by Kate Frank | Apr 25, 2017 | Affiliate News
Green Windows was born after Peggy Simmons went to see Pat Schneider and the movie Tell Me Something I Can’t Forget at the Pacific School of Religion in 2007. Peggy had been writing in groups using the Amherst Writers & Artists (AWA) method for a few years, and...
by Kate Frank | Apr 18, 2017 | Affiliate News
“Since I started leading workshops in 2005, it has been endlessly satisfying to help hundreds of adults discover the writer within themselves,” says AWA Affiliate Marian Calabro. Marian’s workshops take place in her native New Jersey, mainly at the Adult School of...
by Kate Frank | Mar 29, 2017 | Affiliate News
Market Street Writers, led by AWA Affiliate Lisa Colburn, offers AWA Method workshops and retreats in Virginia and Maryland. Lisa is a leader of Amherst Writers Capital Region, an organization of AWA leaders concentrated in the Washington DC area. She seems to be a...
by Kate Frank | Mar 29, 2017 | Affiliate News
Born and raised in the mountains of West Central Maine, AWA Affiliate Suzanne Rancourt’s story is unique. Her rural, woodland upbringing offered her the experiential framework that is now the paradigm from which she draws endless resources. Whether working with...
by Kate Frank | Feb 28, 2017 | Affiliate News
Aaron Zimmerman founded NY Writers Coalition Inc. (NYWC) a remarkable 15 years ago after attending the AWA training program in 2001. Today, NYWC is one of the largest community-based creative writing programs in the world. They partner with public and private...
by Kate Frank | Feb 28, 2017 | Affiliate News
Jen Cross shares with us her path to writing with sexual trauma survivors and founding Writing Ourselves Whole. She also offers an announcement of some exciting publication news. In her own words: Writing saved my life. Isn’t that true for so many of us? If I hadn’t...
