Our next monthly meeting is Tuesday, March 14 in the Student Center at Muscatine Community College. The words for the monthly word challenge are listed below. Incorporate all of these words into a story, poem, essay, song, or whatever kind of writing you choose, and bring copies to share. Can’t wait to see what everyoneContinue reading “March Word Challenge”
Seeking Submission for Inspiration Anthology
Writers on the Avenue is seeking submissions for an inspirational anthology that celebrates the human spirit and the simple beauty of the everyday. Lighthearted or soulful, tender or profound, we are looking for works about hope, miracles, or triumph over adversity, words that lift our spirits, soothe our hurts, strengthen our courage, and soften ourContinue reading “Seeking Submission for Inspiration Anthology”
A little January inspiration
Our next WOTA meeting will be January 10, 2017, at 6:00 pm in the Student Center at Muscatine Community College. Hope to see you there! If you’re looking for some inspiration, here are words for our January word challenge. Write a song, poem, essay, or story (or whatever you like) incorporating all of these words,Continue reading “A little January inspiration”
December Word Challenge
The next WOTA meeting is Tuesday, December 13 starting at 6:00 pm in the Student Center at Muscatine Community College. Hope you can join us! We’ll have copies of the holiday anthology to distribute; come grab a few copies to gift to friends and family and sell to the other people in your life. AsContinue reading “December Word Challenge”
Kicking off the Fall Fiction Workshop series with a little mystery
Writing the Mystery is TONIGHT from 6-8 on the MCC campus, 27 Strahan Hall! Bring a pen and bring a friend. The event is free and open to the public. The only expense for you is getting there, and the books you’ll want to buy from these terrific authors. I haven’t written a mystery storyContinue reading “Kicking off the Fall Fiction Workshop series with a little mystery”
Holiday Anthology in the Works!
It’s time for another WOTA anthology, and this time we’re preparing a special volume celebrating holidays in and around Muscatine. We’re looking for prose, poetry, art, songs, or anything else reflecting on holidays in the City of Pearls, past or present. Submissions are due October 15, and we hope to have a printed volume toContinue reading “Holiday Anthology in the Works!”
August challenge & Wandering Words update
Lots of great things happening for Writers on the Avenue this month! First, you can see the cast of our poem selected in the Muscatine County Arts Council Wandering Words contest over at the City of Muscatine blog. The poem will be stamped into new cement around town as sidewalk squares are laid or repaired.Continue reading “August challenge & Wandering Words update”
July Word Challenge
At our June meeting, we brainstormed this list of words for next month’s word challenge: Fireworks Useful Pudding Tatter Help Fact Jazz Barn Magnificence Rumbled Intertwine these into a song, poem, essay, story, or mixed media work of your choice, and bring copies to our next meeting on Tuesday, June 12, from 6 – 8Continue reading “July Word Challenge”
Prompts
For our May word play, we generated a list of nouns and a list of verbs. Your challenge is to pick one noun and one verb and build a story, essay, poem, or song around them. Nouns mountainside, sombrero, rain, pocketbook, speaker, violin, driver, frost Verbs elude, charge, linger, meet, start, change, taste Bring yourContinue reading “Prompts”
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