Happy New Year!

The Winter Street Writers have had a busy 2016!

While our writers continue to write, and publish on our blog, we have also written for the Beverly Historical Society Chronicle, attended the Newburyport Literary Festival and submitted our works to various online and print publications.  We were also thrilled to welcome four talented writers as guests to our blog as well as several finalists from the 20^th Annual Teen Poetry Contest sponsored by the Beverly Public Library.

Our reach to other community writers continued this fall when we hosted the very first Winter Street Writers Workshop! It was great fun writing alongside the enthusiastic group that attended. We look forward to hosting more events in the future.

On a sad note, 2016 also brought the loss of our dear friend and fellow writer Ken Roy. Ken brought much joy to our meetings and when he shared his stories, it was easy to see the rambunctious young man he was in his youth. We will miss his humility and humor.

We would like to thank the Beverly Public Library for their continued support and use of their facilities. We especially want to thank all of YOU, our readers, and the over 420 followers of our Facebook page!

In January of 2017, the Winter Street Writers turns four years old. We have seen many changes and growth in our group and in our writing these last four years, and look forward to more progress and an increased connection to our community and other North Shore writers in the future.

We wish everyone a happy, healthy and creative New Year!

With Appreciation,

The Winter Street Writers