What crime or mystery writer wouldn’t love tips from a municipal police officer, county sheriff’s deputy, or state police officer on the verbal and non-verbal techniques they use when interviewing suspects? A little advice from an expert could go a long way to help writers weave a compelling and realistic story.Retired Onondaga County, NY, sheriff, […]
Calling all poets seeking fresh ideas:Join Rhonda Rosenheck for an afternoon playing cARdS POETICA at the Waterford Public Library – a game she designed to wake up your muse and get your creative juices flowing. All are welcome; no prior writing experience is necessary. Please call the Waterford library at 518-237-0891 to register for this […]
Join the Red Hook Library at Taste Budd’s Cafe. Share your favorite flash fiction or original work or just come to enjoy stories, community and great coffee!What is flash fiction? A very short fictional story of 1500 words or fewer that provides a complete story. It is most effective with one central character, one setting, […]
Local poet John Thomas Allen will read from his work at the Social Justice Center, 33 Central Ave., Albany, NY on Thursday, November 21, 2024 at 7:30PM, with an open mic for community poets.John Thomas Allen enjoys all forms of poetry, especially the highly speculative and what allows for the fullest freedom of expression. He was […]
Spencertown Academy Arts Center presents “The Willows,” a theatrical conjuring of Algernon Blackwood’s 1909 supernatural psychedelic horror story, on Saturday, November 23, 7:30pm at the Academy’s Blanche Grubin Auditorium. Performed by celebrated British actress and voiceover artist Victoria Finney and adapted and directed by Alex Harvey, this storytelling performance saturates audience members in an eerie odyssey […]
Written and Produced by Miriam Russell, Ed. D. Welcome to the Premiere of “Born a Secret,” the dramatic story of a woman’s search for her birthparents illustrates the conflict between her right to information about her true identity and the birth mother’s need to keep it a secret.The evening will include short films produced by […]
COLLAR CITY MUSHROOMS -– WRITE-INSPONSORED BY MENTAL HEALTH EMPOWERMENT PROJECT Mental Health Empowerment Project, an organization of mental health peers, invites writers to join the Expressive Writing Group it sponsors at Collar City Mushrooms in Troy, regardless of whether the participants identify as living with a mental health issue. THE GROUP IS OPEN TO EVERYONE […]
On Wednesday, December 24, Caffè Lena will present a poetry reading by Effy Redman. An open mic poetry reading will follow. Doors open for sign-ups at 6:30 pm and the readings will start at 7:00. The host for the event will be Carol Graser and the cost is $5 general, free for students. The featured reading will also […]
Join us for the 2024 Hudson Valley Writers Guild Annual Meeting on Zoom on Thursday, December 5, at 6:30 PM.At this meeting, we will present our annual report to the HVWG members and look forward to the year ahead. We will be filling open spots on the board if you want to join the HVWG […]
BE THE LIGHTSaturday, December 7, 2024 11am – 3pm 21 Weeks Road, Queensbury, NY $50.00 All genres, and skill levels are welcome to our AWA and Expressive Arts inspired writing workshop. If you don’t have any work that’s o.k. too, you will by the end of the day! Writing prompts to take home after the […]
The HVWG is proud to present the Year in Review Slam with Slam Euphoria, Dirty Gerund, the Boston Poetry Slam, and Slam Free or Die! Looking back at the year that was with a special invitational team poetry slam! Poets from Slam Euphoria, Dirty Gerund, the Boston Poetry Slam, and more will battle it out […]
Join host Rachel Baum at the Saratoga Senior Center (290 West Avenue, Saratoga Springs) on Friday, December 13, 2024 at 1:00pm to celebrate the One Year Anniversary of the Center’s Poetry Open Mic! Poet Elaine Handley has agreed to once again be our Featured Poet. She was our very first Feature in December 2023. For the […]
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.
