Skip to content

  • About
    • Our Story
    • Staff + Board
    • Our Impact Reports
    • Teaching Artists
  • Events
  • Donate
  • Programs
    • HS Writing Retreat
    • Howl Story Slam
    • 2026 Kickass Writers Festival
    • LaBastille Writers Residency
    • LaBastille Women’s Writing Weekend
    • Poem Village
    • Poetry Machines
    • Prison Writing Program
    • Wild Words
  • News
  • Resources
    • ADK Literary Map
    • For Readers
    • For Writers
  • Contact
    • Contact + Visit
    • ACW Email List 📬

Tag: adkwrites

January 31, 2024February 1, 2024 Adirondack Center for Writing Featured Writing

The Eagle in Flight by Diane Cuff-Carney

The Eagle in flight bathed in sunlightlooks down upon his shadow selfprojected onto the ground below.His mirror image in varied shades of darkness. Floating aloft by the colorless windhe observes the … Continue reading The Eagle in Flight by Diane Cuff-Carney

January 25, 2024January 25, 2024 Adirondack Center for Writing Announcements, Events

The Howl Story Slam – Season 7 Recap

ACW and NCPR celebrated the end of the Howl Story Slam's seventh season this past weekend at St. Lawrence University! The night was full of SO MUCH LAUGHTER and a … Continue reading The Howl Story Slam – Season 7 Recap

December 20, 2023December 20, 2023 Adirondack Center for Writing Featured Writing

New Gift Policy by Duane L Herrmann

"If it's new to you," the father of the family announced to his family before they began opening gifts. "Then it's new enough." His children, all nearly adults, groaned. They … Continue reading New Gift Policy by Duane L Herrmann

December 20, 2023December 20, 2023 Adirondack Center for Writing Featured Writing

Transformation by Yvona Fast

Once a recluse, shunned Lonely and stunned.  One small, bruised reedWith such great need.   One solitary life So full of strife.  I tried to change,Not be so strange.  Stranger in a … Continue reading Transformation by Yvona Fast

December 20, 2023December 20, 2023 Adirondack Center for Writing Featured Writing

Mother’s Day 2022. A Day That Will Live In Joy (aka the gift that keeps on giving) by Lourdes Santiago

Three generations sat in the kitchen on a warm Sunday in May of 2022. It was mother’s day . Plants decorated the counter, a beautiful Peace Lily with a single … Continue reading Mother’s Day 2022. A Day That Will Live In Joy (aka the gift that keeps on giving) by Lourdes Santiago

December 12, 2023December 12, 2023 Adirondack Center for Writing Featured Writing

Memories by Mike Spotswood

I looked out of my window, and what did I see memories from decades ago. I saw Big Tupper a ski mountain that has closed a decade ago. I remember … Continue reading Memories by Mike Spotswood

Online Class – Ballet in a Phone Booth: The Art of Writing Flash Prose with Gwen E. Kirby

Online class: 5 weeks 1/22 - 2/26 Class begins: Monday, January 22 Weekly Live Virtual Meetings: Tuesdays, 7 PM (EST)Sliding scale registration fee: $50 to $250 Register here Flash prose is sometimes praised for … Continue reading Online Class – Ballet in a Phone Booth: The Art of Writing Flash Prose with Gwen E. Kirby

Empty Shoes by the Door: Living After My Son’s Suicide, a Memoir
August 8, 2022August 8, 2022 Adirondack Center for Writing adkwrites

ADK Writes: Judi Merriam

Judi Merriam published Empty Shoes by the Door: Living After My Son’s Suicide on May 16, 2022. On the afternoon of December 23, 2011, Judi Merriam’s eighteen-year-old son, Jenson, took … Continue reading ADK Writes: Judi Merriam

The Hedges: The Story of Twelve Precious Acres on Blue Mountain Lake
August 1, 2022August 8, 2022 Adirondack Center for Writing adkwrites

ADK Writes: Roger Kessel

Roger Kessel published The Hedges: The Story of 12 Precious Acres on Blue Mountain Lake. Like the smooth entry of an Adirondack guideboat, The Hedges transports the reader to the … Continue reading ADK Writes: Roger Kessel

Posts navigation

Older posts
Support ACW today

Stop by ACW to Write, Read, and Meet Others

ACW Open hours is here for you: Monday – Friday, 9-5pm

Teenagers welcome in our Teen Writing Lounge!

15 Broadway, Saranac Lake, NY

Social

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • YouTube
Join widely published poet Shira Dentz for a crash course in submitting.
  • View adkctr4writing’s profile on Facebook
  • View adkctr4writing’s profile on Instagram
  • View AdkCtrWriting’s profile on YouTube

Visit: 15 Broadway, Saranac Lake NY 12983

Mail: P.O. Box 956, Saranac Lake NY 12983

info@adirondackcenterforwriting.org

518-354-1261

Help support the programs you love!

Give to ACW TODAY
Join our email list

ACW is supported by: