Another great week of literary events, book discussions, readings, open mics, and workshops in the region as the temperature and leaves begin to fall.
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Our friends at the Rensselaerville Library are holding their 11th annual celebration of National Poetry Month with some great events planned.
The Rensselaerville Library’s 11th Annual Celebration of National Poetry Month Read More »
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.
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The December edition of the Caffe Lena Poetry Open Mic featuring poets from “Slant of Light: Contemporary Women Writers of the Hudson Valley”.
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Poetry returns to the Pine Hollow Arboretum tonight with Marion Menna and Mimi Moriarty for the Poets of Earth, Water, Tree and Sky open mic.
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The Hudson Valley Writers Guild has announced the winners of its 2013 Short Fiction Competition with first prize going to Colleen Geraghty.
2013 Short Fiction Contest Winners Read More »
On Friday, May 24, poetry and spoken word returns to the Pine Hollow Arboretum in Slingerlands with the second open mic and featured reading of the season. This month the featured poet is Stephen Ellis. Stephen Ellis, born 21 December 1948, in As Safirya, Syria, and in the interim, transmitted to the east coast of
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The schedule for the 2013 Pine Hollow Open Mic series is out (see below) and the first reading kicking off the series is Friday April 5 with featured reader Judith Kerman. Judith’s introduction: For me, poetry is at least partly a visual and musical art form. Or at least, it comes out of those parts
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It’s time for the annual Hudson Valley Writers Guild writing contest. Last year was the contest for poetry, this year they are looking for your short fiction with a great panel of judges looking over the work. Mimi Moriarty sent along the following guidelines, so get your words into the Guild. 2013 SHORT FICTION CONTEST GUIDELINES
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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. …
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Local area poets Cecele Kraus (Tuscaloosa Bypass), Mimi Moriarty (Sibling Reverie, War Psalm), Linda Sonia Miller (Something Worth Diving For), and Jan Tramontano (Paternal Nocturnewill) will be reading from chapbooks recently published by Finishing Line Press on Friday, September 21 at 7:00PM at the Roeliff Jansen Community Library (9091 Rte 22, Copake, NY 12516). These four
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It is not very often that you can combine livestock, amusement rides, carnival games, fired food, and poetry, but up here in the capital region we try to fit poetry into everything that is going on. For the 26th year, local poets will be representing the art of spoken word with special readings throughout the afternoon. The long
Poetry at the Altamont Fair Today! 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.
