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Midwest Writing Center
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Write More Light Into Your Life
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(501c3 literary arts organization in the Quad Cities)
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.
October 22, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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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
June 11, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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
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.
April 18, 2025 at 7:33 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.
April 7, 2025 at 7:23 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.
March 31, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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Write something today!
March 31, 2025 at 4:25 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.
March 28, 2025 at 11:16 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!
March 26, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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
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.
March 24, 2025 at 11:47 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.

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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
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
March 17, 2025 at 8:05 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
March 17, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Hello, friendly neighborhood social media manager here.

Hope you enjoy awesome literature and learning about cool opportunities cuz WE'RE BACK, BABY!
a group of cartoon characters with their hands in the air and the words we 're back baby
Alt: main characters from futurama celebrate with their hands in the air. The robot Bender says, "we're back baby!"
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March 17, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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:
February 11, 2025 at 3:20 AM