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Posts by Midwest Writing Center
Day 5 #AndreaRexilius
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Day 4 was #MarcRahe
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Day 2 featured #BeckyVentura
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More from our #NationalPoetryMonth line up inside!
Day 16 feature @hefisher.bsky.social
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We are pleased to announce our 2026 Creative Writing Grant! The $2,500 grant will be awarded to one Armenian writer whose in-progress poetry collection shows exceptional literary and creative ability.
🗓️ Application opens Sept 1. Learn more: bit.ly/4dNg44N
Reminder: Our next Sarkisian Workshop Series event is coming up this Sunday! ✍️
Join Diane Wilson for a virtual workshop on Indigenous perspectives in climate narratives, exploring the concept of Mitakuye Owasin (“We Are All Related”) through writing prompts.
🔗 Register here: bit.ly/3PSJowO
and today, day 4, #MichaelMercurio
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#ChristyPrahl on Day 7:
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#MonicaFlink on Day 3:
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#KathleenMarisPaltrineri for day 12:
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#EricBaus for day 13:
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#NationalPoetryMonth is so very alive at #MWC!
Check out our playlist on youtube, we'll link some videos in this thread :)
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Sandy earned an MFA in Creative Writing—Poetry from George Mason University and serves as the Assistant Director of Academic Support at Harper College in Chicagoland.
Website: sandramarchetti.net
Link to latest releases: www.tamupress.com/author/sandr...
Sandy is also author of four chapbooks of poetry and essays. Her writing appears widely in Mid-American Review, Blackbird, Ecotone, Southwest Review, Subtropics, and elsewhere. She is Poetry Editor Emerita at River Styx.
Sandra Marchetti is the 2023 winner of The Twin Bill Book Prize for Best Baseball Poetry Book of the Year. She is the author of three poetry collections, DIORAMA, SFA UP, 2025), Aisle 228 (SFA UP, 2023), and Confluence (Sundress, 2015).
@sandrapoetry.bsky.social is our Day 10 feature for #NationalPoetryMonth!
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beat me to it!
Laid down a little ol poem of mine for the @mwcqc.bsky.social’s celebration of National Poetry Month. Shoutout to Jeoffry and the good folks at the MWC🐱
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#NationalPoetryMonth is upon us!
Check out this video Ryan and Sarah made about all the goodies coming up this month!
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National Poetry Month was founded by @poetsorg.bsky.social
Deadline April 1!
Do you have writer friends in the Midwest? Send this quiz their way.
Full information about submitting is on our website: www.mwcqc.org/foster-stahl...
Since we extended the deadline for the Foster Stahl #Chapbook Series, we thought we'd run our quiz to help you figure out if submitting to MWC Press is right for you!
Sarah interviewed Jenna Goldsmith recently, you can see their conversation here: youtu.be/9FGZ1AgJC-8?...
We are SO EXCITED to co-host Jenna Goldsmith and @stevehalle.bsky.social at The Atlas Collective in ONE WEEK!
Come see some of the best poets Illinois has to offer for FREE
Friday, March 13 / 5:30 - 7:30pm
1801 5th Ave, Moline
#IronPen is TONIGHT! We are ONE HOUR AWAY from the prompt reveal (here, on facebook and instagram, on our website...)
Feb. 27 from 5pm CT until Feb. 28 at 5pm CT
mwcqc.org/contests/iron-pen/