WCSU Events

Poor Yorick: Writer's Open Mic
2026-04-26 15:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | The Market at the Meetinghouse, 602 Ridgebury Road, Ridgefield, CT
POOR YORICK – WRITERS’ OPEN MIC: Join WCSU’s Department of Creative & Professional Writing Program for a Writers’ Open Mic with Pop-up Book Shop and Featured Reader, interim Writing Center Coordinator and MFA graduate Cameron Phillips, from 3-5 p.m. at The Market at The Meetinghouse, located at 602 Ridgebury Road in Ridgefield — just a 12-minute drive from the WCSU Westside campus!
Hosted by Poor Yorick, the program’s literary journal, this event celebrates both WCSU’s lifelong community of writers and the vibrant literary voices of the Greater Danbury Area. We’re excited to share our program’s long-standing tradition of these open mics with the local community beyond the boundaries of our campus with an evening of storytelling, poetry, and prose of every kind at The Market at The Meetinghouse. This event will feature a Pop-up Book Shop hosted by Rainy Day Paperback Exchange of Bethel, offering a curated selection of used books.
Featured Reader: Cameron Phillips
Cameron Phillips earned her MFA with concentrations in fiction and editing from Western Connecticut State University, where she currently teaches composition and works as the interim coordinator of the Writing Center. Her short speculative fiction has appeared in 100-Foot Crow, Factor Four Magazine, and more.
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This event is open to the public! All writers are welcome to read their works* and all readers invited to sit back and enjoy!
*Please note: Current WCSU MFA students will receive priority for reading opportunities.
