Register your school group for our free, two-day writing workshop for students in grades 9 - 12. Students from all over the North Country will study creative writing, performance, and collaboration with three renowned performance poets visiting from New York City.
Three electrifying performances by award-winning poets, Jon Sands, Roya Marsh, and José Olivarez at ACW (15 Broadway, Saranac Lake, NY). Books will be for sale, and a book-signing will follow the performances.
Wednesday - 11/8 - 7PMAdirondack Center for Writing 15 Broadway, Saranac Lake, 12983 This event is free and open to the public. We encourage registrants who can afford it to … Continue reading Chance: A Writing Workshop
This workshop takes place at the Strand Center for the Arts in Plattsburgh, and registrations must be made through their website.
Join us for the next installment in ACW's generative writing workshop series, A Writing Workshop for Everyone. NY Times contributor and teacher Kelsey Francis will lead a generative workshop on the subject of playfulness in writing.
Online class: 5 weeks 1/29 - 3/4Class begins: Monday, January 29 Weekly Live Virtual Meetings: Thursday, 6:30 PM (EST)Sliding scale registration fee: $50 to $250 Historical fiction aims to situate unique characters … Continue reading Online Class – Setting the Scene in Historical Fiction with Kim van Alkemede
Note: This workshop is held at The Richards Library in Warrensburg, NY. Join Visiting Writer Erin Dorney from the Adirondack Center for Writing to learn more about ACW’s Poetry Machine—the kind you might spend two quarters to get a bouncy ball, sticky hand, or small plastic alien from in the vestibule of a convenience store. … Continue reading Cut-Up Poetry Workshop
This event is part of the 2024 Kickass Writers Festival featuring writers, poets, comedians and other creatives from across the country. The festival is a celebration of how writing and … Continue reading Kickass Kickoff – readings with Denice Frohman and Patricia Spears Jones
This event is part of the 2024 Kickass Writers Festival. Click here to learn more. THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT, but the Stand-up Show on Saturday evening at 8 PM at the … Continue reading Stand-up for Storytellers
This event is part of the 2024 Kickass Writers Festival. Click here to learn more. “Every day I will give you a color.” -- Marge Piercy. Instead of starting with … Continue reading Color Foraging: Writing with Flowers, Feathers, and Stones
This event is part of the 2024 Kickass Writers Festival. Click here to learn more. Cap off your Festival with a night of laughs from THREE hilarious comedians. With Nathan Hartswick of … Continue reading Kickass Stand-up at The Waterhole
Mix it up! Toss an illustration into your personal narrative. Bring a current writing project or develop a new one at this event. No drawing experience is necessary. How can a sketch or illustration enhance a written piece? Images can project humor, heartbreak, or other emotions in a way the written word may not. To … Continue reading Sketch it Out! A Writing (& Drawing) Workshop with Lauren McGovern
