| CCMWG 2009 Meeting Information:
This year the Columbia Chapter of the Missouri Writers’ Guild Meetings will be held at Orr St. Studios, unless otherwise noted. For more information on Orr St. Studios, go to http://orrstreetstudios.com/orr_history.htm Orr Street Studios are not on the corner of Walnut and Orr Street, as map quest driving directions suggest. The studios are a bit down the block on Orr Street. There is a new neon sign, so look east when you are driving on Orr Street, and you will see a striking gray structure with many windows, trimmed in red. This is the place! |
Get Inspired at our Monthly Meetings!
Mark Your Calendars and reserve these dates ... we're planning many great speakers for 2009, so don't miss out!
The Columbia Chapter of the Missouri Writers' Guild normally meets the first Sunday of each month. Please confirm dates, times, and place by checking the schedule below before each meeting.
The meetings run from 2:00 - 4:00 PM. Each begins with a brief business meeting followed by either a speaker, workshop, or critique group. Recent speakers have brought us programs on poetry, copyright law, mystery writing, self-publishing, submitting non-fiction to magazines, marketing, and writing science fiction.
We alternate speakers with small group critiques for prose (short stories), poetry, non-fiction and novel. This format encourages writers to build on their strengths with respectful help from other writers who recognize that each person has an individual voice and unique life experiences. Go to the Groups page of this web site to find the critique guidelines.
All meetings are free and open to the public, with the following exceptions:
September is a members’ only meeting. Our annual conference, which takes place around the first Saturday in November, requires registration and a fee.
Visit the Groups page for information about special interest group (SIG) meetings sponsored by the Chapter.
Click on the date for more information about the meetings.
2009 Meeting Schedule |
June 7, 2009 June Meeting will be critique
Walter Bargen - Crafting the First Line. We will ask the question, what makes a good first line, and hopefully, find some answers, and take a look at how a first line can determine so much of what follows in the rest of the poem.
August Meeting will be critique
Our Members Only Meeting -- Workshops TBA
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Governor Matt Blunt appointed Walter Bargen as the state's first official Missouri Poet Laureate on January 8, 2008... Bargen, 59, of Ashland, has published nine books and two chapbooks of poems over the last 28 years. Among his work is The Feast: Prose Poem Sequences, which won the 2005 William Rockhill Nelson Award for best poetry book by a Missouri writer. His work has appeared in more than 100 magazine publications, including American Literary Review, International Quarterly, Missouri Review, and River Styx. Bargen has been recognized for his literary achievements as a recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts poetry fellowship in 1991 and as winner of the Quarter After Eight Prose Prize in 1996, the Hanks Prize in 1996, and the Chester H. Jones Foundation poetry prize in 1997. Bargen holds a bachelor's degree in philosophy and a master's degree in English education from the University of Missouri-Columbia. He has worked for 20 years at MU as a senior coordinator for the Assessment Resource Center. Bargen will serve as the state's first official Missouri Poet Laureate for a term of two years and serving at the pleasure of the governor. The Missouri Poet Laureate is responsible for helping promote the arts in Missouri by making a minimum of six appearances per year at public libraries and schools across the state. Bargen also will compose an original poem in honor of Missouri and will perform the poem at an event commemorating the new position... The above information is from University of Missouri Research and the Arts web site: http://rcp.missouri.edu/articles/alumBargenPoetLaureate.html |
The Columbia Novels Group meets every 2nd and 4th Sunday at Cherry Street Artisan from 6-8 p.m. The group is open to CCMWG and MWG members. If you're interested in joining, feel free to come for a visit. This group consists of serious writers, several of whom are published, and they're seeking like-minded writers. |
