MoCo Underground Writers Showcase (Virtual)

About this event

at Zoom

Bi-monthly program

7:00-8:30pm (virtual)

Free!

This program alternates between in-person and virtual formats. This registration page is for the virtual format only. To attend an in-person session in February, June, or October 2027, please click here to register.

Sandy Spring Museum celebrates the power of the written word with the MoCo Underground Writers Showcase, where featured writers share original stories, poetry, and essays aloud in front of a live audience. With a special focus on local independent authors, MoCo Underground welcomes writers from all backgrounds and levels of experience, from grizzled veterans with hundreds of publishing credits to never-before-published novices just beginning to find their voices.

If you are interested in reading your work at a future showcase, please email MoCoUnderground@gmail.com with a 2,000 word (max) writing sample and short bio. Not a writer? You are still welcome to attend the showcase to enjoy recent works from talented local writers.

MoCo Underground Writers Showcase is a bi-monthly public event co-led by writers Pierre-Alain Auroux and Laura Sturza.

Pierre-Alain Auroux (Host) is a writer originally from Paris, France. His work has appeared in scientific journals. He curates and facilitates MoCo Underground, a community reading series for emerging and established writers. He lives in Hyattsville, MD, where he is a subject matter expert for high-risk/high-pay-off cutting-edge research programs. He is not sure whether his reading informs his scientific ideas or his ideas spark his writing: so much fun either way!

Laura Sturza (Assistant Host) has work appearing in publications including The New York TImes , The Washington Post, Boston Globe, The LA Times, AARP, Lunch Ticket, Oldster, Washington Writers' Publishing House, and three anthologies. Laura recently completed the memoir, Better Late: The Making of a Midlife First-Time Wife. She teaches memoir writing and has received grants from the Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County. Laura earned her MA in Writing, Theatre, and Communication from George Mason University.

Sandy Spring Museum, Inc. is supported in part by funding from the Maryland State Arts Council ( msac.org ), the Montgomery County Government , and the Arts & Humanities Council of Montgomery County.

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