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MWC News and Updates:
Register Now for
Lunch with New York Times Bestselling Author Jennifer
Chiaverini
Jennifer Chiaverini, author of the Elm Creek Quilts
series, will be featured at an MWC lunch held at the
Radisson Hotel. The lunch will be held at noon on
November 7, 2011. To register, or for more
details, visit the event's
page!
Congratulations to the Winners of the
Mississippi Valley Poetry Contest
The winning poems/poets
are as follows:
Regional
First Place:
“The Thought the Periodic Table Was a
Portrait of God.” Joan Wiese Johannes.
Second: “Girls,
Uninterrupted.” Juliet Kerico.
Third:
“Letter
to My Father Written in a Bar in Mitchell,
South Dakota.” Austin Smith.
National
First Place:
“Rock Island, Illinois.” Judith Valente.
Second: “How to
Move Away.” Alessandra Simmons.
Third: “How to
Face It.” Deborah DeNicola.
Honorable Mention
“Around Every Corner.”
David Pink.
“St. Patrick’s Day –
2011” Aaron Holst.
“Here right here is
where.” Julia Meylor-Simpson.
These poems and
more will be featured in the MWC's 2011
edition of Off Channel, coming soon!
Website Update
The MWC Website is currently undergoing an
update. Some pages have not yet been converted, but rest
assured: the updated site will be completed soon!
Bix
Beiderbecke: Jazz Age Genius Launch Party
A brand new, republished
edition of Bix
Beiderbecke: Jazz Age Genius by
David R. Collins is now for sale on the MWC
bookstore!
Check it out!
Contest Deadlines Approaching!
Hurry in
to get your submissions to us for the following contests and
workshops:
Fall
Poetry Workshop Series with Shane McCrae
-- Applications due August 24th!
Collins Poetry Residency
-- Applications due
August
31st!
Don't Miss
These Exciting
Events!
Free
Brown Bag Lunch featuring Bruce Carter from WVIK on August
4th, Noon- 1 p.m.
Afghan
Women Writers Project (AWWP) Reading
at Final Friday
Celebration --August 26th, 7 p.m.
Email
mwc@midwestwritingcenter.org or call 563-324-1410 to
participate!
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