Howl Story Slam: Brant Lake

The Hub 27 Market St. Brant Lake, NY, NY, United States

The Howl Story Slam is a live storytelling competition. Anyone can sign up to tell a story the night of the event. The rules: true stories, no notes, under 5 minutes Theme: SCHOOL DAYS No tickets needed. Admission is a suggested $10 donation at the door. Your donation supports Adirondack Center for Writing and North...

Free

Howl Story Slam: Brant Lake

The Hub – 27 Market St. Brant Lake, NY The Hub – 27 Market St. Brant Lake,, NY, NY, United States

The Howl Story Slam is a live storytelling competition. Anyone can sign up to tell a story the night of the event. The rules: true stories, no notes, under 5 minutes Theme: SCHOOL DAYS No tickets needed. Admission is a suggested $10 donation at the door. Your donation supports Adirondack Center for Writing and North...

Free

A Storytelling Workshop for Everyone with Nathalie Thill

Adirondack Center for Writing 15 Broadway, Saranac Lake

During this month’s drop in workshop, Nathalie Thill will teach a 90 minute workshop on oral storytelling. Participants will learn how to tell the best story they can and perhaps get ready to share it at the next Howl. Amateurs and seasoned storytellers are all welcome. As the Executive Director of the Adirondack Center for...

Free

Howl Story Slam: Ticonderoga

Ledge Hill Brewing 92 Montcalm St Ticonderoga,, New York, NY, United States

The Howl Story Slam is a live storytelling competition. Anyone can sign up to tell a story the night of the event. The rules: true stories, no notes, under 5 minutes Theme: SCHOOL DAYS No tickets needed. Admission is a suggested $10 donation at the door. Your donation supports Adirondack Center for Writing and North...

Free

Exploring Transgender Poetics with Elliot Pecora

Adirondack Center for Writing 15 Broadway, Saranac Lake

In this generative workshop led by Elliot Pecora, students will reflect on examples of poetry by TGNB+ writers to springboard the drafting of their own poems. After discussing how the physical body appears in the form of a poem, the workshop will focus on writing and sharing, offering input and affirmation to each other along...

Free

Tri-Lakes Pride: Open Mic Reading

Adirondack Center for Writing 15 Broadway, Saranac Lake

Join us for a warm and welcoming open mic event at ACW to kick off the Tri-Lakes Pride Festival. Anyone can sign up to share a piece of writing, comedy, drama, or song up to 5 mins. Participants from ACW’s “Exploring Transgender Poetics” writing workshop, which takes place at 12:00PM on the same day, are...

Free

How I Revise: Fiction with Michelle Ross

Virtual NY, United States

It’s hard to know when a story is done. Harder yet is knowing that a story is not done, but having little idea how to finish it, how to fix it, or how to make it sing. In this intimate, two-part revision workshop, author Michelle Ross will lead a 90-min class in which she’ll share...

$75

Crafting Flash Fiction: The Power of Brevity with Lauren Davis

Virtual NY, United States

Can you get to the heart of your story in under 1,000 words? How about 500? What about one sentence? Davis will go over the craft elements of flash fiction, and then she will provide a handful of writing prompts to get your pen moving. She will provide personalized feedback on two of your drafts....

$50 – $250

Small But Strong: Exploring Flash Nonfiction with Paige Towers

Virtual NY, United States

Under 1,000 words, flash nonfiction may be short, but that doesn’t mean it can’t create a lasting impact. In this course, we will examine the many forms of this burgeoning sub-genre, as well as read great contemporary works of flash nonfiction. Later, we’ll generate ideas using writing prompts and then craft our own powerful little...

$50 – $250

From Script to Screen: A Five-Week Crash Course w/ Filmmaker Kirk Sullivan

Adirondack Center for Writing 15 Broadway, Saranac Lake

In this course, led by Kirk Sullivan, students will be introduced to the fundamentals of screenwriting (basic structure, character development, etc.). By the end of the course, each student will have written a logline, synopsis, and a scene from their own original project, which they will film with actors. In the final session, students will...

$100 – $250

Barkreaders with Patrice Keet

Adirondack Center for Writing 15 Broadway, Saranac Lake

An open mic and featured reading. Where can you discover new North Country writers and also share some work of your own? BarkReaders takes place every other month here at ACW in Saranac Lake, NY. Each reading will include an open mic and feature a North Country author presenting a recent book publication. We’re bringing...

$5

Andrea Rogers @ The Station

The Station – Onchiota NY, United States

Andrea Rogers will give a reading from and answer questions about her Walter Award-winning YA horror book, Man Made Monsters at The Station in Onchiota, NY. More about The Station: The Station is a summer festival series taking place in Onchiota, NY. The Station features music, art, and literature performances along-side a family-friendly outdoor market.

FREE ADMISSION