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A Year of Festivals!
SLWG is holding a retreat in the beautiful Missouri Botanical Garden. A short workshop will be followed by time spent writing among the beautiful flowers, and then we will gather to hear to the words inspired by nature.
A Writers’ Throwdown, Writers Under the Sun is a contest with cash prizes to determine the best poem and flash fiction of the day! Come one; come all to a test of literary might!
In the 1940s and 1950s, St. Louis Writers Guild had a proud tradition of holding writers’ conferences. In honor of those great events, SLWG will host a writers’ festival in Kirkwood Park. Workshops throughout the day will include a variety of genres, editing and querying agents, a workshop for children, a booth to sell member’s books, and plenty of food for all to enjoy.
A grand dinner gala culminating the end of the 90th anniversary festivities will be an homage to the events that were the core of the SLWG monthly meetings back in the 1930s.
SLWG will host a few very special, Special Guest Speaker Workshops this year. We can’t start dropping names just yet, so check back for more details.
April 16 - 18, 2010 Details...
Held every spring
October 2010
Held every fall 2010
First Saturday of most months at Kirkwood Community Center
Third Thursday of every odd month at Barnes & Noble in Ladue
Did You Know?
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Current SLWG Contests
- Kids' writing contest open Feb. 15 to Sep. 12.
- The Poetry contest is open April to June
- The Short Story contest is open in October through the beginning of December.
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Another great way to promote yourself is to write meaningful blog articles on Eliot.
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Featured Books/CDs
Our Monthly Selection
Victory Through Valor: A Collection of World War II Memoirs
A Collection of World War II Memoirs, a collection of stories told by the true heroes of World War II. The book gives us a
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Our Member of Distinction
Days Like This Are Necessary: New and Selected Poems
Includes new poems as well as highlights from the 13-book career of Walter Bargen, first poet laureate of Missouri
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