MWC Press Online Bookstore Issues – Please Order Here

We apologize for the issue with ordering directly from our MWC Press Bookstore pages — there’s an issue with the website & we are working to fix it with the vendor. For now, you can order some of our recent title here — if you would like to order any back catalog titles, please email us at mwc@mwcqc.org or call us at 309-732-7330. We apologize for the inconvenience & thank you for your patience & patronage…

YEW Tuesday Night Write-Ins Resume starting in February

We are excited to kick off the 20th anniversary of the Young Emerging Writers Program starting in February, when the Tuesday night Write-Ins return:

-online the 2nd Tuesday of the month (starting Feb. 4)

-in-person meetings at MWC will be on the 3rd Tuesday of the month (starting Feb. 11).

There is no meeting at MWC on Tuesday, January 21 – stay warm & we will see you next month. Thanks!

Narrating Grief Through Poetry #2 – Workshop led by Becky Nakashima-Brooke & Ryan Collins

Following their “Narrating Through Grief” workshop in November, MWC and Illuminate Healing Studio will host a writing workshop centered on grief: writing into and through it, using sound and poetry as tools to both capture and release it in creative ways. Hosted by Becky Nakashima-Brooke and Ryan Collins, the program will feature a sound bath, brief readings and discussion, and time to write and share as a group. This workshop will feature different readings and writing prompts than the last one, FYI.

Please email Ryan Collins (mwc@mwcqc.org) to register. Cost for the workshop is “pay-what-you-can” at the door on the day of the event; if you can’t pay anything, no problem.

Application Bootcamp: How to get the residencies, fellowships, grants, and other opportunities you want – Virtual Workshop led by Jeffrey Wolf

As Virginia Woolf once wrote, any successful writer needs financial support and a room of one’s own. For today’s writers, this often means winning grants, fellowships, and residencies (including MWC’s own Great River Writers Retreat). But how do you find these opportunities? Where should you apply? How do you approach writing cover letters and proposals? This class will be a crash-course in applying for things as a creative writer.

Fleshed Out: An embodied writing & movement workshop

This workshop aims to connect minds to bodies and encourage self-empowerment. Our bodies are our homes and in our daily lives, we are forced to separate body from mind. In this two-part, one-day workshop, we will get to know our bodies and connect our creative lives to our physical lives.

Through a holistic and empowered lens, burlesque performer Mary Quite Contrary will lead participants through one hour of burlesque movements that will connect sensuality to the day-to-day. There will be a water and snack break, following which, writer Sarah Elgatian will follow with a writing practice that uses the body as a grounding space for our physical work.