Guild Announcements

Guidelines for the 2020 HVWG Short Fiction Contest

The HVWG writing contest alternates genres annually. This year’s contest is short fiction. Winners will be awarded cash prizes and invited to read their winning piece at a special meeting TBD. The deadline to enter has been extended to June 30, 2020.

Albany Poets Presents - July 5, 2005

Change of Address

Please note that due to the temporary closing of the Arts Center in Troy the Writers Guild mailing address has changed. 

Tom Nattell Peace Poetry Prize, for students at Albany High School

Before his death in January 2005 Albany poet & human rights activist Tom Nattell established a fund with the Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region to provide an annual award to a student-poet at Albany High School for a poem they had written. 

Irish Literature Open Mic

The Hudson Valley Writers Guild will present an Irish Literature Open Mic at the Albany Public Library on Sunday, March 22nd.

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An Afternoon of Art and Writing

AN AFTERNOON OF ART AND WRITING – in collaboration with Albany Institute of History and Art on Saturday, MARCH 7, 2020 at Albany Institute of History and Art.

2019 HVWG Annual Report

The Hudson Valley Writers Guild recently held their annual meeting and the following is the annual report from that meeting.