Writers' Room--A day of writing to benefit the Missoula Writing Collaborative! Join the Missoula Writing Collaborative on Saturday, November 2nd, 2019, for an all-day writing workshop. If you've wanted to dive in and challenge yourself in one genre, these workshops are for you! There will be 3 different classes offered. OPI Credit Available. Sign up on our Submittable site: https://missoulawritingcollaborative.submittable.com/submit/149752/saturday-november-2nd-2019-the-writers-room Time: ... continue reading...
Meet our New Writers
As the 2019-2020 school year starts out we have a few new writers who will be visiting classrooms around Western Montana. Susanna Sonnenberg will be teaching at Victor and Lowell schools, Melissa Stephenson will be teaching at Jeanette Rankin School, and Tommy D'Addario will be teaching at Dixon, St. Ignatius, Stevensville and Lolo schools. ... continue reading...
Annual Luncheon October 11 Featuring Montana Poet Laureate Melissa Kwasny
Help us usher in our 25th year in Missoula schools! Montana Poet Laureate Melissa Kwasny will speak about the importance of poetry in the schools. Students will read poems and writers and parents will share stories. We hope to see you there! When: Friday,October 11th, 12-1p.m. Where: Lobby of the Missoula Children's Theatre Cost: By donation. Bring a friend! Reservations Required: Call (406) 549-3348 or email: [email protected] ... continue reading...
Summer Camp with MWC: Wordplay, Radio-time, Pasta-making and Water Bugs
In the middle of July, if you climbed to the second floor of the Education Building at the University of Montana and stuck your head into one of the classrooms, you would have seen 16 nine- and ten-year-olds scribbling away on paper. They may have been writing about things that are silent and things that are loud. They may have been writing an ode to chili. They may have been writing a poem about camping at Lake Alva in the Seeley-Swan. What would have struck you is that all these students were ... continue reading...
Monday Poem: “Becoming Water” by Elizabeth
A poem by Elizabeth from our Words With Wings Summer Camp: I see the water against the rocks, and wonder does it, too, wish to be free? Is it not satisfied with everywhere it can go, does it want to be on land? I put myself in its place. I become water. I twist and turn and jump and play. I am moving fast with the current. I go under bridges and up and down, and around mountains. I go through foreign countries. Then, I circle back and see myself, wandering away. I have my answer. ... continue reading...
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