We will be posting the entries for our limerick challenge as they are sent to us. You have until March 17th to submit your entry.
Our first entry is by Tiffany Pennywell
Our 2nd entry is from Earnest McDaniel
There once was a couple quite average
The wife had the brains in the marriage
So she took him by hand
And explained to the man
Suffrage and vassalage…and leverage
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It’s fall and Halloween is around the corner🎃!
Do you have any self written work pertaining to fall and/or Halloween that you’d like to be shared on or FB group and blog?
Please send submissions to shreveportwritersclub@gmail.com and keep a look out for your work to appear.
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The Shreveport Writers Club will meet on Saturday, August 7th at the Shreve Memorial Library Broadmoor Branch, 1212 Captain Shreve Drive. The meeting will begin at 10 AM and conclude at 12 PM.
This will be a regular business meeting. Members and guests are invited to bring a short sample of work to share during the Round Robin portion of the meeting.
Write ON!
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The Shreveport Writers Club is happy to announce that the 2021 Anthology, For a Shorter Social Distance Tomorrow is now available in paperback from Amazon.com. The Kindle version is also available.
Click below to order your copy today and support the efforts of the writers and the goals of Shreveport Writers Club to promote and encourage the art and craft of writing in Northwest Louisiana.
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The Shreveport Writers Club regular June meeting will be a virtual Zoom meeting, 10 am until 12 pm, Saturday, June 5th.
Author, Deondre Holmes will be the guest speaker. He will be leading a discussion on combatting Imposter Syndrome and being authentic.
Members and guests are welcome. An invitation and Zoom link will be sent via email prior to the meeting. If you are interested in attending, send an email requesting the Zoom link to shreveportwritersclub@gmail.com.
And don’t forget, the club’s new anthology is available for Kindle download:
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The Shreveport Writers Club proudly presents a new anthology for 2021: For a Shorter Social Distance Tomorrow.
Featuring eleven local authors, edited by Jeff Babineaux, this powerful collection of stories, poems and a children’s book excerpt explores “lives affected by pandemic, isolation, division and a search for connection against the chaotic backdrop of the events of 2020.”
For a Shorter Social Distance Tomorrow is available now for Kindle download. Proceeds benefit the Shreveport Writers Club which aims to promote, celebrate and connect writers who represent a broad spectrum of experience, goals, viewpoints and genres in Northwest Louisiana.
Shreveport Writers Club invites you to experience this thought-provoking anthology by clicking below:
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This month’s Shreveport Writers Club Critique Group will meet virtually via Zoom Saturday, May 15th, 2021, from 10 am until 12 noon.
You are invited to bring a short piece of your work to share and receive constructive, supportive feedback from fellow members.
If you would like the Zoom link and details, please send an email to shreveportwritersclub@gmail.com requesting the information
Write On!
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On Saturday, May 1st, The Shreveport Writers Club welcomes author Britney Winn Lee as guest speaker via Zoom.
Britney Winn Lee is the author of The Boy With Big, Big Feelings (2020), The Girl With Big, Big Questions (forthcoming 2021), Deconstructed Do-Gooder: A Memoir About Learning Mercy the Hard Way, and the editor of Rally: Communal Prayers for Lovers of Jesus and Justice.
When not writing, Britney serves as the director of Noel Community Arts Program and the editor and content coordinator for Red Letter Christians. She lives in Shreveport, LA with her husband, son, and miniature aussie, Beau.
The meeting will also include regular club business and activities.
If you would like the Zoom link and details, please send an email to shreveportwritersclub@gmail.com  requesting the information
Write On!
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 The Shreveport Writers Club will meet August 3rd at the Broadmoor Library, 1212 Captain Shreve Dr, at 10 AM.
This month the guest speaker will be emerging novelist and blogger Harrice Daniels-Mitchell (Rhys Daniels), She is a third grade teacher and small business owner.
Daniels-Mitchell is a first time novelist. Her short stories have appeared in Savoir Faire Literary and Art Magazine and Heliopolis Magazine (upcoming).
As publisher of Hedon Elementary the Blog, Harrice has amassed more than 400 readers in the span of four months. You may view her latest installments at www.hedonelementary@wordpress.com.
In addition to the guest speaker, other business will include information on the upcoming “Paired Expressions: Visual and Lyrical Art” collaboration with the Shreveport Art Club. Time is running out for those who wish to participate!
Other general business will be conducted, as well as the Round Robin reading portion of the meeting (where writers are encouraged to share short excerpts of the their work_ and the always challenging Flash Fiction Exercise.
Everyone is welcome to attend. Invite a friend and Write On!
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The Shreveport Writers Club held their semi-annual Writer’s Medley on Friday, June 7th in the venue space at The Agora Borealis in Shreveport.
The writers shared food, fun and their writing with other members and assembled guests.
The Agora Borealis provided each reader with a complimentary ink and quill set!
Thanks to the friends and family who came out to support the efforts of local writers. Thanks also goes out to The Agora Borealis for being such awesome hosts!
If you want to know what’s next for Shreveport Writers Club, please come to a meeting. Everyone is welcome!
Remember:
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