On Saturday, February 20th from 1-2:30 p.m. you’ll hear stories by Frank Robinson, Ben Murphy, and Tina deBellegarde, winners of the 2020 HVWG Short Fiction Contest.
HVWG Short Fiction Contest Winners Reading Read More »
Recently retired from government service Tim Verhaegen has attended some Zoom poetry meetings & got the bug to take the leap to organize his first open mic.
Poetry Open Mic, July 22 Read More »
Dan Wilcox spent a lot of time at the 2019 Word Fest Readings Against the End of the World open mic and took notes.
Word Fest 2019 — Readings Against the End of the World, April 12 – 13 Read More »
The Up The River launch reading has become an annual tradition as we kick off Word Fest week with the contributors of latest issue of UTR.
Up the River, Issue Three Launch Reading – April 12, 2015 Read More »
We have another great week of poetry and spoken word readings, open mics, and slams in the area to celebrate the region’s literary community.
Upcoming Poetry Events – Week of May 3, 2015 Read More »
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.
Albany Word Fest — Episode 5, April 18 Read More »
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.
Inching Closer to the 2014 Albany Word Fest Read More »
Local poet and writer Frank S. Robinson has just released his new book of essays, commentaries, book reviews, and more, Angels and Pinheads: A Guide to Which and What’s What. Here is more information about the book from Frank himself: My new book is Angels and Pinheads: A Guide to Which is Which and What’s What. In
“Angels and Pinheads: A Guide to Which and What’s What” by Frank Robinson Read More »
Quite a full house of audience & open mic poets to hear the featured poet, Sylvia Barnard. But always, here, the open mic first. I was first on the list (surprise!) & did 2 recent poems I’ve been reading at open mics lately (don’t worry, there are few venues left to read them at so
Sunday Four Poetry, February 24 Read More »
Nancy Klepsch was back as co-host with me, DWx, & a full list of open mic readers, some for the first time, some regulars. George Guarino started us off with a hypnotic reading of his piece “What If,” setting the tone for the afternoon. …
Poetry + Prose / 2nd Sunday @ 2, February 10 Read More »
The first 12-Hour Word Fest Open Mic took place at the 2009 Albany Word Fest. In an effort to give everyone an opportunity to share their word at the annual event, we held the open mic portion from 7:00PM Friday, April 17 to 7:00AM on Saturday, April 18. We began the night without any chairs,
Looking Back… 2009 Albany Word Fest: The First 12-Hour Open Mic Read More »
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.
