Maryland Writers' Association Howard County Chapter

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.
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.
 
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.
 
Among MWA's activities and services:
  • Monthly meetings with speakers (All chapter meetings are included)
  • Annual writers' conference
  • Member newsletter, Pen in Hand
  • Writing workshops
  • Literary contests
  • Ability to sell books at any MWA sponsored event table
  • Writing projects for children
 
The Maryland Writers Association HoCo Chapter is sponsored by:
Maryland Writers' Association
MWA HoCo Chapter Table at the 2009 Arts Festival in Greenbelt, MD.
MWA HoCo Chapter Table at the 2009 Arts Festival in Greenbelt, MD.
MWA HOCO HEADLINES:
Howard County February Chapter Meeting
Leap into Writing

Howard County January Chapter Meeting
Open Mic Night

Howard County October Chapter Meeting
Copyrights? Contracts? Legal Questions for Writers

Howard County September Chapter Meeting
Should you self-publish?

Howard County August Chapter Meeting
Publishing in the Round

Howard County July Chapter Meeting
It's Poetry Night in Howard County!

Howard County June Chapter Meeting
The Howard County Chapter June meeting is an ice cream social. Join us!

Howard County May Chapter Meeting
Come to SPRING FLING OPEN MIC NIGHT at the Howard County Chapter meeting this month!

Howard County April Chapter Meeting
Calling all wizards, witches, creatures from other planets!

Howard County February Chapter Meeting
Are you in the mood for ROMANCE? Come to the Howard County Chapter of Maryland Writers Association meeting this month.

Howard County January Chapter Meeting
Open Mic Night

Laura Shovan Gives free writing workshop and talk for the Northern Virginia Writers Club
This Saturday, September 18, 2010, Laura is giving a free writing workshop and talk for the Northern Virginia Writers Club.

The HoCo chapter meets

at 7:00pm on the third Thursday of each month except November and December, unless otherwise noted in meeting announcements.
 
NEXT MEETING: FEBRUARY 16
 
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Quote of the Day:
"The writing was easy. The thinking was terrifying."
—Lauren Beth Eisenberg, Memoir (working title Blinders)

Quote of the day is from an MWA HoCo author's work in progress.
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The Enchanted Forest, Ellicott City's storybook theme park, opened in 1955,the same year as Disneyland. After the Howard County attraction closed in 1995, a group of dedicated individuals and Clark's Elioak Farm rescued and restored The Wise Old Dragon and other fondly remembered characters so they could be enjoyed by the public once again. The Dragon's image is used by MWA HoCo by permission.
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