The New York State Writers Institute is a literary organization based at the University at Albany in Albany, New York. It sponsors the Albany Book Festival, the Albany Film Festival, Visiting Writers Series,[1] Classic Film Series,[2] the Trolley online literary magazine, and the New York State Summer Writers Institute, and New York State Summer Young Writers Institute in collaboration with Skidmore College.[3][4]
The NYS Writers Institute was selected by the New York State Legislature in 1985 to award the New York State Author [Edith Wharton Citation of Merit for Fiction Writers] and New York State Poet [Walt Whitman Citation of Merit for Poets] every two years.[5]
- ^ "New York State Writers Institute schedule of events".
- ^ "What we do".
- ^ "University at Albany - Engagement - New York State Writers Institute". Albany.edu. Retrieved 2013-11-07.
- ^ "Association of Writers & Writing Programs". Awpwriter.org. Retrieved 2013-11-07.
- ^ "New York State Author and New York State Poet". NYS Writers Institute. Retrieved 2013-11-07.