Missoula Writing Collaborative

Missoula Writing Collaborative (mwc) teachers are professional writers who teach 12-week residencies in more than 39 schools across western Montana in 2022-2023. These residencies affect more than 2250 children including students on the flathead reservation of the confederated salish and kootenai tribes. Students in the programs organize performances, read on Montana public radio and post their works of poetry on mwc social media.mwc worked with ballet beyond borders to bring international ballet and folk dancers to the schools in western Montana. Students then wrote poetry about these events and presented to the dancers.mwc hosts a summer camp "words with wings" each year for more than 60 children where they learn to write both poetry and music and performed on Montana public radio.mwc hosts "the writers room" throughout the year which are one day and four-week classes for adults. Classes include poetry, fiction, memoir, cooking and many more. For national poetry month mwc organized poetry Writing activities.