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Writers Unite!
April 29, 2025 @ 5:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Writer’s Unite Event
Organizations participating:
New Dawn Arts Center, New Dawn’s Writer’s Group, Quabbin Quills?, Straw Dogs, The Openest Mic, Worcester County Poetry Association, Worcester Writers’ Collective and more!
Below is the tentative schedule for event: (Which will be upstairs.)
5:30 pm – 6 pm Exhibition open for public viewing, mingling & networking
6 – 6:15 – Have guests take their seats
6:15 – 7:20 – Intro and welcome from Melissa Dorval, Simon Hunt
7:20-7:30 – Panel discussion With Melissa Dorval, Simon Hunt, and Chris O’Carroll, moderated by Abigail Abbott
7:30 – 7:45 – Break & regroup: break out sessions- mini groups to discuss anything writing related- April being poetry month, writing groups, publishing, the ever-changing landscape re: reading/writing- whatever people are interested in
7:45 – 8:30 – Writer’s round robin where each person who wants to share their work/chapbook etc can have a turn. We will have a sign up sheet for the order of people speaking/presenting. Someone will be keeping time. Each reader can decide how to spend their allotted time whether it be performing, talking about their published work, etc.
8:30 – 9 – Socializing & Wrap Up
Throughout: Complimentary Hors d’oeuvres/water served & meals, beer & wine for sale at the performance hall bar.