Welcome!
Latest News!:
MWC needs
YOU!
Please
consider volunteering! It only takes as much
time as you can give; you choose your
schedule and your job.
Click here for more information!
MEET FEBRUARY'S FEATURED AUTHOR
OF THE MONTH, GEORGE SEABERG
Click Here!
We now
offer Creative Writing Basics Online Courses all year round!
Click here for more details
 The
4th
Annual
QC Iron Pen Contest
is right around the corner!
Iron Pen
Contest: February 17-18, 2012
Award Ceremony: February 25, 2012
Click Here for more Information
Click Here for Registration Form
**Everyone
that participates in this year's Iron Pen
Contest
will
have a chance at winning a
paid-in-full tuition with value of $225 for
the
David R. Collins Writing
Conference in June of 2012.
Do you feel like you need
more practice
writing from a prompt before
the big contest?
Take our featured workshop:
Playing
with Writing Prompts
taught by Jane Carmen a
previous Iron Pen Winner!
February 4th, 2012 1-4pm
@ the Bucktown Center for the Arts
click here for more information
"It's a Novel Thing!" March 24, 2012 Pen In
Hand Mini Writing Conference.
Registration now available! Click here for
details!
The
39th Annual Mississippi Valley Poetry Contest
is now accepting submissions!
We will be accepting
submissions January 1st, 2012 thru March 31st, 2012.
Click here for more
details
MVPC Brochure
Are You Age 15
- 19 and looking for a COOL Summer Job?
Applications for the Young
Emerging Writers Summer Internship program accepted starting
April 1st.
Click here for details and the form.
Middle School
Camp is Back
Click here for details
Check out our upcoming events on our 2012 Calendar:
click here
Interested in becoming a Board Member for us?
The Midwest Writing Center is
currently looking for new Board Members.
If you are interested in
learning more about what it means to be on our board or how to
become a Board Member please contact us at
mwc@midwestwritingcenter.org or call us at
563-324-1410
Want to help
but not sure how?
How about sponsoring a workshop? All it
takes to put on a two hour workshop is $100.
You can help decide what kind of workshop it
will be and have your name associated
with it. It can be a free workshop or MWC
can charge and keep the proceeds,
potentially doubling (or more) the impact of
your donation. Interested? Email us at
mwc@midwestwritingcenter.org.
Coming Soon:
Bix
Beiderbecke: Jazz Age Genius Now for Sale
Online!
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!
**
On September 8, 2011 the Midwest
Writing Center Board of Directors adopted the Iowa Principles
and Practices for Charitable Non Profit Excellence.
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