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| MISSISSIPPI WRITERS GUILD Advancing and Preserving the Literary Arts P. O. Box 3845 Meridian, MS 39303-3845 |
Mississippi Writers Guild ("MWG" or "The Guild") is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit Mississippi
Corporation. Incorporated November 2005, MWG has steadily worked towards building its
membership and community involvement in the arts and education within Mississippi.
MWG is forming chapters all over Mississippi with a chapter head spearheading each group
according to the needs of that chapter. Chapters meet regularly to network with other writers, share
writing experiences, tips, ideas, readings, open mic sessions, and critique groups. Chapters also
discuss and plan special programs and workshops for their area. Smaller events can usually be
handled by the chapter, but if larger events are sought for an area, such as a book festival or writer
retreat with a well-known author, the MWG board helps to implement the program or event and
assists in the advertising, funding, etc., to insure a successful event.
Annual membership dues allow MWG Members to link from the MWG website to their personal
website. Dues also allow membership discounts on all MWG events in addition to the above stated
benefits. In 2008, MWG will begin contributing a portion of the funds to individual chapters to
promote MWG and to implement programs, events, and workshops all over the state. MWG
members may also email questions related to writing to MWG contact people, as well as email news
and updates on their writing successes to be announced to the MWG list and in the quarterly
newsletter.
Corporation. Incorporated November 2005, MWG has steadily worked towards building its
membership and community involvement in the arts and education within Mississippi.
MWG is forming chapters all over Mississippi with a chapter head spearheading each group
according to the needs of that chapter. Chapters meet regularly to network with other writers, share
writing experiences, tips, ideas, readings, open mic sessions, and critique groups. Chapters also
discuss and plan special programs and workshops for their area. Smaller events can usually be
handled by the chapter, but if larger events are sought for an area, such as a book festival or writer
retreat with a well-known author, the MWG board helps to implement the program or event and
assists in the advertising, funding, etc., to insure a successful event.
Annual membership dues allow MWG Members to link from the MWG website to their personal
website. Dues also allow membership discounts on all MWG events in addition to the above stated
benefits. In 2008, MWG will begin contributing a portion of the funds to individual chapters to
promote MWG and to implement programs, events, and workshops all over the state. MWG
members may also email questions related to writing to MWG contact people, as well as email news
and updates on their writing successes to be announced to the MWG list and in the quarterly
newsletter.
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UPDATES:
As of March 1, 2010 MWG
has 153 members! Thank
you for your continued
support and dedication.
UPCOMING EVENTS:
The Delta Blues Project, a
partnership with Tyrus Publishing,
Best-Selling Author Carolyn Haines, and
Morgan Freeman's Rock River Foundation,
assisted by the MWG Clarksdale Chapter.
MWG will award its first $1,000 scholarship.
Coop Cooper, "The Small Town
Critic," One-Day Screenwriting
Workshop, February 17, 2010,
Hattiesburg, MS. Click here for details.
2010 Mississippi Writers Guild
Writers Conference
What would you like to see? Email your
requests
Updated March 5, 2010
MWG Webmaster Richelle Putnam
MWG Webmaster Richelle Putnam
Sam's Club of America
awarded Mississippi Writers
Guild a $1,000 grant to be used
towards writing programs.
awarded Mississippi Writers
Guild a $1,000 grant to be used
towards writing programs.
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Community Foundation of East
Mississippi (CFEM) awarded
Mississippi Writers Guild (MWG)
a $1,000.00 grant for sponsoring a
Five-county (Lauderdale, Newton,
Neshoba, Clarke, Kemper) Student
Writing Competition. CFEM provided
$1,950.00 in awards to winning students and
MWG provided two free conference
registrations (one to the grand prize winning
student and one to the student's teacher or
parent/guardian.) Partnerships work!!
Mississippi (CFEM) awarded
Mississippi Writers Guild (MWG)
a $1,000.00 grant for sponsoring a
Five-county (Lauderdale, Newton,
Neshoba, Clarke, Kemper) Student
Writing Competition. CFEM provided
$1,950.00 in awards to winning students and
MWG provided two free conference
registrations (one to the grand prize winning
student and one to the student's teacher or
parent/guardian.) Partnerships work!!
| Mississippi Writers Guild, a statewide non-profit organization with its home office in Meridian, was awarded a $4,250 grant from the Mississippi Arts Commission (MAC). The grant was a portion of the $1.5 million in grants the Commission awarded in 2009-2010 and was used towards the 2009 Mississippi Writers Guild Writers Conference, which was held Aug. 14-15, at Riverwalk Casino Conference Facility in Vicksburg, MS. |
Thank you, Citizens National
Bank, for your contribution
through the Deanna Wilbourn
Entitlement
Bank, for your contribution
through the Deanna Wilbourn
Entitlement
Thank you, Lynn Welding, for your
Gold Sponsorship to Mississippi Writers
Guild
Gold Sponsorship to Mississippi Writers
Guild
THREEFOOT FESTIVAL, MERIDIAN, MS Jimmy Rogers Talent Competition Jeff Anderson 5K Run Meridian Little Theatre Meridian Symphony Orchestra Meridian Artist Co-Op The MSU Riley Center Meridian Museum of Art Mississippi Writers Guild Thank you Meridian Council for the Arts for your devotion to community and the organizations that strive to unite community through all arts. PARTNERSHIPS WORKS!! See Festival Pictures here: |
MWG is proud to support and fund
the annual student/member writing
awards of GFWC Mississippi
Federation of Women's Clubs,
Inc., which was presented at the
111th State Convention at the MSU
Riley Center, Meridian, MS April
25, 2009
the annual student/member writing
awards of GFWC Mississippi
Federation of Women's Clubs,
Inc., which was presented at the
111th State Convention at the MSU
Riley Center, Meridian, MS April
25, 2009
| BOOKS FOR VETERANS MWG delivered over 11,500 books to Veterans Homes in Mississippi and Tennessee. See details and photographs here |
"No Writer Without a Voice"
Mississippi Writers Guild was
honored to become a partner
with Meridian Council
for the Arts in their annual
Threefoot Festival, and
joined a list of other
distinguished organizations:
honored to become a partner
with Meridian Council
for the Arts in their annual
Threefoot Festival, and
joined a list of other
distinguished organizations:
Thank you, Regions Bank, for your
contribution towards 2010 MWG writing programs.
contribution towards 2010 MWG writing programs.
WELCOME TO 2010