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We are committed to supporting writers at each stage of their career, and as such offer a variety of programs, resources, and opportunities to help each writer develop their craft and grow their portfolio.
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What's New
Writers Conference
Save the Date!
We’ve chosen a date for our 2025 Writers Conference and it’s a slight departure from the past. We’ll see you in October!
2025 Writers Conference
Thursday, Oct. 16 – Saturday, Oct. 18
Central Resource Library
Keynote speaker: Steve Almond
Conference Book: Truth is the Arrow, Mercy is the Bow
Recorded sessions from last year's conference continue to be available via YouTube in Library OnDemand, as are the pre-recorded lectures for those of you that missed them.
Thank you again for joining us. We had a blast!
Upcoming Events
On Monday, June 30th our community of writers will come together to connect and uplift one another.
Whether you’re looking for like-minded people to share ideas, a critique partner, a writing group or a beta reader, or you simply want to get words on the page, this event is for you.
Library staff will help facilitate the connections you need.
We’ve got events for teens, kids, and adult writers. Explore all of our events »
Writing Contests
Our Writing Contests award each winner with a $200 honorarium and the chance to read their work at an upcoming event. (Psst, we also have contests for kids.)
Our contest prompt for May-August is Color Our World. Read more about the guidelines and enter your original works »
Read previous adult Writing Contest winners »
