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September 21, 2021September 22, 2021 Adirondack Center for Writing Announcements

Announcing the selected writers for the 2021 Anne LaBastille Memorial Residency

ACW is thrilled to announce the 2021 selected residents for the Anne LaBastille Memorial Writers Residency, taking place October 3 - 17 at the Lodge at Twitchell Lake. This year … Continue reading Announcing the selected writers for the 2021 Anne LaBastille Memorial Residency

August 23, 2021November 1, 2021 Adirondack Center for Writing Uncategorized

An Evening with Russell Banks

Nationally acclaimed author Russell Banks will read from his new novel, Foregone and sign books on September 24, 2021 at 7:00pm to celebrate the opening of Adirondack Center for Writing’s … Continue reading An Evening with Russell Banks

August 19, 2021 Adirondack Center for Writing Featured Writing

Elizabeth’s Nightmare by June Kosier

It doesn’t pay to read to your daughter before bed and then have a glass of wine while watching the 10:00 news on a stormy night. Back in the beginning … Continue reading Elizabeth’s Nightmare by June Kosier

August 9, 2021 Adirondack Center for Writing Featured Writing

Marianne No Longer Travels with Me by June Kosier

Before I retired, I was a dialysis nurse at the VA and belonged to a professional group known as the ANNA which stood for the American Nephrology Nurses Association. The … Continue reading Marianne No Longer Travels with Me by June Kosier

August 9, 2021August 9, 2021 Adirondack Center for Writing Featured Writing

Brother & Sister #2 by Leslie Sittner

“Jeez, Hon, this reminds me of the lower east side at home in New York City. Check it out!” My Fellow agrees with a smile and says, “Yeah, but we … Continue reading Brother & Sister #2 by Leslie Sittner

August 9, 2021 Adirondack Center for Writing Featured Writing

A GHOSTLY VACATION IN THE ADIRONDACKS by Edward Pontacoloni

The ghost of Harold Harwood haunts the Hamlet of Ironville in Essex County, New York,  The hamlet is just a neighborhood, really: the Congregational Church with large windows flanking its … Continue reading A GHOSTLY VACATION IN THE ADIRONDACKS by Edward Pontacoloni

August 9, 2021 Adirondack Center for Writing Featured Writing

A Vacation I’d Rather Forget by Duane L. Herrmann

I don't want to associate the experience with the word 'vacation,' but it was a trip away from home. Many details of that nightmare trip have thankfully faded, but one … Continue reading A Vacation I’d Rather Forget by Duane L. Herrmann

August 2, 2021 Adirondack Center for Writing Featured Writing

Strangers Passing Through Town by Duane L. Herrmann

"Mabel! Mabel!" John excitedly jostled his wife in bed sound asleep as soon as he got to his home in Phillipsburg, Kansas. He hadn't yet begun to undress this night … Continue reading Strangers Passing Through Town by Duane L. Herrmann

August 2, 2021 Adirondack Center for Writing Featured Writing

Untitled by Leslie Sittner

ascertain-assiduous-derivative-existential-plethora-prudent-Sisyphean-subsequent-trepidation-worrisome At first he knew that it was an existential problem—that sadly, a worrisome decision he must make. While he was normally assiduous in his thinking, and always prudent in … Continue reading Untitled by Leslie Sittner

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How can you be sure spring has sprung in the North Country? Write about the signs of spring you’ve noticed lately, and which ones you’re still waiting to see.

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