Part of the Adirondack Center for Writing's mission is to unify the literary community that is spread throught this six-million-acre Park. Our online Adirondack Writers' Resource Guide and our membership structure are two ways we hope to acheive this goal. Another way we hope to serve as a resource is to bring writers with similar needs together. If you are a writer in search of a writing group, an author looking for an editor, or a new publisher that needs help getting the word out about your press, let us know, and we will post your request for you. Below are some notices, web sites, and annoucements. If you would like to be included on this page, just send us an email and we would be happy to post it.

Adirondack Guest Informer (AGI), a full color regional travel magazine, has chosen to increase its editorial content and expand its distribution area. Employing the time-honored Adirondack tradition of bartering, publisher Miroslav Ivkovic has invited authors of books about the Adirondacks to supply articles of regional interest in exchange for an affordable opportunity to showcase their books in the magazine. More info. AGI Website

Willows Bistro, 3740 Main Street, Warrensburg, hosts monthly readings. To participate in the "Second Thurdsay Readings at Willows Bistro" held during special hours, 7 - 9 p.m., please sign up in advance by contacting proprietor Debbie Swan (debbie.swan@willowsbistro.com or 518-504-4344.) Better yet, stop in and see her, and enjoy the bistro's wonderful art exhibits and ambiance. Readings are limited to ten minutes so that several may participate. See www.willowsbistro.com for hours of business.

*Seeking a colleague to exchange novels and/or short stories to do construtive criticism of each other's work to prepare for publication. Trade services, not money. Interested only in "literary" fiction. Editorial exchange also possible. Contact Allen Fitz-Gerald at 518-946-7368 or fitzge@frontiernet.net if interested.

*Support Group for Mystery Writers. The UNUSUAL SUSPECTS, mystery writers' support group meets at the Saratoga Springs Public Library on Henry Street once a month on Thursdays, summer and winter hours vary. This group offers positive critique to published or as-yet-to-be-published authors in the mystery genre. For information call Marilyn Rothstein at 518-583-9571 or write to THE UNUSUAL SUSPECTS, 40 Second Street, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866. The next two meetings are scheduled for May 30 and June 20, 7-9pm.

*"Fearless Books" seeks poetry submissions for "THE LIGHT IN ORDINARY THINGS," the first volume of the new, biannual Fearless Poetry Series. Submissions are being accepted now through May 30 for this thematic anthology, which will be made available to the public in July via the Fearless Books website and Amazon.com. Poets may submit 1-3 poems and/or prose poems about any ordinary thing, place, event, or living being looked at in a new light. The subject matter should be common, but the insights extraordinary. Complete submission guidelines are online now at www.fearlessbooks.com/Poetry.html

Fearless Books, founded in 1997, is an independent publisher with a long record of public service to the literary arts. Our online Publishing Guide provides a concise, comprehensive overview of current routes to publication, and ranks first in Google searches for the query "how to get published." For over 10 years we have provided free listings to independent and antiquarian bookstores worldwide via the "Fearless Independents" and "Fearless Antiquarians" pages. The site also features numerous free feature articles by Fearless founder D. Patrick Miller and others. See all these offerings and more at www.fearlessbooks.com