Writers Workshop at the Old Forge Library

REGISTRATION REQUIRED, LIMITED TO 12 PARTICIPANTS.

Participants are asked to attend all 5 sessions. There is also an Open Mic Night in August for writers to share their work!

The Old Forge Library is pleased to announce that award-winning poet and author Jessica Cuello will lead the 44th Annual Summer Writers Workshop in 2026. The five-session workshop will be held Wednesday evenings from 5:30–7:30 p.m., beginning July 8 and continuing through August 5.
Open to writers of all experience levels and genres, the workshop is limited to 12 participants to foster a supportive, engaging, and collaborative environment. Through guided discussion, writing exercises, and constructive feedback, participants will have the opportunity to strengthen their craft and develop new work alongside fellow writers.

Jessica Cuello is the recipient of the 2025 Adele and Robert Schiff Nonfiction Prize from The Cincinnati Review. Her newest poetry collection, Feral, is forthcoming in 2027, and her translation of Tania Langlais’s While Percival Fell was published in 2026. She is also the author of Liar, winner of the 2020 Barrow Street Book Prize, along with three additional poetry collections. Cuello has received numerous honors, including The Washington Prize, The Nina Riggs Poetry Prize, and two CNY Book Awards. A 2025 Saltonstall Fellow and 2023 NYSCA Artist Grant recipient, she serves as poetry editor at Tahoma Literary Review and teaches public school in Central New York.

The workshop will culminate in a public Open Mic Night on Wednesday, August 12 at 6 pm. Participants and local writers are invited to share their polished work. Community members are encouraged to attend and celebrate the creative voices of the region.

Advance registration is required, and participants are asked to commit to attending all sessions. To register or learn more, please call the library at (315) 369-6008 or email oldforge@midyork.org

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