What a great week of poetry and spoken word lined up for this coming week in Upstate New York and Western Massachsetts. We have everything from poetry open mics, a
The summer is heating up and we are getting closer and closer to the National Poetry Slam coming up in August. In the meantime we are still doing our thing
We are back at Valentine’s on Tuesday, May 21 with the 45th edition of Nitty Gritty Slam! Last week, at NGS #44, we had our Grand Slam and put together
Summer is on the way and the poetry is heating up here in Albany. We have an exciting week ahead of us with the 2013 Team Nitty Gritty Grand Slam
Next Tuesday, May 7, everyone will want to be at Valentine’s for the Season Two Grand Slam. The 44th edition of Nitty Gritty Slam will feature 10 poets who have
The Grand Slam for Team NGS will be taking place on Tuesday, May 7, but before that we have to get all of the competitors lined up. On Tuesday, April 30 at
It was the WordFest edition of the regular Nitty Gritty Slam, a special Haiku slam, & perhaps one could also say the “Jackie Robinson Slam” (42 being his number). My
As the 2013 Albany Word Fest is starting to wind down we are getting ready for more poetry and spoken word coming up next week. But before that we still
One week from tonight we will be deep into Word Fest week and for day five there are two opportunities for poets and spoken word artists to get on the
We are now a little over a week until the 2013 Albany Word Fest and we are starting to feel the excitement around the area. But before we start Word
We are now within two weeks until the 2013 Albany Word Fest, our annual celebration of National Poetry Month and the poetry and spoken word of upstate New York. This
National Poetry Month begins on Monday and once again Albany and the upstate New York area has a lot of poetry and spoken word lined up. And even better than
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.
