The Howl Story Slam is a live storytelling competition. Anyone can sign up to tell a story the night of the event. The rules: true stories, no notes, under 5 minutes Theme: Risky Business No tickets needed. Admission is a suggested $10 donation at the door. Your donation supports Adirondack Center for Writing and North … Continue reading Howl Story Slam at UJAC
Note: This workshop is held at The Richards Library in Warrensburg, NY. Join Visiting Writer Erin Dorney from the Adirondack Center for Writing to learn more about ACW’s Poetry Machine—the kind you might spend two quarters to get a bouncy ball, sticky hand, or small plastic alien from in the vestibule of a convenience store. … Continue reading Cut-Up Poetry Workshop
This event is part of the 2024 Kickass Writers Festival featuring writers, poets, comedians and other creatives from across the country. The festival is a celebration of how writing and storytelling — in all of their forms — are essential to art, entertainment and social change and includes readings, workshops, a publishing panel, special performances, a book fair, an … Continue reading Kickass Kickoff – readings with Denice Frohman and Patricia Spears Jones
This event is part of the 2024 Kickass Writers Festival. Click here to learn more. Comedy expert Nathan Hartswick will work with storytellers to turn their real-life tales into hilarious stand-up. No comedy experience required! Learn the keys to workshopping a funny story and presenting it in a way that gets consistent laughs from a live audience. … Continue reading Stand-up for Storytellers
This event is part of the 2024 Kickass Writers Festival. Click here to learn more. Discover books from small presses, independent authors, and regional literary organizations from across New York State. BOOKFAIR TABLE SPACE IS SOLD OUT 2024 BOOKFAIR VENDORS: Aurora PfaffNonfiction, history, memoir Christopher MeleMystery, fiction CLASH BooksLiterary fiction, non-fiction, poetry, literary horror Exsolutas PressPoetry, prose, … Continue reading Kickass Bookfair
This event is part of the 2024 Kickass Writers Festival. Click here to learn more. Hear readings by Ra Press (2001 – 2023) authors and founder Dave Donohue to honor the press’s over two decades of independent North Country publishing. The mic will also be open for any festival attendee to share a short reading or poem.
This event is part of the 2024 Kickass Writers Festival. Click here to learn more. “Every day I will give you a color.” -- Marge Piercy. Instead of starting with a blank white page, let your words sprout from the brilliant palettes of natural objects like flowers and rocks. This generative pop-in workshop will offer … Continue reading Color Foraging: Writing with Flowers, Feathers, and Stones
This event is part of the 2024 Kickass Writers Festival. Click here to learn more. Editor-in-Chief of W.W. Norton, John Glusman will be in conversation with former editorial director of Publishers Weekly, Michael Coffey to discuss the opportunities and challenges of the contemporary publishing landscape.
This event is part of the 2024 Kickass Writers Festival. Click here to learn more. As part of the 2024 Kickass Writers Festival, ACW presents the Regional Author Showcase! We've selected a line-up of emerging and established authors from across the North Country to prove that Adirondack writers kick ass too. Hosted by Christopher Shaw, this event will … Continue reading Regional Author Showcase
Part of the 2024 Kickass Writers Festival Illuminate the outdoors with two authors whose work makes the natural world practical and magical. Hear keynote talks and brief readings by GennaRose Nethercott, author of Thistlefoot, and Megan Mayhew Bergman, author of How Strange a Season. GENNAROSE NETHERCOTT is the author of a novel, Thistlefoot, and a book-length poem, The Lumberjack’s Dove, which was … Continue reading Kickass Keynote with GennaRose Nethercott + Megan Mayhew Bergman
This event is part of the 2024 Kickass Writers Festival. Click here to learn more. Cap off your Festival with a night of laughs from THREE hilarious comedians. With Nathan Hartswick of VT ComedyClub as MC, Tracy Dolan as the opener, and Greg Edwards closing it out, it's guaranteed to be a good time. Doors at 7:30, … Continue reading Kickass Stand-up at The Waterhole
Mix it up! Toss an illustration into your personal narrative. Bring a current writing project or develop a new one at this event. No drawing experience is necessary. How can a sketch or illustration enhance a written piece? Images can project humor, heartbreak, or other emotions in a way the written word may not. To … Continue reading Sketch it Out! A Writing (& Drawing) Workshop with Lauren McGovern
