Advance ticket sales have ended! Get your tickets at the door. Get ready for the biggest storytelling showdown of the year! We are so excited to announce the Season 9 Howl Grand Slam: Sat, Jan 24, 2026! This year’s Grand Slam will take place in the Gulick Theatre at St. Lawrence University in Canton, NY. … Continue reading The Season 9 Howl Grand Slam
**CLASS FULL** Though the formal constraints of poems, stories, and essays might be different, one could argue that the access points are not. You open the door to something remembered, … Continue reading Rewriting Your Life: A 5-week Online Multi-Genre Workshop
**CLASS FULL** Join ACW for an 8-week creative writing workshop for adults ages 55+, led by Elaine Handley. Legacy writing encompasses what we wish for our loved ones to know … Continue reading 8-week Online Legacy Writing Workshop
Have you ever wanted to journey down the road to find your voice, craft your personal storytelling, or write creative fiction? In this two-part workshop led by Carla Stockton, we … Continue reading Creative Truth and Absolute Fiction: An Online Two-Part Workshop in Nonfiction/Memoir and Fiction Writing
** CLASS IS FULL ** The body is a vessel, a home that gives us permission and access to navigating life. So too, the body can also be a site … Continue reading The Language of the Body: Writing As a Pathway for Healing (5-wk Online Class)
Join us at Hex & Hop Brewing in Bloomingdale for an opportunity for queer readers and writers to read, write, and connect! THEME: SHORTSBecause February is too short to fit in a QLN! Wear shorts (over long johns); write and read short stories; and explore brevity in literature! Plus, you can participate at your own … Continue reading Queer Lit Night
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 mix of fact and fiction.) Audience members can play solo or form teams to … Continue reading Fact or Fiction 2026
This February, Graywolf Press will release Swirl & Vortex, the collected poetry of Larry Levis, offering a unique opportunity to be in the company of the voice of a poet … Continue reading A Line As Long As the Heart Is Wide: Reading and Writing with the Poetry of Larry Levis
The Howl Story Slam is back for its TENTH season! This year, we'll start with the theme “Whats My Line?” Stories of lines crossed, being on the right or wrong side, lifelines, standing in line, line in the sand, lines in a performance, or any kind of line! What's your Line? Sign up and take … Continue reading Howl Story Slam at Olive Ridley’s
Craig will read from his book of poems, Delivered this Way. After, anyone can share up to 5 minutes of their own writing at the mic. Delivered this Way is … Continue reading Open Mic with Craig Milewski
The Howl Story Slam is back for its TENTH season! This year, we'll start with the theme “Whats My Line?” Stories of lines crossed, being on the right or wrong … Continue reading Howl Story Slam at Common Roots
Have you been wanting to submit your writing for publication but you're just not sure where to start? Or maybe you've submitted before and want a push to keep on … Continue reading Submitting Seminar: How and Where to Publish Your Writing
