What Can St. Louis Writers Guild Do For You?
St. Louis Writers Guild Events
Monthly Events plus Special Events and Community Opportunities throughout the year!
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Meeting ID: 702 890 3800 / Passcode: scribe
Membership Renewal!
It’s membership renewal time! Here are easy links to renew membership and create your Community Directory Profile in the Member’s Room. The password for the Members Room and Workshop Archive can be found in the SLWG Members Guide. You will receive a download link for the guide once renewed. SLWG will send the new Members Guide and password to those who have already renewed.
Workshops for Writers is a hybrid event. Attend in person at the Lodge Des Peres or online via Zoom.
The Writers Room is an online discussion group for all writers.
It is not held in Nov and Dec
“You have friends here!”
SLWG MONTHLY EVENTS
Workshops for Writers
First Saturday of the month
10am to Noon
Free
Join SLWG Online or in-person at
The Lodge Des Peres
1050 Des Peres
St. Louis, MO
63131
Click the button above to view the next workshop. More information about Webex or Zoom and the Workshop on the Event Page and the Virtual Events Page. Login using a computer, tablet, or smart phone. Participants can call in via a phone if preferred.
Handout for Feb 2024 Workshops for Writers:
Tax Season 2024: Tips and Strategies with Dan Connors
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Handout for “How to Self-Publish a Book” by Stefanie Newell
The Next Workshops for Writers Event:
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Attention: About SLWG Events
For those of you that will be attending IN-PERSON, workshops will follow the 2/28/22 St. Louis County Health Advisory. MASKS ARE OPTIONAL and we will not collect attendee information for contact tracing. If you do not have a mask, one will be provided to you. We will provide hand sanitizer stations throughout the room. We will also be social distancing the chairs and tables as well as asking everyone to participate in contact tracing (meaning we will require your contact information so we can keep you informed if there is new information available about the status of attendees’ health). NO FOOD OR DRINKS will be provided at the workshops.
For those of you who CANNOT attend in-person, we will continue our practice of hosting the monthly workshops through Zoom (except for our December children’s workshop). Continue to use the link provided in Here’s News or the teal event button on our website.
Please contact us at president@stlwritersguild.org if you have any questions. Do not contact the Lodge Des Peres as they do not have information on our meetings and policies. Please keep in mind we are a nonprofit organization run by VOLUNTEERS and may not be able to answer your question right away.
The virtual workshops are FREE for both members and non-members. Beginning in June, recordings of these events, as well as previous audio recordings of workshops, can be accessed through the members-only portal of our website.
Please stay safe and healthy during this difficult time.
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The Board of the St. Louis Writers Guild
SLWG Special Events
Saturday, March 2, 2024, 10am to 1pm
Workshops, Pitch Sessions, and Consultations
4th - 8th Grade Camp - June 17-21, 2024
9th - 12th Grade Camp - June 24-28, 2024
SLWG Resources
SLWG Events
Find the latest Workshop for Writers, SLWG’s monthly meeting, as well as the Open Mic Night, and other special events. Read about the events on The Scribe Event Blog.
Members Room
Members of SLWG will find resources, member-specific news and opportunities on this password-protected page. Also, visit the Workshop Archive which uses the same password.
Writer Resources
St. Louis Writers Guild has a number of resources listed, including many other literary organizations that offer assistance to writers. SLWG Members there are even more writer resources in the Member’s Room.
Book Room
Discover amazing local authors as your browse through SLWG Members’ books and SLWG Anthologies. All sales are handled through the authors.
If you write… you are a writer!
St. Louis Writers Guild
Founded in 1920
Over 100 years of connecting the writing community of St. Louis
Workshops for Writers - SLWG’s Main Monthly Meeting
and
The Workshop Archive
Workshops for Writers | 10am to Noon | Free to attend
Held monthly on the first Saturday of the month. SLWG uses Zoom to stream and record each meeting. Links to Workshops for Writers and the other SLWG Events can be found above or on the Events Page. Workshops are on various topics from writing, publishing, and marketing, to industry insights. Workshops are in-person and online. Members, share your news and events, plus sell your books at the SLWG Book table.
The Workshop Archive | Members Only
Each workshop that SLWG is permitted to record will be posted in the workshop archive, so if you miss the monthly meeting or want to go back and hear it again, the workshops will be there. It usually takes a week to get the video online. Videos are available as long as there is storage space and permission, they can be taken down at anytime. The password is the same as the Members’ Room.
A selection from the SLWG Workshops for Writers Archive
Workshops for Writers | April 6, 2024
Poetry For All: Meet Missouri’s Poet Laureate
David L. Harrison, poet
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Young Writers STL Initiative:
Apprentice Club
St. Louis Writers Guild believes in encouraging tomorrow’s authors.
Programs throughout the year, like Young Writers Awards and Writers in the Park
Help up support young writers
Contests
St. Louis Writers Guild Contests.
St. Louis Writers Guild holds at least three writing contests every year. Our Short Story Contest has been held since 1920, and was even won by Tennessee Williams in 1935. The Deane Wagner Poetry Contest has been held since 1994 and was named to honor a dedicated St. Louis Poet. The Young Writers Awards is SLWG’s way of encouraging young writers.
Winners of the 2023 Deane Wagner Poetry Contest
1st Place
The Memory of America by Richard Stimac
2nd Place
Certificate of Deposit by Kurtis Schaper
3rd Place
Service by Fran Santoro Hamilton
Honorable Mention
Young Miss Plath by Larry Duerbeck
Thank you to the 2024 Judge: Madeline Artenberg
Winners of the 2023 Short Story Contest
First Place - "Going Under" by Laura Stewart Schmidt
Second Place - "Almost Fifty" by Lynda Madison
Third Place - "Able Auto Parts” by Lynda Madison
Honorable Mention - "The Lake Effect" by Virginia Renz Higgins
Thank you to the 2023 Judge, David Massengil
JOIN SLWG!
SLWG Membership $45 per year
Student/Senior Membership $30 per year
SLWG Season: June 1 - May 31
When you register as a member, you will receive an email receipt with a link to download your Members Guide, which has all kinds of useful information, including the password for the Members Room. Please read your email receipt carefully for the link, and check your spam folder if you do not receive the receipt within an hour of registering.
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