Thank you to all the accomplished writers for applying to the Edith Wharton-Straw Dog Writers Guild Writers-in-Residence program at The Mount. The Selection Committee is pleased to announce the residents, whose photos and biographies will post in January. Lizzy Beck Michele Bombardier Zite Ezeh Melenie Freedom Flynn Thaddeus Haas Irene Jiang Michael Plunkett Mason Wray Read More
Writers in Residence program
Congratulations to the Edith Wharton-Straw Dog Writers Guild Emerging Writers in Residence
Despite the intense heat of the day, about 40 people joined six of the nine Edith Wharton – Straw Dog Writers Guild Writers-in-Residence (from March 2022) at a celebratory event at The Mount on Sunday, June 26th. Attendees included members of both Straw Dog Writers Guild and The Mount, as well as friends and family Read More
Finalists for the Writers in Residence Program
Creative writers everywhere value uninterrupted time to write in an inspiring place and 329 of them in 7 genres from across the US, Canada and 5 other countries applied to our new Writers in Residence program—a collaboration between Straw Dog Writers Guild and Edith Wharton’s The Mount in Lenox, MA. As volunteer organizers, we were Read More