Local & Regional Resources for Writers
Local Submissions:
JoCoWrites Blog- monthly contests on submittable
Submittable Flying Ketchup Press
Sprung Formal KCAI
Classes Certifications Conferences
Johnson County Library Annual Library Conference 2020
Woodneath Library Center The Story Center- Story Certification
MCPL Library Annual Local Authors Fair
Johnson County Community College
Kansas City Public Library
Metropolitan Community College
Park University
UMKC
Community Ed through ParkHill Schools, NKC Schools, KC, MO Schools
Communiversity UMKC Community Ed Classes
KCAI Degree in Creative Writing
KCAI Community Ed Classes
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
Write Central in Gladstone, MO -
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
Rainy Day Books in KS
Three Wishes Book Store in KS
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
Guildit
Fountain Verse Poetry Festival
MAAA MidAmerica Arts Alliance
https://www.facebook.com/LibertyArtsCommission
JOCO Libraries (14 branches)
KC, KS Libraries
KCPL (10 branches)
MCPL (40 plus branches)
National Novel Writing Month - nanowrimo.org November local and national events
Summer Writers Institute: St. Louis
Wednesday Screenwriters, Westport
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
Louder than a Bomb- Youth Poetry Slam
Osage Arts Retreat
Steel's Used Books, Gladstone, MO
The Groundhog Theater, Gladstone, MO
EDUCATORS & YOUNG WRITERS
Society of Young Inklings
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/