Local & Regional Resources for Writers
Arts
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Local Writers Suggest These Presses for Submissions:
Creative Writers Opportunities
JoCoWrites Blog- monthly contests on submittable
New Letters (UMKC)
Thimble Literary Magazine--Any poet can submit online!
Spartan Press & Gasconade Review
Thorny Locust
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Classes Certifications Conferences
Community Ed through ParkHill Schools,
Community Ed NKC Schools
Communiversity UMKC Community Ed Classes
Johnson County Community College
Johnson County Library Annual Library Conference 2020
KCAI Degree in Creative Writing
MCPL Library Annual Local Authors Fair
Metropolitan Community College
MidAmerican Nazarene University
Modern & Contemporary American Poetry, Free Course:
Poetry Workshop in KC-- every Tuesday
Park University
Woodneath Library Center The Story Center- Story Certification
Groups for Writers:
365 days James Benger
DigiStory KC
Facebook Kansas P3
KC Writers FB Group
Kansas City Writers Group-Mary-Lane Kamberg -
MO-Tell Missouri Story Telling
Sunflower Open Poetry Mic, Lenexa
Wednesday Screenwriters, Westport
Write Central in Gladstone, MO -
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Books Stores:
The Rabbit Hole- North KC, MO future Museum of the Children’s Book Exploratorium
Steels Used Books, Used, Rare Vintage (Think Diagon Alley) Gladstone, MO
Prosperous Books- used with local poetry, 39th Street District KC, MO (near Westport)
AfterWord Tavern Shelves in Crossroads KC, MO, Christian Overgaard
AfterWord Tavern & Shelves Online Store
Rainy Day Books KS
The Green Door Bookstore Overland Park, KS
Three Wishes Book Store KS
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Magazines/ Media/ Journals/ Publishers
365 days FB group and Annual Publication
785 Topeka/ also a radio station, and lit magazine
ArtSpeak Radio KKFI- every Wednesday at Noon Maria Vasquez Boyd
BookMark Press UMKC
Kansas City Voices: Whispering Prairie Press-An annual publication with an eclectic mix of fiction, essays, interviews, articles, poetry, and art. We seek exceptionally written and visual creations from established and emerging voices.
Of Our Own Accord- Mary Silwance
Sprung Formal Kansas City Art Institute Lit Journal
Story Center Education and Press Woodneath MCPL Library Liberty, MO
VALA Gallery Local Future Literary Arts Journal, Penny Thyme
NonProfits & Events for Writers Artists and Small presses:
Community of Literary Magazines and Small Presses
Fountain Verse Poetry Festival
MAAA MidAmerica Arts Alliance
https://www.facebook.com/LibertyArtsCommission
JumpStartArt.org- supports local area Poets and more!
KCPL (10 branches)
MCPL (40 plus branches)
Summer Writers Institute: St. Louis
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Venues for Readings/ Poetry slams and Open Mics:
Common Sense Reading Series Kansas City Art Institute
Corbin Theater on the Square, Liberty, MO
Fountain Verse Poetry Festival
KC Poetry Slam https://www.kansascitypoetryslam.org/
Louder than a Bomb- Youth Poetry Slam
Steel's Used Books, Gladstone, MO
SpoFest First and Third Saturdays
The Groundhog Theater, Gladstone, MO
EDUCATORS & YOUNG WRITERS
Society of Young Inklings
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Student Version of Idea Storm: https://younginklings.pathwright.com/library/idea-storm/114649/about/
Student Version of Write a Fantasy: https://younginklings.pathwright.com/library/idea-storm/114649/about/
Educator Version of Idea Storm: https://www.younginklings.org/product/idea-storm-for-remote-classrooms/
Educator Version of Write a Fantasy: https://www.younginklings.org/product/story-sprint-write-a-fantasy-for-remote-classrooms/