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–
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.
The David R. Collins Writers’ Conference: June 26-28, 2025 at Augustana College | Celebrating 20 years! Registration is Open!
DAVID R. COLLINS WRITERS’ CONFERENCE 20th AnniversaryJune 26-28, 2025 David R. Collins Writers’ ConferenceAugustana College – Rock Island, ILJune 26, 27,… Read more The David R. Collins Writers’ Conference: June 26-28, 2025 at Augustana College | Celebrating 20 years! Registration is Open!
MWC Offers New Writing Group — Memory Keepers: Next Meeting 5/22
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.
MWC Press Online Bookstore Issues – Please Order Here
We apologize for the issue with ordering directly from our MWC Press Bookstore pages — there’s an issue with the website & we are working to fix it with the vendor. For now, you can order some of our recent title here — if you would like to order any back catalog titles, please email us at mwc@mwcqc.org or call us at 309-732-7330. We apologize for the inconvenience & thank you for your patience & patronage…