Category: Events

-Writerly Event: Submit or Submerge

Submit or Submerge? Three Editors Speak on the current status of submission letters in today's publication world. Rodger Martin, co-editor of The Granite State Poetry Series; Kate McIntyre, Managing Editor for The Worcester Review (also for The Missouri Review), and novelist/journalist Eric Poor. The program will be on Tuesday evening, 7 pm, May 28th at … Continue reading -Writerly Event: Submit or Submerge

-Local event: Peterborough Book Fair

Monadnock Writers' Group will have a table at the Peterborough Book Fair - May 12, 2019 at the Peterborough NH Community Center - 25 Elm Street from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Antiquarian booksellers. Used & rare books. Local authors with new books. Preview of new book "Iron Roads of the Monadnock Region, 1843-2017." Special … Continue reading -Local event: Peterborough Book Fair

-Contest: Peterborough Poetry Project for Students

Poetry Contest starts now. Open to students at Conval High School, Peterborough Elementary School (PES), South Meadow School (SMS), The Well School, and Mountain Shadows School. To enter, see peterboroughpoetryproject.org/contests for simple rules & entry form. First 100 entrants will get a free book or bookmark at the Peterborough Book Fair on May 12th. Entries … Continue reading -Contest: Peterborough Poetry Project for Students

-Writerly Event: Poetry Benefit for the Walter Butts Poet Laureate Fund

AWP’s 2005 Donald Hall Prize-Winning Poet John Hodgen: at The Common Man Restaurant, Concord, N.H. Tuesday, April 16, 2019, 7:30 p.m. Complimentary music by N.H. poet/musician Bob Moore Benefit for the Poetry Society of New Hampshire’s Walter Butts Poet Laureate Fund, (a 501 (c)3 charitable organization) $25 suggested donation (all goes toward the endowment) Reserve … Continue reading -Writerly Event: Poetry Benefit for the Walter Butts Poet Laureate Fund

-Celebrate Mud Season with Local Authors – Mud Chronicles Reading

The Monadnock Writers’ Group is pleased to announce an hour of readings from their new publication: The Mud Chronicles: A New England Anthology. Come to the lower level of the Peterborough Town Library on Friday, April 5th from 5:30 to 6:30 to hear poetry, short stories, and memories of all things related to New Hampshire’s … Continue reading -Celebrate Mud Season with Local Authors – Mud Chronicles Reading

-Member Event: Moandnock Pastoral Poetry Retreat 2019

THE FIFTEENTH ANNUAL (2019) MONADNOCK PASTORAL POETRY RETREAT *Registration deadline March 22! At the Barbara C. Harris Center, Greenfield, New Hampshire April 26-April 28, 2019 The Monadnock Pastoral School of Poetry & Writing http://www.monadnockpastoralpoets.org MONADNOCK PASTORAL POETRY RETREAT XV TENTATIVE SCHEDULE Friday Evening (April 26): Wine and cheese reception 7 p.m. American renga ceremony 7:30 … Continue reading -Member Event: Moandnock Pastoral Poetry Retreat 2019

-Member Event: Writes of Spring 2019

Writes of Spring 2019 POETRY at Del Rossi’s with host Rodger Martin Sunday, March 10, 2:30 p.m., social/sign-up, 3:00 p.m., Open Reading Feature: Patrick Donnelly (Little-Known Operas, Four Way Books, 2019) new book celebration Feature: Susan Roney-O’Brien (Bone Circle, Kelsay Books, 2018)…) new book celebration Donations Sunday, March 24, 2:30 p.m., social, 3:00 p.m. Open … Continue reading -Member Event: Writes of Spring 2019

-Three Minute Fiction Slam

When we sent out the Quill, the date for the New Hampshire finals of the Three-Minute Fiction had not yet been announced nor had some of the other preliminary locations. Now you can see the full schedule at https://www.nhwritersproject.org/three-minute-fiction-slam/. You are free to enter the competitions at any of the preliminary sites. As noted in … Continue reading -Three Minute Fiction Slam