Missouri Writers Guild

Kristina Makansi, Editor, Co-Founder of Blank Slate Press, has been added to the roster to hear pitches on Saturday, April 9th. Anyone who has already registered for the conference who wants to pitch to Kristina can sign up at the registration table at the time of the conference.

Wee Writers in St. Charles, led by MWG member Ann Hazelwood, meets at 7 p.m. on the first Thursday of every month. Other charter members are Lilah Contine, Janet Lewien, Mary DuBois, Hallye Bone, and Noelle Miles. The group premiered their anthology, The Red Thread, in 2010. More information about the chapter can be obtained by calling Ann Hazelwood at 636- 723-7617.

Dr. Susan Swartwout, Missouri Writers’ Guild member and editor at SEMO Press, has launched the Southeast Missouri Writers Guild, which will hold its first meeting on Saturday, January 29th at 10:30 a.m. in the University Center’s Redhawks Room at SEMO. Conference Chair Debbie Marshall will be on hand to welcome the group to MWG and give a preview of the upcoming “Just Write!” Conference.

MWG Welcomes Four Rivers Writers' Guild to our Guild! If you live in or around the Union, MO/Washington, MO area please consider joining the Four Rivers Writers' Guild for their local chapter meetings. Four Rivers Writers' Guild—President: Ross Malone : RnDMalone@att.net Contact: Ross Malone or Facebook at: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/pages/Four-Rivers-Writers-Guild/130514403660195
Meeting time: Varies, 2nd or 3rd Tuesdays at 7:00 PM /
Meeting Place: Varies, Usually Scenic Regional Library in Union, MO or Photojournalism Hall of Fame, Washington, MO
Members at this time come from Franklin, Warren, Gasgonade, and Crawford Counties in East Central Missouri.

We cannot live for ourselves alone. Our lives are connected by a thousand invisible threads, and along these sympathetic fibers, our actions run as causes and return to us as results. -- Herman Melville

Volunteer Opportunities

MWG is only as good as (its) members. Volunteering is an opportunity to get to know other professionals in the craft and meet featured authors, editors, publishers, and agents.

Volunteering allows us to offer more programs and benefits to our members. Your help allows us to keep our membership costs reasonable. Volunteers don't get paid, not because they're worthless, but because they're priceless.

Choose a position that is either a one-time event or project, serve a one-year term on the board of directors, or volunteer to help with the next conference. Plus, helping the MWG builds your contacts, and confidence, and it’s fun.

Volunteers are always needed to welcome new members, shepherd guests and speakers, find sponsors, write media releases, serve as the photographer at events, facilitate groups, or start new chapters.

Volunteer ideas:

Publicity/online and print newsletter editors
Contest committee sponsors, members and coordinator
Write a thank you note to a sponsor or speaker
Sponsorship facilitators to help secure prizes, donations, and scholarships
Start a new MWG Chapter, serve as leader or president or become a chapter representative
Photograph and record events and activities

Contact: claireapplewhite@gmail.com to volunteer or contribute.

Missouri Writers Guild is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. Your tax-deductible donations are appreciated.

Calling all Missouri Writers' Guild members!
WE need an article or an essay on writing from YOU!

As you can see in our newsletter and on our Web site, we have added articles on our craft, and we still have volunteers to write these articles through August. Then we need YOU! Can you volunteer to write a short article or give us a reprinted article (or essay) on any writing related subject in the next year?

Articles are due the first week of the month you volunteer, and you send them to Jennifer Jiang at jjiang@earthlink.net Make sure to include a bio and any book or Web site you want to promote. Currently, we are not able to pay for these articles, but you are getting free publicity! The article Web page gets a ton of hits! So, let us know when you want your article to appear.