Save the Date for WriteAngles 2025!

The leading literary conference in Western MA.
For writers, by writers.

We’re back in 2025 with another inspiring day of learning and connection. Mark your calendar for Saturday, October 18, 2025, as the WriteAngles Conference heads to Greenfield Community College!

Stay tuned for more details, including registration and program updates.

Notes from WriteAngles 2024

See comments, handouts, and photo galleries from the 2024 conference.

We are putting together comments about the conference, photo galleries, and a collection of requested handouts.

Keynote Speaker

Shanta Lee delivered an inspiring keynote at the 2024 conference.

A Few Words

About The Conference Organizer

The mission of Straw Dog Writers Guild is to support the writing community by strengthening, engaging, and connecting writers at all levels of development.

We are a non-profit volunteer organization dedicated to the craft and transformative power of writing, designed to serve writers throughout the region by promoting individual growth, community outreach and enrichment, and community building. [MORE]

What They Are Saying

Past conference attendees comment on the WriteAngles experience…

Joyful Connection

Thanks, in part, to WriteAngles, I can call myself a writer. After years of having stories to tell and, yes, at times telling those stories but never writing them, today I write. I’m working on my second book. To tell you the truth, I can’t stop writing. That’s a good problem to have, and I thank WriteAngles for illuminating this wonderful, joyful connection to my newfound art.

Steve Bernstein

Author, “Stories from the Stoop”

My Cup Runneth Over

Meeting with publicist Mary Bisbee-Beek at the last WriteAngles conference is the best thing that's happened in my recent writing life! I have two books coming out next year with three different publishers all because of her. She rocks! She got my first book reprinted with JackLeg Press, and suggested I submit my second to the Leapfrog Global Fiction Awards, where it just won publication in both the US and the UK! My cup runneth over.

D.K. McCutchen

Author, “Jellyfish Dreaming”

Practical Advice

I am happy to hear that the WriteAngles Conference will be back! The conferences that I attended gave me hope, inspiration, and practical advice. I benefited greatly from a session in 2019 called Paths to Publication, where panelists discussed the pros and cons of big publishers, indie presses, and hybrids... My wife, Priscilla, and I were referred to White River Press... We ended up with our book in print within a year and were delighted with the result.

Mohammad Yadegari

Author, “Always An Immigrant"

The Venue

Greenfield Community College
Greenfield, MA

Greenfield Community College
Greenfield, MA

Greenfield Community College is a public community college in Greenfield, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1962 and is one of Massachusetts’s 15 community colleges.

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Save the Date for WriteAngles 2025!

The leading literary conference in Western MA.
For writers, by writers.

Notes from WriteAngles 2024

See comments, handouts, and photo galleries from the 2024 conference.