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February 2, 2023February 2, 2023 Adirondack Center for Writing Announcements, Events, Local Opportunities, Resources

5 Tips: Wild Words Submission Advice

Wild Words: Adirondack Teen Writing Anthology is a new publication of the Adirondack Center for Writing, created to give teens a venue to publish their original creative writing. Any teen … Continue reading 5 Tips: Wild Words Submission Advice

October 2, 2022October 14, 2022 Adirondack Center for Writing Announcements, Events

Announcing our faculty for the Fall 2022 High School Writing Retreat!

Every year, we bring three renown spoken-word poets from NYC to lead two days of writing workshops and performances for North Country high schoolers. This year, Jon Sands, Karl Michael … Continue reading Announcing our faculty for the Fall 2022 High School Writing Retreat!

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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Weekly Writing Prompt:

Write about a birthday celebration that didn’t go as planned. This could be your birthday, a birthday of a friend or loved one, or even a story that took place during a national holiday-birthday, such as MLK Jr. Day or Independence day (America’s birthday).

Submit your response by Feb 5, 2023 by emailing it directly to info@adirondackcenterforwriting.org. You may copy your text into the body of an email or attach it in a word document. All creative writing responses will be shared on @adkctr4writing and on this website  Note: You are expected to edit your own submission before sending it.
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