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Calling all members! The Writers Place wants to include your work in the 2022 Yearbook. Send one poem, one short story, one excerpt from a longer work of fiction or play, or one piece of creative nonfiction. Prose piece should be no longer than 1500 words, and poetry should not exceed two pages. When you submit your work, include a 50-100-word bio.

To submit, your membership in the Writers Place must be current. If you have let your membership lapse, then you can renew it online at writersplace.org or by mailing a check. Submissions may be previously published provided you have the rights returned to you. All submissions are due by December 31, 2022. Please send your writing as word document in an email attachment to bgulley@jccc.edu.

This collection will be published on the Writers Place website and publicized through our email and social media network. We look forward to highlighting your words.

Sincerely,

The Writers Place Board

See what you missed? Next Westport Coffeehouse Jazz and Poetry event is July 7th. Get it on your calendar!

The editors of the Writers Place Yearbook are too modest to call it a “showcase,” but that word describes this anthology perfectly.  Poetry,  fiction and creative nonfiction reflect the artistry and skill of authors who cherish the written word—exactly why all are active members of The Writers Place, an organization dedicated to the craft of writing. This collection hosts a rich collage of works by several poets laureate, world-known storytellers and novelists, award-winning authors, and those who are at the beginning of their literary journey.  The digital version of the Writers Place Yearbook is available at no cost on The Writers Place website. Print copies may be purchased through Amazon. Proceeds benefit The Writers Place.

Purchase a copy online via Amazon, or download a free digital copy below: 

https://www.amazon.com/Writers-Place-Yearbook-Beth-Gulley/dp/B09SV37R93

Download a digital copy at no cost:

The Writers Place Yearbook Volume 1.pdf

We are pleased to share this celebration of life for Bruce Hopkins, who was significant to The Writers Place. Former Writers Place Board Member Bruce Hopkins passed away in October 2021.  Bruce was instrumental over the years to the Writers Place in so many ways.  His legal expertise in nonprofit law was unparalleled, and his warmth and sense of humor shined at our events.

Liquid Imagination – where reality and fantasy blur A collaboration of creative minds. Poets from the Writers place and River Cow Cosmic Orchestra create magic together. Witness this annual event and be prepared for surprises. https://thewritersplace.wildapricot.org/ COSMIC JAZZ by river cow orchestra spontaneous music composers

The Writers Place regrets to announce the loss of Bruce Hopkins, a long-time member of the Writers Place Board of Directors who attended all of our events and offered legal advice in nonprofit law.  He brought wit and wisdom wherever he went.  He died Oct 31, 2021, from a failing heart.  He wrote over 45 books including scholarly books on nonprofit law, practical guides about nonprofits for laypeople, memoirs, and poetry over his lifetime.  We shall miss him greatly. 

You can view his full obit: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/washingtonpost/name/bruce-hopkins-obituary?id=31354729

Marianne Kunkel, our November featured member, is the author of Hillary, Made Up (Stephen F. Austin State University Press) and The Laughing Game (Finishing Line Press), as well as poems that have appeared in The Missouri Review, The Notre Dame Review, Hayden’s Ferry Review, Rattle, and elsewhere. She is an Assistant Professor of English at Johnson County Community College, where she teaches children's literature and composition. She holds an MFA in poetry from the University of Florida and a Ph.D. in English from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. While earning her Ph.D. at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, she was the managing editor of Prairie Schooner and the African Poetry Book Fund. She is the editor-in-chief of Kansas City Voices and Kansas City Voices Youth and chair of The Writers Place‘s Youth Committee. She recently co-edited a poetry anthology, Curating Home (Woodneath Press), with Jose Faus and Glenn North that won the Missouri Library's Association's 2021 Literary Award. In her free time, she loves thrift-store shopping, attending political protests, and cooking vegetarian meals.

www.mariannekunkel.com

The Writers Place hosted its annual Day of the Dead program virtually on October 29th via Zoom. A slideshow of images from the evening and link to access the program recording can be found by clicking the link below.

2021 Day of the Dead Celebration