Write Out Loud Prairie Quills Writers’ Group 25th Anniversary Celebration – Tickets at the Door

Doors @ 6:30pm $10 Admission
Begins @7pm

The Prairie Quills Writers’ Group is marking 25 years of celebrating words, ideas, and
community. The group was conceived in November, 2001, by the facilitator and five members of
an adult writing class offered by Cypress Hills Regional College (now Grasslands College).
Writers often work in isolation, so belonging to a like-minded group provides positive
reinforcement as well as constructive criticism towards growth.

Dozens of writers from Southwest Saskatchewan have taken membership since inception. The
group provides education through regular meetings, retreats, and numerous workshops facilitated
by award-winning authors, often supported by the Saskatchewan Writers’ Guild. The Swift
Current Library is a close partner as Prairie Quills has hosted Listening Circles and biannual
member readings there. Prairie Quills members have mentored children and sponsored poetry
and prose competitions for youth. Often, they take part in readings as outreach for Swift Current
Seniors and Canadian Mental Health Association clients.

Club meetings now utilize an online presence to include those for whom distance or weather is
an issue. From one published author in 2001, several Prairie Quills writers now have books
published in a variety of genres.

During this Write Out Loud launch of their anthology, 25 – Anniversary Edition, 11 members
will read brief excerpts. Anthologies will be for sale at $20.

As always, Write Out Loud thanks the City of Swift Current for their support.
-For more information: Terry Toews: t.toews@sasktel.net or Dianne Miller: dorm@sasktel.net

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