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P.O. Box 1076, Amherst MA 01004

Phone: (413) 253-3307 Email: amherstwriters@gmail.com
AWA Method
Trainings and Certification
Outreach Programs
Affiliated Leaders
Book Catalog
  Peregrine  - a literary journal Pat Schneider's site Find an AWA Workshop Contact link

Welcome to Amherst Writers & Artists

Welcome
to our website. You will find information here about all of our programs as well as more information about Pat Schneider, our founder. If you can't find what you are looking for, please feel free to contact us at the address above

Mission Statement
The mission of Amherst Writers & Artists Press, through the use of its method, is to support established and emerging voices, to free the silenced voices and to respect the artist in all writers. To accomplish this mission, AWA will promote and serve writers and those who love literature through public readings, events, retreats, and workshops; provide specialized workshops with under-served and at-risk populations; publish books of poetry and prose by emerging and established writers; and train leaders in the Amherst Writers & Artists Workshop method as developed by Pat Schneider and described in her book Writing Alone and with Others, Oxford University Press and its companion DVD, Tell Me Something I Can’t Forget by Florentine Films.

Our History

Click here to read a detailed history of Amherst Writers & Artists from the founder, Pat Schneider.

Today
Amherst Writers & Artists is a non-profit corporation with four programs. We continue to support and lead Outreach writing groups for traditionally silenced populations, and we continue to operate Training programs on the east and west coasts of the U.S. We run a small Press, publishing fine books of poetry and fiction as well as the literary magazine Peregrine. Finally, our Affiliate network is an international community of experienced leaders of AWA method writing groups who are dedicated to the method and serve as our primary trainers of new leaders.

STAY IN TOUCH
If you have an e-mail address please let us know what it is. It is important that our database is as accurate and as up to date as possible. Please write to amherstwriters@gmail.com. Thanks!

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Funding provided in part by the Massachusetts Cultural Council