Interesting in pursuing other writing opportunities?
Here are some of our favorites.
Workshops, Events, and Groups
A Gallery of Readers
A literary association organized to stimulate interest in, and access to, literature written by emerging creative writers. The association conducts educational workshops for writers, develops and promotes opportunities to enlarge the audience for their art; and to ensure access to such opportunities inclusively without restrictions based on gender, orientation, age, education, or income levels; and to perform any other acts necessary to achieving these goals.
Amherst Writers & Artists
This non-profit, international arts organization runs writing workshops dedicated to the principle that everyone can use words to create art.
National Novel Writing Month
National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is a fun, seat-of-your-pants approach to creative writing. On November 1, participants begin working towards the goal of writing a 50,000-word novel by 11:59 PM on November 30. Valuing enthusiasm, determination, and a deadline, NaNoWriMo is for anyone who has ever thought fleetingly about writing a novel.
Patchwork Farms Retreats
Patricia Lee Lewis runs creative writing and yoga workshops and retreats at mountainside Patchwork Farm in western Massachusetts and at sacred sites around the world, for writers at all levels of skill and experience.
Straw Dog Writers Guild
A literary hub for the writers, readers, and literature-lovers of our community.
A literary association organized to stimulate interest in, and access to, literature written by emerging creative writers. The association conducts educational workshops for writers, develops and promotes opportunities to enlarge the audience for their art; and to ensure access to such opportunities inclusively without restrictions based on gender, orientation, age, education, or income levels; and to perform any other acts necessary to achieving these goals.
Amherst Writers & Artists
This non-profit, international arts organization runs writing workshops dedicated to the principle that everyone can use words to create art.
National Novel Writing Month
National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is a fun, seat-of-your-pants approach to creative writing. On November 1, participants begin working towards the goal of writing a 50,000-word novel by 11:59 PM on November 30. Valuing enthusiasm, determination, and a deadline, NaNoWriMo is for anyone who has ever thought fleetingly about writing a novel.
Patchwork Farms Retreats
Patricia Lee Lewis runs creative writing and yoga workshops and retreats at mountainside Patchwork Farm in western Massachusetts and at sacred sites around the world, for writers at all levels of skill and experience.
Straw Dog Writers Guild
A literary hub for the writers, readers, and literature-lovers of our community.
Opportunities to Submit: Contests and Publications
Edith Wharton Writing Competition
A competition for high school writers of fiction and poetry.
Odyssey Bookshop Spring Writing Contest
A prompt-based writing competition for writers grades 1-5.
Scholastic Art & Writing Awards
State-wide contest (one section of a broader into a national contest) for high school artists and writers.
Young Voices Foundation
An organization with periodic contests for young writers in elementary and high school.
Young Author's Writing Competition
An anual competition for high school writers of fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, and the mysterious "uncategorized" category.
A competition for high school writers of fiction and poetry.
Odyssey Bookshop Spring Writing Contest
A prompt-based writing competition for writers grades 1-5.
Scholastic Art & Writing Awards
State-wide contest (one section of a broader into a national contest) for high school artists and writers.
Young Voices Foundation
An organization with periodic contests for young writers in elementary and high school.
Young Author's Writing Competition
An anual competition for high school writers of fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, and the mysterious "uncategorized" category.