Getting pretty freakin excited for the David R. Collins Writers Conference! Come hang in the QC! @mwcqc.bsky.social

New interview with my friend Sarah from @mwcqc.bsky.social about my experiences in writing. Hope you enjoy it. youtube.com/watch?v=d-QD...

More from our #NationalPoetryMonth line up inside! Day 16 feature @hefisher.bsky.social youtu.be/6IOpARXqYjI

We are pleased to announce our 2026 Creative Writing Grant! The $2,500 grant will be awarded to one Armenian writer whose in-progress poetry collection shows exceptional literary and creative ability. 🗓️ Application opens Sept 1. Learn more: bit.ly/4dNg44N

Reminder: Our next Sarkisian Workshop Series event is coming up this Sunday! ✍️ Join Diane Wilson for a virtual workshop on Indigenous perspectives in climate narratives, exploring the concept of Mitakuye Owasin (“We Are All Related”) through writing prompts. 🔗 Register here: bit.ly/3PSJowO

#NationalPoetryMonth is so very alive at #MWC! Check out our playlist on youtube, we'll link some videos in this thread :)

@sandrapoetry.bsky.social is our Day 10 feature for #NationalPoetryMonth! youtube.com/shorts/JmLoR...

Laid down a little ol poem of mine for the @mwcqc.bsky.social’s celebration of National Poetry Month. Shoutout to Jeoffry and the good folks at the MWC🐱 youtu.be/PSoIOuGRIt0?...

#NationalPoetryMonth is upon us! Check out this video Ryan and Sarah made about all the goodies coming up this month! youtu.be/-rwTbLmU-ao National Poetry Month was founded by @poetsorg.bsky.social

Since we extended the deadline for the Foster Stahl #Chapbook Series, we thought we'd run our quiz to help you figure out if submitting to MWC Press is right for you!

We are SO EXCITED to co-host Jenna Goldsmith and @stevehalle.bsky.social at The Atlas Collective in ONE WEEK! Come see some of the best poets Illinois has to offer for FREE Friday, March 13 / 5:30 - 7:30pm 1801 5th Ave, Moline

#IronPen is TONIGHT! We are ONE HOUR AWAY from the prompt reveal (here, on facebook and instagram, on our website...) Feb. 27 from 5pm CT until Feb. 28 at 5pm CT mwcqc.org/contests/iron-pen/

24 hour #WritingContest this weekend! $10 to enter www.mwcqc.org/contests/iro...

MWC's #ChapbookSubmissions close on Sunday! We take chapbooks of any genre, so long as the writer is living in the Midwest! Full details: www.mwcqc.org/foster-stahl...

We're accepting #chapbook #submissions by Midwest writers of any genre through March 1! www.mwcqc.org/foster-stahl...

Our annual not-so-sweet Valentine treat, #LocalLovers #OpenMic, is coming home to Rozz-Tox on Thu 2/12! Limited spots available so sign up for the Open Mic right when you get there. Performers will have up to 5 min to perform one poem/song/story/dance/bit/ ( Free & public.

Our first episode of #WriteMoreLight of 2026 is live! Check out Sarah's conversation with poet Jenna Goldsmith and feel a little better about the world with their insights on being working artists. https://youtu.be/9FGZ1AgJC-8

We are so excited to see that two of our Literary Lights 2025 books, @nancykric.bsky.social's The Burning Heart of the World and Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian's Forest Euphoria, have made @miznaarabart.bsky.social's "Favorite SWANA Books of 2025" list! 📚 🌟 Check it out: bit.ly/3Z327at

MWC's director Ryan Collins is leading a poetry book club at The Atlas Collective! The group will meet on 2/19 from 5:30-7:30pm at TAC to discuss #IDoKnowSomeThings by #RichardSiken, a #NationalBookAward finalist Find the book at TAC; register on their website: atlascollectiveqc.com/events

The Great River Writer's Retreat is a fully funded opportunity for 1 Midwest writer to spend a week working on a project in progress. Retreat takes place 8/24–30 Apply by: May 1 Full information is available on our website: https://ow.ly/HXoz50XWlHt #writersretreat #writingretreat #writersofbsky

MWC's new poetry critique group will be meeting next Wednesday to support poets working toward polishing and publication of their poems!

The fastest writing contest in the Midwest returns on February 27!

an excellent list to consult for your next book purchase. #supportsmallpresses #indiepress #universitypress

LAST CALL It's totally free to submit to MWC's #Adaptation anthology and our call is as open-ended as you want it to be! Send us your short work (500 words prose, 30 lines poetry) in which you consider adaptations, transformations, how we respond to changes by TONIGHT (Dec. 1) at 11:59pm!

MWC is currently accepting submissions for our next mixed-genre anthology on #Adaptation. This is our third year collaborating with Galvin Fine Arts Center at St. Ambrose University to create a publication centering local writers with attention to the Ambrose College of Arts & Science's theme.

Check out IALA member Jen Siraganian’s poem “The Night of Her Funeral,” featured in @poetrydaily.bsky.social!🕯️ With striking language, Siraganian invites readers into an intimate moment of farewell through the eyes of a child. 📖 Read here: bit.ly/45lmpjM

LOVED spending time with @brettbbl.bsky.social to learn about his upcoming workshop with us at the #CollinsWritersConference! youtu.be/PzwydV_jHco?...

The award-winning authors who will teach at the 20th annual #CollinsWritersConference is live! We are embracing our roots & welcoming friends home & ensuring that our instructors are not just gifted writers, but skilled teachers.

#BirdiesForCharity is back! The #JohnDeereClassic is upon us soon and so we, like so many of our friends in QC, are asking for your donation.

The #GreatRiverWritersRetreat offers one Midwestern writer a fully-funded week alone with their writing at the stunning and solitary #BenetHouseRetreatCenter in rural Rock Island, IL.

Write something today!

We loved celebrating #NationalPoetryMonth with thirty of our favorite poets last year so we decided to bring thirty new, incredible poets to you each day in April this year. What to expect: We'll post a video of a new poet each day in April reading an original poem.

Three weeks from today is the #BeingHumanInTheAgeOfAI #ReleaseParty! We are so proud to bring this beautiful anthology into the world and we feel really lucky to be able to have made a home for so many beautiful piece. #GalvinFineArtsCenter on April 16!

MWC's next workshop invites anyone to bring a piece of their family history and listen to what stories want to be told.

Apps are open for the #YoungEmergingWriters #Internship! Our interns are paid to learn workshopping and writing and hang out with other writers. They get free tuition to the #CollinsWritersConference and professional opportunities.

Our webseries #WriteMoreLight is a totally free resource for writers and artists of all genre/media. Once a week we give a short writing less, once a week we interview someone amazing in the arts. youtu.be/1mK5MVIiFm0?...

Author #AnahitCass will lead writers through exercises that help participants explore their lineage and gifts of their ancestors w/ an eye toward the future. This workshop will be online via Zoom. 11am-1pm CDT $20 members / $30 nonmembers www.mwcqc.org/events/trans... #writingworkshop #armenian

Our workshop & writing group for teen writers meets in person at MWC every 2nd Tuesday. (Tomorrow- 3/18 & Online group meets on 3rd Tuesdays) These groups are open to teens who want to write & improve their writing with their peers. For more information, contact [email protected]

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Well, hello there, friends. Yes, we’ve been here for years. No, we’ve never posted. Thank you for noticing. Here’s a photo from our last reading: