by MWC Rose | Sep 26, 2023 | News & Media
Caroline Simms comes to the Missoula Writing Collaborative with a background in teaching English, in software sales, and in business and nonprofit leadership. A passionate writing educator, Caroline taught K-12 and college students in Missoula and in New Zealand. She...
by MWC Rose | Sep 18, 2023 | News & Media
When Megan McNamer called me in September 2009 to see if I would be interested in teaching poetry to fourth graders at Central School in Helena, Montana, who knew what a life-changing moment that would be? I wasn’t even sure about taking the job. I had only taught...
by [email protected] | Apr 22, 2023 | News & Media
With lines like “the shivering soul-reaching shock of the water” or “I smell the sinister but sweet aroma of pine,” C.S. Porter seventh graders created collective poems about seven western Montana rivers. A collaboration between the Missoula Writing Collaborative and...
by [email protected] | Apr 22, 2023 | News & Media
We are excited to announce that in July 2023, MWC will offer a new camp for rising 11th and 12th graders to craft a polished college admissions essay. Cracking the College Essay will be a week focused on brainstorming, revision, tips, and tricks. Participants will...
by [email protected] | Dec 7, 2021 | News & Media, Poetry
The Missoula Writing Collaborative has come a long way since its humble beginnings in 1994, when poet Sheryl Noethe launched a creative writing pilot program at 5 Missoula schools. The pilot program aimed to teach kids to love to write through poetry. With its focus...
by [email protected] | Aug 18, 2020 | News & Media
Our fifteenth annual Words with Wings summer camp was not what I imagined when I began planning it in February 2020. At that time, there were no concerns about quarantining, social distancing, and sanitizing. Contact-less thermometers and face masks were not on the...
