Midwest Writing Center Offers Free Young Emerging Writers Studio
Starting January 2020 – Meetings Postponed, Moved to Private Facebook Group
What: Young Emerging Writers Studio
When: Third Thursdays of each month (Jan. 16, Feb. 20, March 19, April 16, May 21), 6:00 – 7:30 p.m. *** EVENT POSTPONED ***
Where: Midwest Writing Center (ground floor of RIPL, 401 19th St. Rock Island, IL 61201)
*** EVENT POSTPONED ***
Due to the ongoing situation with COVID-19, these events will be postponed. We will update everyone about rescheduling events.
In the meantime, for any students interested in sharing and discussing their work in a constructive space, we’ve started a private group on Facebook for young writers to connect while not meeting in-person. Please see the link below to join the group We will also be sharing other writing and community resources on the main MWC page. Please contact MWC for more information.
Please take care & stay safe.
Young Writer’s Studio Private Group:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/578782752981477/
*** EVENT POSTPONED ***
The Midwest Writing Center will host Young Writers Studio for young writers in the Quad Cities at their offices on the ground floor of the Rock Island Public Library Downtown branch on the third Thursday of each month in 2020, beginning January 16, 2020.
The Young Emerging Writers (YEW) Studio is a new casual writing workshop/critique group for young writers in and around the Quad City area. The YEW Studio is an extension of MWC’s successful Young Emerging Writers Summer Internship Program, which is currently accepting applications for the summer of 2020.
All young writers (approximate ages 15-19) throughout the Quad Cities are welcome to come and share their poetry, stories, essays, plays, or any other kind of writing they are pursuing, with a group of their peers and receive constructive critical feedback, or they are welcome to listen and join the discussion. YEW Studio will also feature generative writing prompts and other opportunities, such a public readings, in the future.
The Young Emerging Writers Studio will meet at 6:00 p.m. on the third Thursday of each month, January through May 2020, in the Midwest Writing Center’s offices on the ground floor of the Rock Island Public Library Downtown branch. Here is a complete list of dates:
January 16
February 20
March 19
April 16
May 21
Young Writers Studio events are free and open to the public.
If you have any questions about the Young Emerging Writers Studio, please contact Ryan Collins at (309) 732-7330 or email him at mwc@midwestwritingcenter.org.
This workshop series is made possible thanks to the generous support of the Illinois Arts Council Agency