Missoula Writing Collaborative

The Missoula Writing Collaborative teaches literary competence, critical thinking, cultural awareness, and artistic joy through creative writing.

"Writing is a grip on existence, an empowerment, and a way to listen to the inner truth of the self. "  - Sheryl Noethe
from Poetry Everywhere: Teaching Poetry Writing in School and Community by Jack Collum and Sheryl Noethe.

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.

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Children Playing arrowWriters 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.

arrowCommon Ground

Twice a month MWC writers meet with residents of Talbot Youth Homes for evening writing workshops.
arrowSummer Programs

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.

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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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