THE ATLAS 20 Release Party & 20th Anniversary Celebration – Thurs. 8/14 at Rozz-Tox, 5pm
–Pre-Orders can be picked up at the event or will be shipped out on 8/18/25–
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MWC Announces the Winner of the 2025 Great River Writer’s Retreat — Stella Joyce Krall
Congratulations to this year’s winner of the great River Writer’s Retreat, Stella Joyce Krall of Madison, WI!
Krall will be in residence August 25 – 31, 2025, at Benet House Retreat Center in Rock Island, preparing one novel manuscript for publication “that looks at the nature of memory and whether a person’s culpability for previous actions is excused if they lose their memory due to dementia rather than repression,” while developing a newer manuscript about “a pair of college friends whose lives have diverged despite their physical and emotional closeness.” She will share some of her work during a public reading at The Atlas Collective (1801 5th Ave., Moline, IL) on Saturday, August 30 at 4pm.
SPECTRA Reading Series: Young Emerging Writers 20th Anniversary Showcase
The Quad Cities’ longest running reading series celebrates 20 years of The Young Emerging Writers Program (YEW) with a showcase of selected YEW 2025 interns and staff on Thursday, July 24 at Rozz-Tox (2108 3rd Ave. Rock Island, IL).
The event will start at 6pm with a social hour, followed by the Young Emerging Writers showcase. First, ten of this year’s 23 interns, selected by their peers, will read at 7:00 p.m., previewing some of the work that will appear in The Atlas annual literary magazine published by YEW each year, which will be released on August 14 (pre-orders will be available). Then, YEW staff will be close out the reading at 8:00 p.m. Back issues of The Atlas will be available for $5/copy, as well as other MWC Press books.