David R. Collins Writers' Conference 2024

The Quad City’s Longest Running Writing Event Returns to Augustana College!

MWC and The David R. Collins Writers’ Conference (formerly known as the Mississippi Valley Writers’ Conference) are thrilled return to the campus of Augustana College this summer, June 27-29. Featuring our stellar Conference Faculty (Chad Simpson, Darius Stewart, Sara Lupita Olivares, and Rebecca McKanna) leading three-day workshops, participating in a Community Conversation keynote event, holding a public reading, and a concluding luncheon.

We will continue to offer scholarships to students, veterans/active duty service members, and those with financial need.

Full information on the conference is available on our website, here:

https://www.mwcqc.org/events-opportunities/david-r-collins-writers-conference/

For more information please email MWC, or to register via phone,

please call MWC at 309-732-7330.

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This year we will offer four workshops:

-Fictional Forms: Short Fiction Workshop with Chad Simpson, Professor at Knox College

-Mining Memory with Lyricism: Crafting Memoir through Lyric Essay with Darius Stewart, Professor at University of Iowa

-Obscured Environments: A Generative Poetry Workshop with Sara Lupita Olivares, Professor at University of Illinois

-Revising a Novel Draft by Draft with Rebecca McKanna, Professor at University of Indianapolis

Host or Publisher Midwest Writing Center