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OPEN MIC EVENING is Thursday, November 13, 2025 7:00 p.m. FREE ZOOM EVENT - Open to All!
Listen to 6-10 Readers present to the group. Some share recently published or works in progress.
If you are interested in being on the list to read at this event, please reach out to gailinvermont@outlook.com to sign up.
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Link to our Newsletters: The League Lines
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Recap of past events:
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November 1, 2025 Saturday, LVW presented its Fall Event "Fall Into Flash!" Online in Zoom.
Grant Faulkner, writer, teacher, producer, podcaster, and author of The Art of Brevity shared his expertise on the art of writing and publishing short prose.
All writers––regardless of preferred genre or word count––will benefit from Grant’s extensive knowledge on both the creative and the business side of writing short.
October 23 2025, LVW Book Group Met
The group read NEVER SAY YOU CAN'T SURVIVE by Charlie Jane Anders. The group was a livelyone and many gread writing ideas were discussed.
September 25th, 2025, LVW held Open Mic
Eight writers read portions of their work. Louella Bryant, Author of Willie, Rum Running Queen was our Featured Reader.
August 29th, 2025- Book Group 7:00-8:30 p.m.
Shawn Anderson is currently the host of the LVW BOOK GROUP. It meets in even months of the year. The group discussed 1000 Words by Jami Attenberg. They tried something a little different this time around. The first hour was an organized discussion about the book with prompts and then the back half hour they chatted and dove into a more specific topic on our current works in progress and/or publishing adventures—a little check in and accountability session.
August 23, 2025, LVW Summer Event "Into the Words."
We had a grand time at the Grange Hall in Milton, Vermont. The day was split into sections. After a light breakfast nosh, president Alyssa Berthiaume welcomed attendees and laid out the plan for the day. There were two workshop sections, followed by lunch and another workshop time. Then folks split into genre groups and discussed their favorites. Workshops were led by members of the League of Vermont Writers.
We brown-bagged the lunch part and got into some very lively genre discussions. There was a “getting to know you” Bingo ice-breaker with prizes. It was a beautiful day weather-wise and a great day for sharing ideas and learning some new tricks of the trade. Many members set up tables to show off and sell their publications.
July 10, 2025, 7:00 pm- Open Mic, a Zoom Event
This was a live, Zoom event. We had a record number of folks who attended. We had six readers but 18 extra people in our audience from LVW and even two or three other states who came to support the readers. So, our Zoom screen had 24 individuals!! What a night.
June 12, 2025- LVW Book Group 7:00-8:00 p.m.
Shawn Anderson is currently the host of the LVW BOOK GROUP. It meets in even months of the year.
The book for June was Before and after the Book Deal : A Writer's Guide to Finishing, Publishing, Promoting, and Surviving Your First Book, by Courtney Maum. Shawn says, "This was a well welcomed reread for me, and I picked up new things this time around. It’s a great crash course into the world of the publishing industry, a book I’m sure I’ll come back to time and time again."
If you would like to be added to the coming email list, for book group in August, please send an email the League at lvw@leagueofvermontwriters.org and put “BOOK GROUP” in the subject line. Shawn will get in touch with you!
May 22, 2025, 7:00 pm - Open Mic, a Free Zoom Event -
We heard from all points of the genre - High seas action story to a wonderful children's book by George Woodard.
May 8, 2025 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. (Zoom) LVW Town Meeting
(Free Event) This was a time for Members and friends interested in LVW to discuss the future of the League of Vermont Writers. There were a lot of great ideas proposed for Book Fair attendance, membership recruitment, future LVW events and more.
April 12, 2025 - LVW SPRING EVENT: “The Job of the Author to Help a Book Succeed.”
Bradley Ferland was our panel moderator. He is a radio talk-show host at WDEV-AM-FM in Waterbury. Joining him on the panel will be Stephen Russell Payne, Elizabeth Bluemle, Bill Schubart, and Gerette Buglion.
April 10, 2025 - Book Group 7:00 p.m. (Zoom Free Event)
Shawn Anderson is currently the host of the LVW BOOK GROUP. It meets in even months of the year. The book for April was Worlds Within Words by Sharon Darrow. If you would like to be added to the coming email list, please send an email the League at lvw@leagueofvermontwriters.org and put “BOOK GROUP” in the subject line. Shawn will get in touch with you!
March 20, 2025 - Open Mic, a Free Zoom Event
It was a lovely evening. Melissa Mears read a wonderful piece about her dogs (a tearjerker we all related to.) Mark Edwin Jenkins was Googling for a Vermont writers' group. He found our website and the notice for open mic and asked to read! He read a non-fiction story about some of his more ‘colorful’ relatives and had us in stitches. Liz Gauffreau read two great pieces of Micro Fiction! Gail Wind read the beginning of a young readers book she is writing called Sheetrock Sherlocks.
February 13, 2025 (Free Zoom Event) LVW Book Group
Shawn Anderson hosted LVW Book Group, discussing THE CREATIVE ACT: A WAY OF BEING by Rick Rubin.
January 30, 2025, 7:00 p.m. (Free Zoom Event) Open Mic
We had eight attending, six were presenters including a featured reader.
January 25, 2025 - Annual Meeting w/ Guest Speaker on Zoom.
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We discussed electing a New Slate of Officers. A new date for this will be decided by the board.
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We had a guest speaker, Nadia Colburn, author of the poetry books I Say the Sky and The High Shelf
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Title of Session: I Say the Sky: Poetry, Mindfulness, and the Power of Deep Listening
November 2, 2024 LVW Virtual Fall Event - (on Zoom)
Ann Dávila Cardinal presented "The Socially Acceptable Stereotype: Writing the New Seniors"
Ann wrote: "A white-haired couple walks on the beach in pale blue linen. A group of older women sit around a table playing canasta and talking oh so earnestly about life insurance. We’ve all seen these depictions of older generations in the media, but the people in these ads do not look or act anything like me or my friends: we are children of the 60s after all! After having a mind-blowing experience of ageism from an editor in a top five publisher, I have made it my quest to modernize the way older people are depicted. In this presentation we’ll talk about our responsibility as writers to break the “age-old” stereotypes and more accurately reflect the new senior citizens, whether we are of that age ourselves or not."
The League of Vermont Writers presented TWO EVENTS the last Weekend of July, 2024:
1st: There was a special two hour Masterclass, "Getting Ready, Getting Read, Getting Readers" by NY literary agent Katharine Sands on Thursday night at the Delta Hotel on July 25th.
This class led to the League of Vermont Writers main summer event, Writers Meet Agents, which also happened at the Delta Hotel. This conference was on Saturday, July 27. Six active, well known literary agents mett one-on-one with writers and heared pitches from attendees for books they are hoping to have published.
2nd July 27, 2024 "Writers Meet Agents" at the Delta Hotel
This event was open to all, LVW members and non-members alike. The program included information for those who have book manuscripts ready to be seen, as well as for writers whose books are still in progress.
Agents who were on hand to hear one-on-one pitches :
- Katherine Sands, Sarah Jane Freymann Literary
- Sorche Fairbank. Fairbank Literary
- Sheree Bykofsky, Sheree Bykofsky Associates
- Rita Rosenkranz, Rita Rosenkranz Literary
- Amy Thrall Flynn, Aevitas Creative Management
- Also presenting: Writing-and-publishing consultant, Jennifer S. Wilkov, Your Book Is Your Hook!
Writers Meet Agents Page Click Here to Open
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Welcome to the League of Vermont Writers
The League is a friendly and down-to-earth community of writers—both emerging and seasoned—from all around the state and beyond.
Founded in 1929, it is the oldest writing organization in Vermont; membership offers an exciting opportunity to meet and collaborate with others who delight in the written word.
LVW is open to all who make writing a part of their lives. We offer support and encouragement, networking opportunities, craft, and professional development. We cover the nuts and bolts without being genre-specific. You don’t need to be published to join. LVW is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Donations are fully tax-deductible.
LVW's Mission is to: 
- Help writers develop their skills through workshops;
- Increase communication between writers, agents, and publishers;
- Promote an enduring appreciation for the power of the word; and
- Provide venues for writers to gather, network and share their writing.
For Membership Details, Including Discounted Event Rates
- Click Here to go directly to our Membership Page
Our History
For a wonderful slide show of the history of LVW, CLICK HERE (temporarily under repair)
LVW Leadership
LVW is member-driven and guided by a 10-member, all volunteer board of directors which is voted on by the general membership at the annual January meeting.
Five directors serve as officers: President, Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary, and Immediate Past President. The other five serve as at-large directors. View descriptions of these these positions.
The League Board of Directors facilitates decision-making, initiatives, and forward movement that benefit the growth and sustainability of the organization as whole. It holds quarterly meetings, either in-person or via digital means. It conducts business via mail, phone and email correspondence. The board governs the organization’s general activities based on the 2020-01-20 LVW Bylaws Amended and Approved at the Annual Meeting.
At the annual January business meeting, members hear reports from the board of directors and various other committees regarding LVW’s progress towards achieving its mission, the status of the organization's financial situation, and goals for the coming year. The members elect officers and directors; and vote on other business items concerning the general membership.
2024 Annual Meeting Minutes can be found HERE
