Monthly Meeting
WOTA will meet in room 301 of Musser Public Library on Tuesday, April 16 from 6-8 pm. Bring a pen, bring a friend, bring a short work to share!
The March group challenges you to compose something using these words: GAZEBO, BLOOM, GRANDILOQUENCE, LIGHTBULB, QUIETLY, DOWNHILL, CONNECT, ERRATIC, TUNNEL
Local Author Shelf at Musser Public Library
The librarians and Friends of the Musser Public Library came together to organize an entire shelf to local authors, located on the first floor next to New Nonfiction. We’re very lucky that our library staff is so dedicated to supporting local literature. Authors, I hope you will donate a copy of your work to appear on these shelves, and readers, I hope you will browse this shelf and take a local author home with you each time you visit the library! Circulation of these works will show the library that local authors’ books are in demand, and you’ll make authors happy knowing their books are being read.
Fairmount Library Publishing Panel
The third in a series of publishing panels hosted by the Davenport library at Fairmount and the Midwest Writing Center will take place starting at 6:00 on May 1 at the Fairmount library. The panelists will field questions about dealing with agents and traditional publishers. Sessions are free but registration is recommended. Find out more and register at the library’s website, here.
Book Release Party
Contributors to SHATTERED CONSTRAINTS: AN ANTHOLOGY OF RADICAL HOSPITALITY will read their work at a book release event at St. Ambrose University’s Galvin Fine Arts Center on 4/18. The first 100 people to attend the event will receive a complimentary copy of the anthology. There will be copies available for purchase during the event and via the MWC Press online bookstore after the event. The book can be preordered here: https://www.mwcqc.org/books/shattered-constraints/. Find out more information through the Midwest Writing Center.
Book Signing Series
Submit to Wandering Words!
The Wandering Words contest sponsored by the Muscatine County Arts Council is now open! Write a poem that fits the guidelines and see your winning entry carved into sidewalks around Muscatine. Several WOTA members and friends have been part of this contest as winners and as judges! For details on prizes and how to submit, view the Muscatine County Arts Council page.