Hello, Fellow Writers!
Below is a sampling of some of the writers groups and free events taking place in the area that you may wish to attend. Drop us a line if you know of others we can include, or any errata. whitesborowriters@gmail.com
Check back periodically because we update these posts as we become aware of other events.
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October 1-8: No events found. A good time to WRITE!
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Monday, October 9, 6:30 PM
Canastota Public Library Writers MONDAY Group
--meets the second and fourth Monday at 6:30 PM in the Canastota library. Facilitated by Beth Totten.
-----------------------------------------------------meets the second and fourth Monday at 6:30 PM in the Canastota library. Facilitated by Beth Totten.
Tuesday, October 10, 3-5 PM
CANASTOTA TUESDAY WRITERS GROUP -
meetings are held in the Canastota Library every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month.
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Thursday, October 12, 1- 3 PM
PLOTTERS INK FICTION WRITING GROUP
-- We PUBLISH your ORIGINAL FICTION!*
-- We PUBLISH your ORIGINAL FICTION!*
Monthly meeting downstairs in the Dunham Public Library Board Room.
For 2017, each writer may select the same or new GENRE each month. Please identify what that genre is - it may not be obvious to anyone but you. Here are your choices:
For 2017, each writer may select the same or new GENRE each month. Please identify what that genre is - it may not be obvious to anyone but you. Here are your choices:
Biographical/Historical… Dystopia… Ethnic… Horror… Humor… Mystery… Science Fiction…Travel…Urban Myth… Western…Young Adult…or Writer’s Choice: (i.e., anything not on the list as long as it’s fiction). Group facilitated by CJ Alexander.
Please bring copies so we can read along with you as you share your story.
For details, see: http://whitesboronywriters.blogspot.com/2017/03/april-2017-plotters-ink-assignment.html
And please visit our online blog-azine: PLOTTERS INK
* Publication is NOT mandatory- submit your piece for publication, if desired. You may submit stories even if you do not attend meetings. Send submissions to whitesborowriters@gmail.com
* Publication is NOT mandatory- submit your piece for publication, if desired. You may submit stories even if you do not attend meetings. Send submissions to whitesborowriters@gmail.com
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Saturday, October 14, 10:30 AM
* WE PUBLISH your original poems if desired. You may submit stories even if you do not attend meetings. Send submissions to whitesborowriters@gmail.com
Saturday, October 14, 10:30 AM
FRIENDS OF POETRY PLUS*
This is a light-hearted group of all ages who love to share each other’s work. See some of our poems on http://whitesboropoetrywriters.blogspot.com/ * Facilitated by Lorraine Kreimeyer. Call 315-736-9734 for information.
* WE PUBLISH your original poems if desired. You may submit stories even if you do not attend meetings. Send submissions to whitesborowriters@gmail.com
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Saturday, October 14 ; 2:00 to 4:00 pm
FILM and DISCUSSION - Today’s film will be the 1942 film I Married a Witch, starring Frederic March, Veronica Lake, and Robert Benchley. A beautiful 17th-century witch returns to life to plague politician Wallace Wooley, descendant of her persecutor. This film runs 1 hour and 17 minutes and is not rated.
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Monday, October 23, 6:00-8 pm
Monday, October 23, 6:00-8 pm
MONDAY WRITERS GROUP (Whitesboro)
-- WE PUBLISH YOUR ORIGINAL PROSE!*
-- WE PUBLISH YOUR ORIGINAL PROSE!*
The Monday Writers Group – held in the Boardroom of the Whitesboro Dunham Public Library - is a group of amateur writers of all ages and skill levels. Writing assignments should be prose, either fiction or non-fiction, approximately 400 words or the side of one page. The writing prompts for this month are either CRAVINGS or DEAD END.
This event is open to adults. For more information, call 736-9734.
* Publication is NOT mandatory- submit your piece for publication, if desired. You may submit stories even if you do not attend meetings. Send submissions to whitesborowriters@gmail.com.
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Monday, October 23, 6:30 PM
Monday, October 23, 6:30 PM
Canastota Public Library Writers MONDAY Group
--meets the second and fourth Monday at 6:30 PM in the Canastota library. Facilitated by Beth Totten.
--meets the second and fourth Monday at 6:30 PM in the Canastota library. Facilitated by Beth Totten.
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Monday October 23, 6:00-8 pm
BRIDGEPORT WRITERS GROUP (note same day/time as Whitesboro Group)
The Bridgeport Writer's Group meets the last Monday of each month at 6:30 at the Bridgeport Library on North Road in Bridgeport.
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Tuesday, October 24, 3-5 PM ----------------------------------------------------
CANASTOTA TUESDAY WRITERS GROUP - meetings are held in the Canastota Library every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month.
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Tuesday, October 24, 6 PM
Tuesday, October 24, 6 PM
ROME WRITERS GROUP - meetings are held in the Rome (Jervis) Library the lst Tuesday of the month. For more details, please call the library at (315) 336-4570.
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Wednesday, October 25; 6:00 pm-8:45 pm
UTICA WRITERS CLUB
Utica Writers Club monthly meeting at 6 PM in the Kirkland Library, Clinton, NY.
Meetings are conducted in "round table" style, in which member and visitor readings are presented to the group for constructive comments. All varieties of writing, regardless of genre, are discussed and encouraged by the Club.
President Monica Reid will facilitate the group.
President Monica Reid will facilitate the group.
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The Remsen Writers’ Group meets at the Didymus Thomas Library. Group members participate in area open mics, hold an annual evening of member’s readings, and publish short works monthly in the Rural Star. Any one interested in writing, young or old, is welcome to attend; however, the library is not handicap accessible. Facilitating the group for five years is Sheila K. Harris, who can be reached at tellingtimes@roadrunner.com for more information.
Please bring some work to share and your writing assignment to write something based on the random strips you received last time.
Note- there will be no meetings in October. The group will resume afternoon meetings in November.
Note- there will be no meetings in October. The group will resume afternoon meetings in November.
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