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2010 Calendar 

February 10 Registration begins for Quad City Book Fair
February 22 Beat Poetry at River Music Experience 6-8 p.m.
February 25 Out Loud 7 p.m. open prose and poetry readings
February 26 Final Friday and Iron Pen Award Night
March 3 Book Fair Steering Committee at 11:30
March 6 Writer's Studio at 11 a.m.
March 6 Pen in Hand 8:30 a.m. - 5: 00 p.m.
March 13 Christian Writers Group 1-3 * Newly established! Join the fun!
March 17 Book Fair Steering Committee 11:30 am
March 20 Writing Workshop with Cecil Murphey
March 20 Literary Achievement Awards Banquet  6 p.m.  Outing Club
March 20 Writer's Studio at 11 a.m.
March 22 Book Fair Marketing Committee Meeting
March 25 Out Loud, 7 p.m. open prose and poetry readings
March 26 Final Friday at Bucktown
March 29 Beat Poetry at River Music Experience
April 3 Writer's Studio at 11 a.m.
April 7 Book Fair Program Committee Meeting 11:30
April 15 John Price Writing Workshop
April 17 Writer's Studio at 11 a.m.
April 26 Beat Poetry at River Music Experience 6-8 p.m.
April 29 Out Loud 7 p.m. open prose and poetry readings
April 30 Final Friday at Bucktown
May 1 Writer's Studio
May 8th Book Fair at River Music Experience
May 13, 2010 MWC Annual Meeting for Members and Volunteers  6 p.m.  Deere-Wiman
House  Moline
May 15 Writer's Studio at 11 a.m.
May 27 Out Loud 7 p.m. open prose and poetry readings
May 28 Final Friday at Bucktown
May 31 Beat Poetry at River Music Experience 6-8 p.m.
June 4 Brown Bag Lunch at Noon
June 5 Writer's Studio at 11 a.m.
June 10 - July 31 YEW Internship Program - Application details coming soon!
June 19 Writer's Studio at 11 a.m.
June 23, 24, & 25 David R. Collins Writers' Conference  St. Ambrose University
June 25 Final Friday at Bucktown
June 28 Beat Poetry at River Music Experience  6-8 p.m.
June 30 Cutting through the Clutter: How to get your message heard in crowded
Quad Cities media with Joe Taylor of the Quad Cities Convention and
Visitors Bureau
8 am - 11:00
July 2 Brown Bag Lunch at Noon
July 3 Writer's Studio at 11 a.m.
July TBA Bucktown Bash
July 17 Writer's Studio at 11 a.m.
July 29 Out Loud 7 p.m. open prose and poetry readings
July 26 Beat Poetry at River Music Experience  6-8 p.m.
August 6 Brown Bag Lunch at Noon
August 7 Writer's Studio at 11 a.m.
August 21 Writer's Studio at 11 a.m.
August 26 Out Loud 7 p.m. open prose and poetry readings
August 27 Final Friday at Bucktown
August 28 Memoir Writing Workshop with Ellen Tsagaris 1-3 p.m.
August Atlas Launch TBA
August 30 Beat Poetry at River Music Experience  6-8 p.m.
September 4 Writer's Studio at 11 a.m.
September 9 Genre Writing Workshop Series
September 23 Genre Writing Workshop Series
September 18 Writer's Studio at 11 a.m.
September 24 Final Friday at Bucktown
September 27 Beat Poetry at River Music Experience  6-8 p.m.
September 30 Out Loud 7 p.m. open prose and poetry readings
October 2 Writer's Studio at 11 a.m.
October 9 Pen-in-Hand Mini Conference
October 14 Genre Writing Workshop Series
October 16 Writer's Studio at 11 a.m.
October 25 Beat Poetry at River Music Experience  6-8 p.m.
October 26 Children's Literature Festival at the River Center 8 a.m.  - 3 p.m.
October  28 Genre Writing Workshop Series
October 28 Out Loud 7 p.m. open prose and poetry readings
October 29 Publishing and Marketing Your 1st Book (or 7th)  5-9 p.m. with Bobbie Christensen
October 29 Final Friday at Bucktown
November 6 Writer's Studio at 11 a.m.
November 11 Genre Writing Workshop Series
November 13 MWC Holiday Book Signing 1-3
November 18 Genre Writing Workshop Series
November 18 Out Loud 7 p.m. open prose and poetry readings
November 20 Writer's Studio at 11 a.m.
November 26 Final Friday at Bucktown
November 29 Beat Poetry at River Music Experience 6-8 p.m.
December 4 Barnes and Noble Book Signing 1-3 p.m.
December 4 Writer's Studio at 11 a.m.
December 16 Out Loud 7 p.m. open prose and poetry readings
December 18 Writer's Studio at 11 a.m.
December 27 Beat Poetry at River Music Experience 6-8 p.m.
   
   
   
 
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