We are so grateful to the writing workshop leaders who are joining us to Write Around the World! To help us raise money, leaders are offering a marathon of writing groups from October 15 – 21. We asked these leaders what inspires their generosity and they told us: “I love AWA workshops because they allow…
Sixth Annual Pat Schneider Poetry Contest Results
Amherst Writers & Artists Press is pleased to announce the winners of the Sixth Annual Pat Schneider Poetry Contest 1st prize awarded to James K. Zimmerman of Pleasantville, NY James K. Zimmerman will receive the $1,000 prize and his winning poem, ”Wild Mushrooms,” will be published in Peregrine, a forum for national and international writers since…
AWA Newsletter: December in Our Hands
AWA Newsletter: Stellar November
November 2016 Amherst Writers & Artists Newsletter Stellar November Dear Friends of AWA, It’s easy to feel like we are lost in a crowd, one of many and indistinguishable from our billions of fellow human beings. But we are, each of us, quite unique. We are each glowing in our particular way. In this edition…
The Gift of Writing
This holiday season, we invite you to join us in supporting and furthering our mission to free silenced voices and to respect the artists in all writers. Please see a message from our Board of Directors below. To donate, please visit our donation page to give online or print the above form and mail your…
AWA Newsletter: Global October
October 2016 Amherst Writers & Artists Newsletter Global October Photo by Maureen Buchanan Jones Dear AWA Friends, We have well and truly Written Around the World!! AWA workshop leaders gathered writers through the weekend of October 22 & 23 from Mexico to Ireland to write and to raise scholarship funds for those who can’t afford the…
Write Around the World Fundraiser a Success!
We had a fantastic time writing all weekend, October 22nd & 23rd, for our Write Around the World fundraiser. Thank you to all the workshop leaders and writers who joined us! We’ll soon have writing from the weekend to share with you, as well as the big number of how much money was raised. For…
AWA Newsletter: September Switch
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…
Newsletter: Attentive August
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…
Newsletter: July Off-Road
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…