The Missoula Writing Collaborative teaches literary competence, critical thinking, cultural awareness, and artistic joy through creative writing.
We place writers in school classrooms, after-school programs, youth homes and other venues to show young people the power of words and help them find their voices as writers. We are a nonprofit 501 ( c) (3) organization committed to reaching the underserved members of our society.
Each year we teach over 1500 kids to love to write.
Writers in the Schools
A professional writer visits a school weekly for seven months of the school year, engaging students to write creatively. The year culminates with a student reading and published anthology of student work.
Twice a month MWC writers meet with residents of Talbot Youth Homes for evening writing workshops.
Each summer over 65 children ages 8-12 and young adults ages 13-16 meet on the University of Montana campus for two weeks of daily, intensive, creative writing. Each week is capped with a reading.
Read about our work! - 08/31/2010
The Spring/Summer 2010 issue of Missoula.com has a feature on the Missoula Writing Collaborative. Find it here.
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