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The Maryland Writers' Association
(MWA) is a voluntary, not-for-profit organization dedicated to promoting the art, business, and craft of writing. MWA strives to: |
- Bring together writers of all levels and disciplines
- Serve as an information resource
- Help members make contacts that lead to publication
- Encourage writers to reach their full potential, and
- Promote writing within the community.
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| MWA's diverse membership ranges from professional freelancers and published authors, to writers aspiring to be published and those who write as a creative outlet. Our members hail from all over Maryland. |
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| Members produce both nonfiction and fiction, including novels, short stories, poetry, plays, scripts, speeches, feature articles, and essays. Some work in specific genres such as romance, science fiction, thriller, fantasy, children's literature, travel writing, or biography. |
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| Among MWA's activities and services: |
- Monthly meetings with speakers (All chapter meetings are included)
- Annual writers' conference
- Member newsletter, Pen in Hand
- Complimentary subscription to the creative journal Scribble
- Writing workshops
- Literary contests
- Ability to sell books at any MWA sponsored event table
- Writing projects for children
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| The Maryland Writers Association HoCo Chapter is sponsored by: |
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MWA HoCo Chapter Table at the 2009 Arts Festival in Greenbelt, MD.
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at 7:00pm on the third Thursday of each month except November and December, unless otherwise noted in meeting announcements.
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"If this were an Agatha Christie or a Rex Stout story I'd send cryptic invitations to Margie's sisters, to their father, Angelo and his wife, Helen, to Jack and to some tame police detective I knew. The killer would break down and confess, then be led from the room in handcuffs, and Justice Would Be Served. " —Lynn Mann, Murder by MushroomQuote of the day is from an MWA HoCo author's work in progress.
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Available Now!
New Lines from the Old Line State
Thirty-six captivating pieces of literature from twenty-nine authors in this debut anthology from the Maryland Writers' Association
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