Join us for our Annual Meeting August 5 at Butterworth Education Center

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MWC’s offices will be closed through August 3 as we’re celebrating Sarah’s MFA graduation. Please join us in wishing her a big congratulations!

Join us for the MWC Annual Meeting – Wed. 8/5, 6pm, at the Butterworth education Center (701 12th Ave, Moline, IL 61265). The event is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be available.

This year’s Annual Meeting invites you to participate in a community-wide conversation about why writing matters. We’ll have leaders across all professions as well as MWC Board Members and staff, but we want you to be part of it, too. And, of course, learn about the last year at MWC and see what’s ahead.

THE ATLAS 21 Pre-Order is live! Order your copy today | Release Party 8/13 at RIPL & Rozz-Tox!

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LOCATION UPDATE!

The Young Emerging Writers (YEW) Summer Internship Program will host a two-part party to celebrate the release of the latest issue of THE ATLAS, the Program’s literary magazine, on Thursday, August 13 at the downtown Rock Island Public Library and Rozz-Tox.

The event will start at 6:00 p.m. in the Community Room of the downtown Rock Island Public Library with the release of THE ATLAS 21, where the 2026 YEW interns will give a brief reading of their work from the magazine. Copies will be available for $10, along with other local literary artists selling their work. Light refreshments will be served.

Then, at 8:00 p.m., the party will move down the street to Rozz-Tox, featuring an open mic for YEW alumni and staff, followed by live music from KAS.

YEW Intern & Staff Showcase – Thursday 7/23 at RIPL Watts-Midtown Branch, 5:30 p.m.

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MWC celebrates 21 years of The Young Emerging Writers Program (YEW) with a showcase of selected YEW 2026 interns and staff on Thursday, July 23 at the RIPL Watts-Midtown Branch.

The event will start at 5:30pm with a social, followed by the Young Emerging Writers showcase, followed by readings from a selection of this year’s YEW interns and staff, previewing THE ATLAS 21 literary magazine, which the program will publish on 8/13 (pre-orders coming soon). Back issues of The Atlas will be available for $5/copy, as well as other MWC Press books.