Iron Pen 2023 – Registration is open for the 15th annual Iron Pen Contest!

Posted on 01/27/202308/23/2023 by Ryan Collins

The fastest writing contest in the Midwest is back and taking registrations now!

The Midwest Writing Center is taking registrations for its 15th annual Iron Pen Contest. MWC will supply a prompt to all contestants at 5 p.m. on Friday, February 24 and contestants have 24 hours (entries are due Saturday, February 25 by 5 p.m.) to write and submit their best fiction, non-fiction, and/or poetry pieces. Writers are welcome to enter into as many categories as they like with a paid registration for each entry.

Giving Tuesday 11/29 Kicks Off MWC’s 2022 Year-End Giving Campaign

Posted on 11/28/202201/27/2023 by Ryan Collins

I hope this finds you safe and well as we prepare to turn the page on 2022. We’ve been fortunate to have a terrific year at MWC—from our partnership with WVIK to bring our These Interesting Times anthology into podcast form, to welcoming Ross Gay as our Writers’ Conference keynote speaker, it’s been an exciting year of celebrating the power of the written word. As I reflect and look forward, I’ve been thinking about two people very dear to MWC, both important to our history, who also made lasting contributions that will continue into the future—one of them a writer, and one of them an advocate: Richard “Dick” Stahl and Rochelle Murray.

SPECTRA Reading Series returns to Rozz-Tox for two events 10/13 and 10/20

Posted on 10/10/202210/24/2022 by Ryan Collins

SPECTRA Lives!

Join us at Rozz-Tox for two SPECTRA events on 10/13 (featuring writers from the University of Iowa International Writing Program) and 10/20 (featuring Skylar Alexander and Lauren Haldeman, who each are celebrating the release of new books).