Submissions are now open for the 2024 Wild Words Adirondack Teen Writing Anthology, presented by the Adirondack Center for Writing (ACW). This new print publication is a place for teens … Continue reading Wild Words 2024: ACW Seeks Writing By North Country Teens
Postcard Poems: A Broadside Series for NY Writers
The Adirondack Center for Writing (ACW) is pleased to announce that we are now open for submissions to our Postcard Poems broadside series. Writers based in New York state are … Continue reading Postcard Poems: A Broadside Series for NY Writers
The Sounds of Silence by Lourdes Santiago
This may be a title song by Simon and Garfunkel, but to me it is my writing Mantra. I’m a morning person. “Early to bed and early to rise,” that’s … Continue reading The Sounds of Silence by Lourdes Santiago
Soundtracks by Isabelle Bohl
“Swing low, sweet chariot…” Chris begins his daily practice up in the loft while I claim our one and only table downstairs and begin to write, humming. He continues to … Continue reading Soundtracks by Isabelle Bohl
Essay Contest: “My Dreams for My Community”
Adirondack Center for Writing and Adirondack Voters for Change are proud to announce a new regional essay writing contest: My Dreams for My Community. The contest offers winners cash prizes totaling $1,400 for a five-page essay on the topics of community and change. Submissions are open now until June 15, 2023.
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
Writer Websites 101
Guest post by ACW Visiting Writer Erin Dorney In addition to building and maintaining my own author website for seven years, I have helped grocery stores, music festivals, nonprofit nature … Continue reading Writer Websites 101
ACW Finds a Home
At last, a home for all readers, writers, and storytellers in the Adirondacks A place for conversation and discoveryCozy spaces for reading and writing in the company of fellow lovers … Continue reading ACW Finds a Home
Call for Submissions: Hindsight
Hindsight is a collection of stories about 2020, written by people just like you. We’re seeking nonfiction stories from people around the world that capture what it was like to … Continue reading Call for Submissions: Hindsight