Poetry should be 30 lines or fewer, prose should be 500 words or fewer.

Submissions are open through December 1.
Questions? Drop us a comment.

Full guidelines here: www.mwcqc.org/adaptation-p...

We invite area writers to create new work that interrogates the idea of adaptation, its catalysts and consequences, both good and bad.

Contributors will be paid $100 and given further opportunities to share their work and receive additional pay.

For more info on the Conference or to register, visit www.mwcqc.org/events-oppor...

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We will continue to offer 1-on-1 critiques with instructors, manuscript pitches, and more. Stay tuned for further announcements and to get to know our faculty and their work a little better.

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Instructors include:
Skylar Alexander
Brett Biebel
Rebecca Entel
Marguerite L. Harrold

This year's workshops include novel writing, poetry, short stories, and creative nonfiction of all manner.

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You can find her book CHICAGO HOUSE MUSIC at www.arcadiapublishing.com/pro...
and on Instagram: @margueriteharrold0

She has most recently published poems & essays in these journals & anthologies: Obsidian: Literature & Arts in the African Diaspora; Chicago Review: Black Arts Movement Issue; Olit; Anti-Heroin Chic; Sylvia Magazine; The Book of Bad Betties Anthology; Anthology House: A Visionary Ecology Project.

She is the Educational Promotions Manager for African Poetry Book Fund, and an Associate Editor of Prairie Schooner. Marguerite is a PhD student at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Her work focuses on African American and African Diasporic poetry, ecology, folklore, culture, social justice.

Marguerite L. Harrold is a poet and writer from Chicago. Her first book, Chicago House Music: Culture and Community was short listed for Best Non-Fiction Book of the Year 2024 by Chicago Review of Books & for Outstanding Book on the History of Chicago 2025, by the Union League Club of Chicago.

The winner will also receive a headline reading and promotion of their work.

Deadline to apply is May 1, 2025.

Apply online & review full guidelines on our website at www.mwcqc.org/contests/wri...

We ask the writer to provide a writing sample and information on the project they will be doing at this retreat. We provide this space for a writer to work on a project already in progress.

Some of the poets we'll feature are famous, others are emerging. All are talented, wonderful people.

Want to learn more about National Poetry Month?
Check out the video we made last year to announce the series.
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