SOLD OUT On Thursday, October 24 & Friday, October 25, the Adirondack Center for Writing will present the 20th annual High School Writing Retreat at Paul Smith’s College. In addition to poetry, this year we’re excited to introduce fiction and nonfiction writing to our line-up of creative writing workshops. Students will enjoy performances and learn to … Continue reading 2024 High School Writing Retreat
with Omar Holmon, Roya Marsh, GennaRose Nethercott & Jon Sands Thursday, October 24, 7 PM, FREE, @ ACW Hear the 2024 High School Writing Retreat instructors in action at ACW. … Continue reading Writers on Broadway
$10 - $50 sliding scale Saturday, November 2, 12 - 3pm, @ ACW Learn the basics of cartooning and storytelling with graphic novelist Sumit Kumar, owner of Bakarmax animation studio. Kumar will help reduce your fear of drawing with simple exercises, varied approaches to illustration, and his personal tips and tricks. Students will explore how comics tell … Continue reading Comics 101 Seminar with Sumit Kumar
Thursday, Nov 7, 6 PM, @ ACW What if Nature was on the Board of Directors of every nonprofit in the Adirondacks? What if businesses listened to the voice of … Continue reading Nature Governance in the Adirondacks with Talking Rivers
Armstrong Room of the High Peaks Resort Should you adapt your book into a screenplay? And if so, how? Whether you’re writing a novel, memoir, short story or creative nonfiction, this conversation with Adirondack Center For Writing Director Nathalie Thill and WGA Award Winning Screenwriter Jacob Krueger will give you a new perspective on the … Continue reading The Art of Adaptation
Join us Tue, Nov 12, at 7 PM for a night of live storytelling with the theme “Close Call.” Anyone can sign up to tell a story at the beginning of the … Continue reading Howl Story Slam at Raquette River Brewing
With Carla Stockton & Laurie Spigel Wednesday, November 13, 7 PM, Free to attend Adirondack Center for Writing (15 Broadway, Saranac Lake, NY 12983) Join Saranac Lake graduate Carla Stockton and … Continue reading Debut When It’s Right For You: A panel on publishing later in life
Join us for a reading, Q&A, open mic, and book signing with poet Leslie Sainz (Middlebury, VT), author of HAVE YOU BEEN LONG ENOUGH AT THE TABLE (Tin House, 2023). … Continue reading Notice to Appear with Leslie Sainz + Open Mic
Join us for a casual reading of the book and lyrics at ACW! This will be a cozy presentation of a work-in-progress, a glimpse into the writing process, and the first time a full cast reads the piece out loud! (Please note there will be no music or singing at this reading.) Set against the … Continue reading Jane Eyre, A New Musical
Maybe you always wanted to write. Maybe your new year's resolution is to return to a stalled writing project. Maybe you just want to meet other writing-curious people in the … Continue reading Pen to Paper: (Re)starting Your Writing Practice with Julie Canepa
Writing short, fabulist fiction with Moriah Hampton (5-week online class) If your favorite fiction is grounded in realism but shoots off in fantastic, odd, or horrific directions, fabulism is for you. … Continue reading Go Off-Kilter
Join us for the Howl Grand Slam in Saranac Lake! Winning storytellers from this year’s slams will compete head-to-head, telling stories in line with this year’s theme, Childhood Revelations. All … Continue reading The Season 8 Howl Grand Slam
