What a great way to start spring and National Poetry Month up in Saratoga Springs. The WomanWords Collective will be the featured poets this month at the Caffe Lena Poetry Open Mic this coming Wednesday, April 4. This group of women have been writing together for number of years and are consistently some of the best poets […]
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I am back with another edition of Thom’s 10 Things… on a gray day in crime-free downtown Albany. Here is what I have been thinking about this week (in no particular order). 1 – Poetry Out Loud I had the opportunity to sit on the judges panel this past Saturday for the state finals of Poetry Out
With National Poetry Month right around the corner, actually beginning this coming Sunday, we wanted to point out an exciting 30 day poetry challenge that the Word X Word Festival in Pittsfield is putting together. Everyday in the month of April, participants will get an email with a prompt and the poet takes it from there. For
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We had a great time at Valentine’s last week when NGS #14 rolled into our favorite slam venue. The night started out slow, but as soon as we started the open mic, business began to pick up. I, Thom Francis, started the open mic only a half hour late and I was joined by Daniel
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After the success of the expanded 2005 Albany Word Fest, we continued the two-day poetry festival in 2006 as we held events at the UAG Gallery, Tess’ Lark Tavern, and Valentine’s to celebrate not only National Poetry Month, but the great poetry and spoken word community here in the upstate NY region. We kicked everything
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This coming Thursday at the Bright Hill Literary Center in Treadwell, the Word Thursdays series continues with a celebration of Women’s History Month with a featured performance from Irish poet, novelist, and singer Judith Mok. On Thursday, March 29, at 7 pm, Bright Hill Literary Center will celebrate Women’s History Month by featuring Dublin, Ireland
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National Poetry Month begins in a few short days and so far we have announced a few special events that are happening in the area to celebrate including the Saturday readings in Saratoga, The April edition of COW, and of course, the Albany Word Fest. The Art Society of Kingston will be josting their annual
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The Hudson Valley Writers Guild hosts an annual contest that rotates among the genres of poetry, fiction and non-fiction. Cash prizes are awarded. Winners and honorable mentions read their work during a Community of Writers program in the fall. This year’s contest is in poetry. Check out submission guidelines here. We’re looking forward to reading
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Our good friend Matthew J. Spireng will be presenting two readings on Sunday, April 1 to kick off National Poetry Month down in New Paltz and Wurtsboro. At the second reading, those who are inspired to get up to the stage can share their work at the open mic. April is National Poetry Month On Sunday,
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Soon after the re-organization of Albany Poets in late-2003 when more people started getting involved and helping with projects, we released the CD, Didn’t I Hear You Read?. This was a great CD that represented some of the diversity of the local poetry community at the time as well as giving the incredilbty talented Leo (Mr. Gone) a way to
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After the 2003 Albany Word Fest, Albany Poets went through some major changes. One of those changes was moving the Word Fest from September to April. We began the new annual tradition by expanding it to two days, April 22 and 23, 2005, and having performances and events in four different locations (The Lark Tavern,
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For the 2003 Albany Word Fest we decided to move the event inside the walls of Valentine’s, which was at the time the home of the monthly open mic School of Night. This was the first time that the annual event took place in the city of Albany. In 2002 we had our first featured
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The Hudson Valley Writers Guild supports the efforts of writers in all genres by sponsoring readings, workshops, and contests and providing a number of valuable resources for the entire literary community.
