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]

Hello, friendly neighborhood social media manager here. Hope you enjoy awesome literature and learning about cool opportunities cuz WE'RE BACK, BABY!

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: