas from writers all across western Massachusetts. Ways to share

WriteAngles Writers Conference Pop-up Virtual Brainstorm

WriteAngles Writers Conference needs your suggestions and ideas! Straw Dog Writers Guild is bringing back the WriteAngles Writers Conference (April 6, 2024). The planning committee has been meeting for six months and we’re now ready for your program suggestions. We hope to elicit comments and ideas from writers all across western Massachusetts. Ways to share

WriteAngles Writers Conference Pop-up In-person Brainstorm

WriteAngles Writers Conference needs your suggestions and ideas! Straw Dog Writers Guild is bringing back the WriteAngles Writers Conference (April 6, 2024). The planning committee has been meeting for six months and we’re now ready for your program suggestions. We hope to elicit comments and ideas from writers all across western Massachusetts. Ways to share

WriteAngles Conference

Straw Dog Writers Guild and our literary partners around western MA are re-imagining the WriteAngles Writers Conference, a local gem for over 30 years. Please save the date, April 6, 2024, for this day-long gathering of writers. That’s a long way away, you say? You’re right, but that gives us lots of time to brainstorm