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Achieving Great Things – Interview with past Chapbook Contest Winner Sandy Marchetti

Posted on 07/07/201507/14/2015 by Ryan Collins

By Trish Georgiou As I am filing away notes and books, reveling in the ambiance of the 10th Anniversary to… Read more Achieving Great Things – Interview with past Chapbook Contest Winner Sandy Marchetti

Results of the 2015 Iron Pen Contest

Posted on 02/25/201502/25/2015 by Ryan Collins

Without any further ado, here are the winners of the 2015 Iron Pen contest by category: Fiction 1st Place: Shelley… Read more Results of the 2015 Iron Pen Contest

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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.”