September 2016 Amherst Writers & Artists Newsletter September Switch Photo by Dennis Van Zuijlekom Dear AWA Friends, September is a moment of starting again. It is a switch from the release of summer back to the rhythms of work, projects, or school. September allows us to connect again with work colleagues, fellow writers, those we…
August 2016 Amherst Writers & Artists Newsletter Attentive August Photo of Madge O’Callaghan & Gwen Nusbaum by Maureen Buchanan Jones Dear AWA Friends, The AWA Method establishes respect for each writer, a focus on the writing, privacy, and attention to craft. Embedded in each practice is the necessity of listening. In an AWA workshop, writers…
July 2016 Amherst Writers & Artists Newsletter July Off Road Dear AWA Friends, High summer in the northern hemisphere brings road-trip fantasies. The idea of heading out onto open roads pulls at us. I suggest we all go! It’s ok to have a map, but it’s freeing to veer down an unknown bi-way. Follow your…
June 2016 Amherst Writers & Artists Newsletter Wandering Words Dear AWA Friends, Summer is a time for daydreaming and letting yourself wander beyond the structure of your busy schedule. Have you given yourself time to restore your daydreaming self? Have you identified a day or a week or more for writing to your heart’s content?…
May 2016 Amherst Writers & Artists Newsletter Browsing the Store Image Credit: Maureen Buchanan Jones Dear AWA Friends, We all have ideas about what it means to be a “real writer.” One idea is that a real writer creates perfect poems or stories straight from memory or imagination. Real writers spell perfectly, their grammar…
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April 2016 Amherst Writers & Artists Newsletter Opening April Image Credit: Maureen Buchanan Jones Dear AWA Friends, Writers frequently talk about experiencing writer’s block. In AWA workshops fewer writers find themselves at this creative version of a locked door, because the AWA Method allows us to range freely, to choose what most needs to be…
March 2016 Amherst Writers & Artists Newsletter Browsing the Store View Newsletters Online Image Credit: Maureen Buchanan Jones Dear AWA Friends, In response to writing prompts, our inner worlds are like an out-of-the-way shop filled with strange, inviting objects. But which item to choose? Which to explore? Which to invest in and claim as ours?…
Amherst Writers & Artist Press is pleased to announce the winners of the Fifth Annual Pat Schneider Poetry Contest 1st prize awarded to William Allen Miller of Montague, Massachusetts William Allen Miller will receive the $1,000 prize and his winning poem, David, will be published in Peregrine, a forum for national and international writers since…
Amherst Writers & Artists Press is pleased to announce the winners of the Fourth Annual Pat Schneider Poetry Contest Contest Chief Judge: Dr. Sue Walker, Stokes Distinguished Professor University of South Alabama & Poet Laureate of Alabama 2007-2012 1st Prize awarded to Rachelle Parker of Montclair, New Jersey Rachelle Parker will receive the $1,000 prize and…