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Midwest Writing Center

Write More Light Into Your Life

ADAPTATION – Anthology Project | Open for Submissions through 12/1

Posted on 11/21/202511/21/2025 by Ryan Collins Posted in EventsTagged MWC, MWC Press, Write More Light, Write More Light Into Your Life

Click here to download a PDF one sheet with complete information for the ADAPTATION project

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Announcing the Results of the 2024 Foster-Stahl Chapbook Series  

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Midwest Writing Center is a 501(c)(3) Non-Profit Corporation located in the Rock Island Public Library. 401 19th St., Rock Island, IL 61201

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On September 8, 2011, MWC passed the following resolution to abide by the principles and practices of the Iowa Register of Accountability:

“The Board of Directors of Midwest Writing, in a regular meeting at which a quorum was present, reviewed the Iowa Principles & Practices for Charitable Nonprofit Excellence. We, the Board of Directors, hereby affirm that our organization already is committed to being guided by the Principles and Practices and is actively engaged in good faith efforts to meet each of them.”

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