https://hvwg.org/ Supporting a Vibrant Literary Community Mon, 06 Mar 2023 17:06:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 https://hvwg.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/cropped-HVWG-icon-1-32x32.png https://hvwg.org/ 32 32 https://hvwg.org/2023/03/call-for-submissions-pride-month-mural-poems/ https://hvwg.org/2023/03/call-for-submissions-pride-month-mural-poems/#respond Mon, 06 Mar 2023 16:50:38 +0000 https://hvwg.org/?p=53633 The Troy Architectural Program, Inc. (TAP, Inc.) and Café Euphoria request poetry submissions for use as a mural during the month of June.]]> https://hvwg.org/2023/03/call-for-submissions-pride-month-mural-poems/feed/ 0 https://hvwg.org/2023/03/spencertown-academy-young-writers-contest-3/ https://hvwg.org/2023/03/spencertown-academy-young-writers-contest-3/#respond Mon, 06 Mar 2023 16:18:11 +0000 https://hvwg.org/?p=53620 Spencertown Academy Arts Center announces its eighth annual Young Writers’ Contest in conjunction with the Academy’s Festival of Books.]]> https://hvwg.org/2023/03/spencertown-academy-young-writers-contest-3/feed/ 0 https://hvwg.org/2023/03/spring-into-your-new-manuscript/ https://hvwg.org/2023/03/spring-into-your-new-manuscript/#respond Mon, 06 Mar 2023 15:41:56 +0000 https://hvwg.org/?p=53618 Join Joan Houlihan and Stephen Motika as they work with you on your full-length or chapbook-length manuscript-in-process. ]]> https://hvwg.org/2023/03/spring-into-your-new-manuscript/feed/ 0 https://hvwg.org/2023/03/three-poems-kate-schmieding/ https://hvwg.org/2023/03/three-poems-kate-schmieding/#respond Mon, 06 Mar 2023 15:34:35 +0000 https://hvwg.org/?p=53615 Three poems - "coffee," "snow day," and "satisfaction" - from local poet and creative director Kate Schmieding.]]> https://hvwg.org/2023/03/three-poems-kate-schmieding/feed/ 0 https://hvwg.org/2023/03/far-from-new-york-state-by-matthew-johnson/ Thu, 02 Mar 2023 16:57:14 +0000 https://hvwg.org/?p=53637 Matthew Johnson's new book of poems, "Far from New York State," is now available from New York Quarterly Press.  ]]> https://hvwg.org/2023/03/talking-family-life-experience-and-sylvia-plath-with-cheryl-a-rice/ Wed, 01 Mar 2023 16:22:15 +0000 https://hvwg.org/?p=53624 Thom Francis discusses "Coins," how family plays a role in writing, how life experiences shape art, and more with Cheryl A. RIce. ]]> https://hvwg.org/2023/02/call-for-submissions-gulf-coast-prize/ Mon, 27 Feb 2023 16:52:59 +0000 https://hvwg.org/?p=53595 Entries for Gulf Coast Prizes in Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry are now open. The contest awards $1,500 and publication in Gulf Coast to the winner in each genre. [Deadline: April 16, 2023]]]> https://hvwg.org/2023/02/how-many-books-are-too-many/ https://hvwg.org/2023/02/how-many-books-are-too-many/#comments Mon, 27 Feb 2023 16:45:20 +0000 https://hvwg.org/?p=53592 Don Levy loves books and he really enjoys going to book sales to stock his shelves. In this edition of "The Next Chapter," he asks, how much is too much?]]> https://hvwg.org/2023/02/how-many-books-are-too-many/feed/ 3 https://hvwg.org/2023/02/iranian-american-journalist-masih-alinejad-author-of-the-wind-in-my-hair-at-russell-sage-college/ Mon, 27 Feb 2023 16:12:06 +0000 https://hvwg.org/?p=53584 Iranian-American journalist and women’s rights activist Masih Alinejad will discuss the women-led pro-democracy movement in Iran.]]> https://hvwg.org/2023/02/three-poems-arthur-russell/ https://hvwg.org/2023/02/three-poems-arthur-russell/#comments Mon, 27 Feb 2023 15:18:04 +0000 https://hvwg.org/?p=53564 Three poems - "The Flat Rock’s First Skip on Sleep’s Lake," "College," and "Julie Hirsch" - by New Jersey poet and editor Arthur Russell.]]> https://hvwg.org/2023/02/three-poems-arthur-russell/feed/ 1