The event for all your publishing wonderings, needs, and dreams. Talks with literary agents and editors, and panel discussions with experts. Connect with local literary presses, magazines, libraries, bookstores. Personalized manuscript critiques with agents and editors full of expertise and hunting for the next great book. Keynote speaker: Joseph Bruchac, highly acclaimed children’s book author, … Continue reading Adirondack Writers Conference
Six Writers at a Pub
Women of Mass Dissemination: Marilyn McCabe, Mary Sanders Shartle, Kathleen McCoy, Elaine Handley, Nancy White, and Lale Davidson What could be more fun than a glass of beer or wine and a six-writer, one-hour reading of original poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and collaborations? If you’re at a loss, note that the six award-winning writers Women of … Continue reading Six Writers at a Pub
Call for Beta Readers Group
An open call for participants in a beta reader group from one of our members, Larry Loebell: Perhaps, like me, you are finishing a collection of short stories or a novel. You have workshopped your story and rewritten it several times, and now it feels like it is on the verge of being publication … Continue reading Call for Beta Readers Group
Calling all artists!
In September, the LPCA will partner with the New York Foundation for the Arts and the New York State Council for the Arts to present an Artist as Entrepreneur Boot Camp. This four-day boot camp is a hands-on intensive workshop to help artists think of themselves as a small business. There are sessions on marketing, … Continue reading Calling all artists!
Finding True North by Fran Yardley Book Launch Party
Finding True North A History of One Small Corner of the Adirondacks Fran Yardley The Adirondack Artists Guild will host a book launch party from 5-7 pm on Friday, July 13, for Fran Yardley’s book, Finding True North: A History of One Small Corner of the Adirondacks, published by Excelsior Editions, an imprint of State … Continue reading Finding True North by Fran Yardley Book Launch Party
New Event Alert! ACW Mini Book Fairs
Calling all local writers with work to sell. Saranac Lake Art Walks showcase visual, performing, and literary arts throughout the summer, every third Thursday. We have long been the representative for the literary arts in the region, and we're excited to create an opportunity for residents and visitors to engage with local writers. We want to get everyone excited … Continue reading New Event Alert! ACW Mini Book Fairs
Spring Writes Literary Festival comes to Ithaca
Spring Writes Literary Festival! Thursday, May 3 to May 6 The Community Arts Partnership's Spring Writes Literary Festival: 47 events, 120 regional writers, 10 locations, 4 days in downtown Ithaca! 43 of 47 events are free. There are group readings, workshops for established writers and the word loving public, discussion panels on great subjects, music … Continue reading Spring Writes Literary Festival comes to Ithaca
NYS Summer Young Writers Institute wants high school applicants
NYS Summer Young Writers Institute June 24– July 6, 2018 The New York State Summer Young Writers Institute will be held at Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York from June 24 to July 6, 2018. Participants in the Summer Young Writers Institute receive instruction in poetry, fiction, and dramatic writing (screenwriting, playwriting, and dramatic monologue) and … Continue reading NYS Summer Young Writers Institute wants high school applicants
Northshire Bookstore Announces The Open Mind Scholarship
The Open Mind Scholarship honors the diversity of thought, feelings, information and perspectives found in books, as well as the power of books to change people's lives. Each year Northshire Bookstore will award two college-bound high school seniors, one from New York and one from Vermont, $1,000 to help pay for college. To enter the … Continue reading Northshire Bookstore Announces The Open Mind Scholarship
