We are excited to announce our June 2023 Self-Edit and Query Workshops will be held at the Hampton Inn & Suites in Poughkeepsie on SUNDAY, June 11, 2023. Our presenter will be Sara Schonfeld, Associate Editor for HarperCollins Children’s Publishing. She will lead two workshops, one focusing on self-editing your manuscript and the other on strengthening […]
Robert Gould is the author of thirteen collections of poetry including Day True, Woven Lightening, To The Dogs, In Houses with Ladders, Three Windows, Only Rock and Other Poems, Dream Yourself Flying, Writing Air, Written Water, Not By Blood Alone, Esta Naranja, Louder Than Seeds, What History Trammels, and Pacing the Wind.Gould taught Romance languages […]
Writer Darcy Smith will read from her work at the Social Justice Center, 33 Central Ave., Albany on Thursday, June 15, 2023 at 7:30PM, with an open mic for community poets. Darcy Smith is a Hudson Valley native. Her debut collection of poems, River Skin, was released by Fernwood Press in June of 2022. For more information visit www.darcysmith.orgA reading by a […]
The Poison Lady will offer tips on how to successfully poison someone—in fiction, of course—at the next meeting of the Upper Hudson Sisters in Crime chapter, June 17, from 11:15 am to 12:15 pm EDT. Luci Zahray, aka, the Poison Lady, has two great passions in life: poisons and mysteries, though she’s never poisoned anyone […]
Do the limits of one’s world equal the limits of one’s language (as philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein claimed)? What motivates a writer to push genre boundaries and cross-pollinate poetry with other genres and/or media?Traumatic events often dismantle language and are identified as an absence, or that which hasn’t come to be understood. How might a traumatized individual […]
Press Release: June 14, 2023 NEXT YEAR’S WORDS: A NEW PALTZ READING FORUM and ELTING MEMORIAL LIBRARY announces a lively night of Open Mic on Wednesday, June 21, at 7:30 p.m. LIVE in Elting Memorial Library’s Steinberg Room and via ZOOM. Host Susan Chute, and NYW associate Tim Brennan will share the […]
Vibes & Scribes : Poetry Open MicLive from the Nerve Center June 23rd, 2023 at 7 PM Foreign Objects Nerve Center – 150 West Mombasha Road, Monroe, NY Featured performances by Anne Diorio and Daniel Villegas Music by DJ PhoolishRoc Free to Perform | Free to Watch Sign up to perform at Anna Diorio (fka […]
Poet, artist, and performer D. Colin hosts the weekly Poetic Vibe series, a dynamic night of poetry and spoken word.
The first Wednesday of every month is Poetry Night at Caffe Lena. Hosted by Carol Graser, this event includes an open mic reading and a featured poet. The doors open for signups at 6:30 and the readings start at 7PM. In July the featured poet is Jill Crammond. The featured reading will also be livestreamed; […]
Poets in the Park is celebrating over 30 years of bringing poetry in July to the Robert Burns statue in Washington Park, Albany, NY. The series was started in 1989 by the late Tom Nattell and is now run by Albany poet & photographer Dan Wilcox. This year the readings are on Saturdays, July 15 […]
Word Thursdays Online featuring Jack Bedell and Megeen Mulholland will broadcast live on Thursday, July 20 at 7 PM EST. To attend the event, please click this link just before 7 PM EST: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81577446746 Or visit Bright Hill’s Facebook page at 7 PM EST to view the live stream. Suggested donation is $3, and free to […]
Writer Gordon Davis will read from his work at the Social Justice Center, 33 Central Ave., Albany on Thursday, July 20, 2023 at 7:30PM, with an open mic for community poets.In May 2020, Gordon Davis was released from prison after 24 years and began the healing journey of releasing his own pain. His broad shoulders […]
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.
