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2014 Writing Contest Focuses on Links Between Personal & Planetary

Hilda Banks Shapiro reading her winning essay at The Mount, 2013 This year’s Berkshire Festival of Women Writers’ writing contest, curated by Michelle Gillett and Nina Ryan, will feature personal...

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The Berkshire Festival of Women Writers Strengthens the Voices of Women and...

Did you know that a serious gender gap still persists in the U.S. media and literary landscape?   According to the 2013 VIDA Count, along with the 2014 Status of Women in the Media Report produced by...

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New Publishing Opportunity for Berkshire Women Writers

The Berkshire Festival of Women Writers is proud to announce a new partnership with The Berkshire Edge, the online newspaper published by Marcie Setlow and David Scribner.  The Edge will publish Edge...

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Festival Day 23: Poetry Compote, Gala Essay Contest Reading, Talk to Her

We don’t have photos yet from the Poetry Compote (if you were there and took some, please send them our way!), but host Lisken Van Pelt Dus reported that the event was well-attended and very...

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Festival Day 24: Finding Your Voice, The Prose Poem and Small Stories in...

All three Sunday Festival events went off beautifully.  A small group of teens gathered at the Otis Public Library under the guidance of Berkshire Magazine editor Anastasia Stanmeyer, who led them...

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Festival Day 25: K.A. Laity on How to Keep Writing with a Fulltime Job

Professional multi-tasking professor/writer/media sorcerer Kate Laity made it seem quite simple in her Festival presentation this evening: just make writing part of your routine, put the time in your...

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Festival Day 26: Passover break

Leigh Strimbeck leads a talk-back with her actors and choreographer On this day we rested and reflected over some of the many thought-provoking moments in the Festival!

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Festival Day 27: Wind & Rain, The Female Rebel and Speak Out and Speak Up!

Three outstanding programs took place this evening!  Here are some photos; more description coming soon. At the Lichtenstein Center in Pittsfield, Rosemary Starace and JoAnne Spies led an Elemental...

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Festival Day 28: What’s Your Story?

Lara Tupper   The final session in the four-part Festival series at Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health featured author and writing teacher Lara Tupper.  Festival rep Lorrin Krouss spoke glowingly of...

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Festival Day 29: Good Friday

On this day we rested and prepared for the final day of the Festival! Cheryl Luft at "Trust"

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Festival Day 30: Writing for Personal Evolution and Solo: Women’s Travel...

The final day of the 2013 Festival featured two events, held back to back at the South Berkshire Friends Meeting House in Great Barrington. Author and writing instructor Dara Lurie presented an...

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2013 Essay Contest Winners and their Prize-winning Essays!

A large crowd gathered in Edith Wharton’s elegant living room at The Mount on March 23 to hear the four winners of the 2013 BFWW Essay Contest read their essays on “Masculinity.” Second prize winner...

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It Takes a Village to Raise a Successful Festival

The Berkshire Record published this column by Festival Director Jennifer Browdy de Hernandez in the April 6, 2013 issue: Festival organizers Jennifer Browdy de Hernandez and Judith Nardacci It takes...

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Festival party a big hit!

Hosts, presenters, organizers and Festival friends met at the Y-Bar in Pittsfield to mingle and raise a toast to the close of an extraordinarily successful 2013 Festival season. Approximately 2,000...

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It’s Time to Lean in with the Berkshire Festival of Women Writers!

Presenters at the In Words Out Words In Women's Own Words 2013 Festival event at the Deb Koffman Gallery Were you inspired and energized by the Festival events you attended last month?  Are you looking...

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Spring greetings from the Berkshire Festival of Women Writers!

New Monthly Berkshire Women Writers Lean In Meeting a Great Success! The cold days of March may seem like a distant memory, but the seeds of community we planted in our 2013 Festival are continuing to...

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Update on the New Women Writers Lean In Group

A dozen women writers gathered at the Berkshire Museum on April 28 for the first meeting of the monthly Berkshire Women Writers Lean In Group.  Hosted by Lesley Ann Beck, Director of Communications at...

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BFWW Presents Nikki Giovanni this June

Acclaimed poet Nikki Giovanni will present a special workshop for women writers on June 27 at 2 p.m., sponsored by the Berkshire Festival of Women Writers, in partnership with the Lift Ev’ry Voice...

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Writing from the Heart–Sept. 12 at The Mount

What would you write if you could really open up and express what’s in your heart? The Berkshire Festival of Women Writers asked several talented women writers to share short pieces to move and...

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Berkshire Women Writers Lean-In Gatherings Resume September 22

Maria Sirois, Jennifer Browdy de Hernandez and Lydia Littlefield lean in at the September 12 “Writing from the Heart” event at The Mount. If you’re a woman writer, you are cordially invited to join the...

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More than 70 Proposals Received for 2014 Festival!

As the fall colors come on strong, the 2014 Festival is beginning to take shape.  Our hardy volunteer organizing committee is going through more than 70 proposals for events, working to curate a...

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Read, Write, Lean In, Learn and Get Involved with the Berkshire Festival of...

This fall, the Berkshire Festival of Women Writers invites you to: READ…. Women’s book clubs in the region are invited to read our 2014 Festival Book Club pick, The Celestials, and come to a special...

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Festival Gala Closing Party ~ Monday March 31, 2014

Jae’s Asian Bistro, 55 Pittsfield Road, Lenox, 5 – 7 p.m. Join the organizers, presenters and supporters of the 2014 Berkshire Festival of Women Writers for a lively closing reception celebrating...

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Special Event: ENUF! ~ Sunday March 30, 2014

Performance produced by R.O.P.E. World, developed by playwright/director Yvette “Jamuna” Sirker, MFA, and Nakeida Bethel-Smith Daniel Arts Center, Bard College at Simon’s Rock, 84 Alford Road, Great...

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Motherhood Out Loud: Matinee and Gala Performance ~ Saturday March 29, 2014

Performance presented in collaboration with WAM Theatre, produced by Jayne Atkinson and Susan Rose, starring Jane Kaczmarek, Michel Gill and local guest artists The Unicorn Theater, 6 East St,...

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Special Event: 2014 BFWW Essay Contest Reading and Prize Ceremony ~ Saturday...

Hosted by Michelle Gillett and Nina Ryan with Jennifer Sahn, Barbara Zheutlin, Alice Maggio and Amy Dryansky. Centennial Hall, Miss Hall’s School, 492 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, 2 p.m. This year’s...

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January Writing Workshops for Women Writers!

The Berkshire Festival of Women Writers announces something new for 2014!  Three 6-hour writing workshops for women will be offered during the week of January 13 at Bard College at Simon’s Rock in...

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Rural Intelligence spotlights the 2014 Festival

Great article about the Festival and the new Writing Workshops for Women from Rural Intelligence!  Check it out!

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News and updates from the Festival

  2014 Festival Sneak Peek: Motherhood Out Loud Jayne Atkinson, Susan R. Rose and Kristen van Ginhoven will be bringing us three special performances of Motherhood Out Loud, conceived by Susan R. Rose...

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New! Discount card for Festival newsletter subscribers

The Berkshire Festival of Women Writers is glad to announce a new partnership with the Whitney Center for the Arts in Pittsfield.  Subscribers to our Festival e-newsletter will receive a 10% discount...

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More Workshops from the Berkshire Festival of Women Writers!

JUNE WRITING WORKSHOPS FOR WOMEN Mark your calendars for June 8 – 13, when we’ll be offering another week of fabulous Writing Workshops for Women, this time at Edith Wharton’s home, The Mount in Lenox....

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Berkshire Festival of Women Writers 2014 Events

Click to download the 2014 program Drum roll please for the Fourth Annual Berkshire Festival of Women Writers, celebrated county-wide in the month of March 2014, Women’s History Month. All Festival...

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Mark Your Calendars for the 2014 Berkshire Festival of Women Writers!

After months of organizing, the 58 events of the 2014 Festival are now up on the website and ready to view! The printed Program is also available at locations throughout the Berkshires and...

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2014 Festival press

Gloria Steinem Jennifer Browdy de Hernandez, Carmen-Maria Mandley and Gwendolyn Hampton VanSant were guests on WAMC’s The Roundtable with Joe Donohue on March 7, 2014. Kate Abbott, editor of Berkshires...

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This Week: Writing from the Heart, the Valentine’s Day Edition!

PLEASE NOTE the due to snow storm THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED ONE WEEK to February 20! Kate Abbott, Editor of Berkshires Week, wrote a beautiful article about this event, including interviews with...

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Submissions Now Welcome for 2015 Film Award

  Women Filmmakers! Spirited * Fabulous * Lion-hearted * Go-Getters You Are All These Things … And More Submit to the Gutsy Gals Inspire Me® Film Award!  The Berkshire Festival of Women Writers will be...

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Propose an Event for the 2015 Festival!

Submissions for the 2015 Berkshire Festival of Women Writers are now open!  It’s time to sharpen your pencils and think ahead to next March, when the Berkshire Festival of Women Writers will be...

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Celebratory Reception, just for Workshop Participants

Friday, June 13, 5-6 p.m. 

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Comedy = Tragedy + Time, A Humorous Talk by Alison Larkin

Sunday, June 8, 2 p.m. Tickets: $20 in advance, $25 at the door; benefits the Berkshire Festival of Women Writers and The Mount.  Click here to register.   Alison Larkin, comedienne and bestselling...

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Writing Workshops for Women ~ June 8–13

JUNE WRITING WORKSHOPS FOR WOMEN from the BFWW Mark your calendars for June 8 – 13, when we’ll be offering another week of fabulous Writing Workshops for Women, this time at Edith Wharton’s home, The...

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Mother’s Day Celebration in Words and Music on May 17

Join us on May 17, 4 p.m. at the Sandisfield Arts Center for a very special celebration of the daughter-mother relation.  Nine daughters will read short pieces they wrote in response to the theme...

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A BFWW Benefit Event – Me and Thee and We: The Pronouns of Relationships

A Salon of Song and Satire to Benefit The Berkshire Festival of Women Writers  “Thee and Me and We: The Pronouns of Relationships”  Written and Performed by Sally-Jane Heit with Concert Pianist, Uel...

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Writing Fire: An Anthology Celebrating the Power of Women’s Words

$ Price TBA Jaina Laiz, Jennifer Browdy, Sahra Bateson Brubeck, eds. Publisher: Green Fire Press Publication Year: 2015 Green Fire Press | Amazon | Barnes & Noble     Description A powerful...

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Winners of the Gutsy Gals Inspire Me Film Awards Announced

  Gutsy Gals Inspire Me!®   is proud to announce the winners of the 2014 GUTSY GAL FILM AWARD To be presented at The Berkshire Festival  of Women Writers March 21, 2014 GRAND PRIZE WINNER Cathryn...

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Much to Be Thankful For at the Berkshire Festival of Women Writers

Festival presenters and supporters Jayne Atkinson, Anni Crofut Maliki and Amber Chand raise a toast to the Festival at a recent fundraising event.  Photo by Peggy Reeves. We’ve been hard at work this...

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Festival Founder Featured on the Cover of the December Artful Mind Magazine

  If you’re in the Berkshires, pick up a copy of the December issue of The Artful Mind to learn more about Festival Director Jennifer Browdy–how she got the idea for the Berkshire Festival of Women...

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Upcoming Events

Even before the March Festival begins, there’s a lot going on at the Berkshire Festival of Women Writers this winter! January 31 and February 1, Writing Warrior Intensive with Winter Miller,...

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Warm up for the March Festival–In February!

We know you can’t wait for March to arrive–so we’ve got some events planned this month to whet your appetite for all the riches awaiting us in Festival season. Suzi Banks Baum On Feb. 22 from 2 – 4...

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Sneak Peek of the Week: Co-founders of Hobart Book Village Festival of Women...

We know you’ll be as delighted as we are to welcome the talented sisters Breena Clarke and Cheryl Clarke, co-founders of the Hobart Book Village Festival of Women Writers, to the Berkshire Festival of...

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6th Annual Berkshire Festival of Women Writers!

We are thrilled to announce the schedule for the 6th Annual Berkshire Festival of Women Writers March 12 – 20, 2016! Sheila Weller, Jessica Hazelton, Jana Laiz, Marilyn Oser, Carol Ascher, Alison...

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