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Category: Events

Four coloring sheets showing different banned books
September 12, 2022September 9, 2022 Adirondack Center for Writing Announcements, Events

Design A Banned Book Cover for ACW’s Window Display

Books unite us. Censorship divides us. Founded in 1982, Banned Books Week is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read and drawing national attention to the harms of censorship. … Continue reading Design A Banned Book Cover for ACW’s Window Display

August 30, 2022August 30, 2022 Adirondack Center for Writing Announcements, Events

Erasure Nature Workshop Poems

We're excited to share some of the work created in Visiting Writer Erin Dorney's Erasure + Nature Writing Workshop, held during the 2022 Kickass Writers Festival in August! Participants used … Continue reading Erasure Nature Workshop Poems

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MON – FRI | 9 – 5 PM
15 Broadway, Saranac Lake

If you’ve been meaning to make writing part of your daily life, ACW Open Hours is here for you. You can use our space to work, unwind, or meet other readers and writers in our community. We also have a Teen Lounge where teenagers can write, read, and build community after school. All are welcome!

Learn more about Wild Words Adirondack Teen Writing Anthology

Weekly Writing Prompt:

  • ABUSE OF POWER COMES AS NO SURPRISE
  • EVERYTHING THAT’S INTERESTING IS NEW
  • BEING SURE OF YOURSELF MEANS YOU’RE A FOOL

– ‘Truisms’ by artist Jenny Holzer (click here to read more)

Explore the form of the aphorism through Jenny Holzer’s ‘Truisims’. Either try writing your own short statements that illuminate a general truth, or take one of Holzer’s aphorisms and use it as the theme for a poem, essay, or story.

Email us your response by Sunday, Sept 25, 2022. Responses will be shared on social media & our website. Please edit your submission before sending.

We're excited to announce our first collaboration with Visiting Writer Erin Dorney! Wild Words is a brand new print anthology designed to be a place for teens in the North Country to publish their creative writing. Submissions are open now through March 10,2023. Will you help us spread the word? Find all of the details in our bio! ✨
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