
HVWG Member Jackie Craven Wins Prize and Publication
Press 53 announces WHISH by Jackie Craven of Schenectady, NY, as winner of the 2024 Press 53 Award for Poetry.
Press 53 announces WHISH by Jackie Craven of Schenectady, NY, as winner of the 2024 Press 53 Award for Poetry.
Thom Francis talks with Carolee Bennett about early writing and revisiting poetry in college, putting together a manuscript, and ups and downs of life.
Former Albany poet Jason Crane hosts a 10-minute weekday podcast called A Brief Chat and he wants poets to participate.
The Annual Schenectady Community of Writers annual reading will be held at the Schenectady Public Library on Sunday November 19th from 2-4 in the afternoon.
Dan Wilcox was in attendance for Don Levy’s final Live from the Living Room reading and open mic at the Pride Center on Wednesday, March 9.
Carolee Bennett was the featured poet at the Poets Speak Loud open mic at our old home, Tess’ Lark Tavern, on Monday, February 22, 2010.
When the first Word Fest happened in 2001 it was an open mic. Since then Word Fest has grown & changed, but the one constant is the annual Word Fest Open Mic.
The kick-off, the 1st round, the ceremonial 1st pitch, the launch of Up the River, the opening lines of Word Fest in the backroom of McGeary’s.
Word Fest week is here! We have a week’s worth of poetry & spoken word events lined up. Plus, there are open mics & reading taking place all over the area.
We are now within two weeks until the 2014 Albany Word Fest, our celebration of National Poetry Month and the poetry and spoken word of upstate NY.