The Gift of Writing

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...
Madge O’Callaghan Wins Radio Award

Madge O’Callaghan Wins Radio Award

AWA Affiliate Madge O’Callaghan’s documentary, My Uncle Jack, has won a Gold Medal at the New York Festivals World Radio Awards. On June 20 2016, Madge accepted the award at the prestigious New York Festivals World’s Best Radio Programs Ceremony. In Madge’s own words:...
VoiceFlame Brings AWA to Malawi

VoiceFlame Brings AWA to Malawi

VoiceFlame, a non-profit organization established by Mary Tuchscherer, teaches literacy development in girls and women in Malawi as a way to empower women and eliminate discrimination. From July 24 — August 19, 2016, Mary traveled again to Malawi for cross-country and...
AWA Newsletter: Global October

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...
Write Around the World Fundraiser a Success!

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...