For Immediate Release:

Writers in Progress is pleased to announce our Late Summer Open House and Open Mic, with featured reader, Dori Ostermiller, on Saturday, September 26, 4:30 - 6:30 pm.

Readers Welcome! Please bring a few pages of poetry or prose to share!

This event is free and open to the public, and will take place at our lovely studio-#359 in the Arts & Industry Building in Florence, MA. Wine, cheese and other refreshments will be served.

Writers in Progress is the valley’s literary arts center, offering workshops & retreats, editing, consulting, coaching and a live reading series. Our workshops have been ongoing since 1992.

About the featured reader:

Dori Ostermiller, MFA, Director of Writers in Progress, is the recipient of a MA Cultural Council Artist’s Grant and a Tobias Wolff fiction award. Her work has appeared in many journals, including The Bellingham Review, Calliope, Alligator Juniper, Roanoke Review and The Chautauqua Literary Journal. Dori has taught writing and literature at several area colleges. Her first novel, Fire Weather, is forthcoming from Mira in Sept 2010.

When: Saturday, Sept 26, 4:30 - 6:30 pm
Where: Writers in Progress, #359, Arts & Industry Building, 221 Pine Street, Florence, MA 01062
For more information call: (413) 582-0101
www.writersinprogress.com