Thank you all very much for participating in the fastest writing contest in the Midwest! We appreciate your writing courage & quick imagination, and we look forward to seeing all of your terrific submissions.
Before we get to the prompt (which will also be available via phone on the MWC’s outgoing voice message at 309-732-7330, via the home page and the Iron Pen page on the MWC website, and on our Facebook page), a few guidelines and other important bits of information:
One of the greatest gifts you can give to your children and future generations is to keep your family stories alive. Please join our new Memory Keepers Group as we come together with a common interest and goal to preserve our family stories through the written word.
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!