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 as wrenching as it is healing, so we're inviting attendees to bring their own story, essay, or poem focused on life's hardest moments. If you're … 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 Poetry Month. This year, each poem we publish will also appear in shop windows in Plattsburgh in collaboration with Outside Art: Plattsburgh Public Art Project, in Malone … 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
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 about us and how we have navigated our lives. Legacy writing preserves our values, stories, opinions, history, and experiences through a creative lens. Students in this workshop will … Continue reading What I Want You to Know: A Legacy Writing Workshop
The Hyde and the Adirondack Center for Writing are thrilled to collaborate for a celebration of words and works by regional high school students. Students featured in ACW Wild Words publication and The Hyde Collection’s 34th Annual High School Juried Show will present work during this event.
Join us for an open mic reading of poems featured in Poem Village 2025. If you’re a poet who contributed to Poem Village 2025, you’re invited and encouraged to get on the mic and share your work aloud!
