Peter Andrews

Sitting in an Adirondack chair

Outside a poetry reading
Something flutters down
A petal?
Landing on my shirt
Above my heart
The fragment of a butterfly wing

Peter Andrews has been a speechwriter, a radio producer, an innovation consultant, and a chemist. He has written 8 short plays (produced), dozens of short stories, 100s of articles, and over 200 speeches. He attended Clarion, Bread Loaf, and Stowe Story Labs. In 2022, he was one of five Blue Sky fellows, and since September 2021, his scripts have been finalists/semifinalists/2nd round at Austin Film Festival, ISA Family, Emerging Screenwriters, and Hollyshorts.Peter has been a speechwriter, a radio producer, an innovation consultant, and a chemist. He has written 8 short plays (produced), dozens of short stories, 100s of articles, and over 200 speeches. He attended Clarion, Bread Loaf, and Stowe Stowe Labs. In 2022, he was one of five Blue Sky fellows, and since 9/21, his scripts have been finalists/semifinalists/2nd round in  Austin Film Festival, ISA Family, Emerging Screenwriters, and Hollyshorts. Peter lives in the Hudson Valley.