Midwest Writing Center
@mwcqc.bsky.social
Write More Light Into Your Life
mwcqc.org
(501c3 literary arts organization in the Quad Cities)
mwcqc.org
(501c3 literary arts organization in the Quad Cities)
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.
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.
January 23, 2026 at 8:05 PM
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.
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
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
January 22, 2026 at 4:10 PM
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
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
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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
Check it out: bit.ly/3Z327at
Favorite SWANA Books of 2025: Reflections on Literary Abundance from Mizna Community + Staff - Mizna
This year has been a big year for books by SWANA authors. Big in the sense that we’ve seen an impressive volume of work published in English this year, but also in the sense that those works have rece...
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January 16, 2026 at 8:16 PM
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
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 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
January 14, 2026 at 11:30 PM
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 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
Retreat takes place 8/24–30
Apply by: May 1
Full information is available on our website: https://ow.ly/HXoz50XWlHt
#writersretreat #writingretreat #writersofbsky
January 13, 2026 at 7:21 PM
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
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!
January 13, 2026 at 7:08 PM
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!
January 12, 2026 at 8:59 PM
The fastest writing contest in the Midwest returns on February 27!
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an excellent list to consult for your next book purchase. #supportsmallpresses #indiepress #universitypress
December 1, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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!
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!
December 1, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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!
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.
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.
October 22, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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.
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.
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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
With striking language, Siraganian invites readers into an intimate moment of farewell through the eyes of a child.
📖 Read here: bit.ly/45lmpjM
June 11, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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
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!
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Faculty Spotlight: Brett Biebel for Collins Writers' Conference 2025
YouTube video by Midwest Writing Center
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May 16, 2025 at 7:28 PM
LOVED spending time with @brettbbl.bsky.social to learn about his upcoming workshop with us at the #CollinsWritersConference!
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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.
We are embracing our roots & welcoming friends home & ensuring that our instructors are not just gifted writers, but skilled teachers.
April 18, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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.
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 #JohnDeereClassic is upon us soon and so we, like so many of our friends in QC, are asking for your donation.
April 7, 2025 at 7:23 PM
#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 #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.
March 31, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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.
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Write something today!
March 31, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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.
What to expect: We'll post a video of a new poet each day in April reading an original poem.
March 28, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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.
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!
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!
March 26, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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!
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.
March 25, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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 interns are paid to learn workshopping and writing and hang out with other writers. They get free tuition to the #CollinsWritersConference and professional opportunities.
March 24, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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 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?...
Once a week we give a short writing less, once a week we interview someone amazing in the arts.
youtu.be/1mK5MVIiFm0?...
Write More Light: Sliding Across Mountains with Trisha Maxine
YouTube video by Midwest Writing Center
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March 18, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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?...
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
This workshop will be online via Zoom.
11am-1pm CDT
$20 members / $30 nonmembers
www.mwcqc.org/events/trans...
#writingworkshop #armenian
March 17, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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
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 sarah.elgatian@mwcqc.org
These groups are open to teens who want to write & improve their writing with their peers.
For more information, contact sarah.elgatian@mwcqc.org
March 17, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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 sarah.elgatian@mwcqc.org
These groups are open to teens who want to write & improve their writing with their peers.
For more information, contact sarah.elgatian@mwcqc.org
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March 17, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Hello, friendly neighborhood social media manager here.
Hope you enjoy awesome literature and learning about cool opportunities cuz WE'RE BACK, BABY!
Hope you enjoy awesome literature and learning about cool opportunities cuz WE'RE BACK, BABY!