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...
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....
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...
Newsletter: Wandering Words
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...
Newsletter: Browsing the Store
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...
Pat Schneider Poetry Contest
Enter by July 1st for a chance to win the First Prize of $1000 & publication in Peregrine. Up to three poems, online submission, $18 entry fee. To offer your work, visit our Submittable page or check out the Guidelines for more details.
Newsletter: Opening April
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...
March 2016: Browsing the Store
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...
Fifth Annual Pat Schneider Poetry Contest Results
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,...
Fourth Annual Pat Schneider Poetry Contest Results
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...