How to write and read poems with generosity with Devin Gael Kelly (5-week online class) A poem is an offering. In this five-week class, poet and critic Devin Kelly will introduce students to a language of generosity for modern poetry. Instead of talking prescriptively about a poem's quality ("good" or "bad"), students will take an expansive … Continue reading You Do Not Have to Be Good
How Hometowns Inspire Essays with Athena Dixon (5-week online class) Students will use a variety of creative writing methods and techniques to explore the memories, perceptions, and experiences of their own … Continue reading All Roads Lead Home
Join Natalli at the Adirondack Center For Writing for a morning of gentle yoga and journaling. Together, we'll clear and ground our energy through breathwork and movement, allowing us to connect more deeply with ourselves and write from an open heart as we move into guided journaling. No writing experience is needed to participate! While … Continue reading The Creative Flow: A Yoga & Writing Workshop with Natalli Amato
Join us at ACW to cheer on some of our regional teenagers as they compete in the national Poetry Out Loud event. Teens from around the region will recite poems by some of the country's best poets They will be judged on accuracy and performance and the winner will go on to compete in the … Continue reading North Country Poetry Out Loud Competition
ATTENTION: after 5pm on Friday, 2/28, tickets can only be purchased at the door. Fact or Fiction is a fun, live storytelling game where performers tell stories and the audience asks questions in order to determine if what they just heard was true or made-up. (We’ll choose the storytellers in advance to ensure a good … Continue reading Fact or Fiction 2025
Join us at Olive Ridley’s in Plattsburgh for the first Howl of 2025! The theme is “Kitchen Confidential” — we’re talking culinary catastrophes, the questionable things you’ve seen in a restaurant kitchen, the joy of a perfectly cooked meal, a secret family recipe, or anything else cooking and kitchen related. Think you’ve got a story to share? … Continue reading Howl Story Slam at Olive Ridley’s
How and Where to Publish Your Writing with Shira Dentz (online class) Join widely published poet Shira Dentz for a crash course in submitting. During this three hour seminar, you'll learn the basics about how to submit work to literary magazines, best practices for making sure your work is considered, and suggestions for magazines, journals, and … Continue reading Submitting Seminar
Join us for a reading from Casey Mulligan Walsh's new memoir, The Full Catastrophe, about her orphaned adolescence, her divorce, and the loss of her young adult son. The book is … Continue reading Telling Our Hardest Stories w/ Casey Mulligan Walsh
The Howl Season 9 is heading your way! The theme is “Kitchen Confidential.” We’re talking culinary catastrophes, the questionable things you've seen in a restaurant kitchen, the joy of a perfectly cooked meal, the secret family ingredient, or anything else cooking related. Think you've got a story to share? Sign up on the night and … Continue reading Howl Story Slam at Iron Horse Grill
Since 2016, ACW has invited writers of all ages, experience levels, and locations within the North Country to send poems to be published and installed in windows in Saranac Lake during National … Continue reading PoemVillage 2025
Join us to celebrate the launch of the 2025 Wild Words Adirondack Teen Writing Anthology. Featuring contributors from towns all over the North Country, the book launch will feature readings of work by teen writers. This event is from 2-4 PM at the Harrietstown Town Hall in Saranac Lake. All are welcome. The 2025, 2024, … Continue reading 2025 Wild Words Book Launch
The Howl Season 9 is heading to Smoke Signals in Lake Placid! The theme is “Kitchen Confidential.” We’re talking culinary catastrophes, the questionable things you’ve seen in a restaurant kitchen, the joy of a perfectly cooked meal, the secret family ingredient, or anything else cooking related. Think you’ve got a story to share? Sign up … Continue reading Howl Story Slam at Smoke Signals
