Big Changes for the September Monthly Meeting!

New location and new time. See the Meetings Page for more information.

The Rockford Writers' Guild is pleased to announce that the monthly meetings will now be held at Tinker Swiss Cottage Museum. In a show of support for our new venue, please click this link and vote for them to receive a grant to help them continue to do great work.

How Can Writers Benefit From RWG?

Upcoming Meeting:   Sept. 19th, 2010 1:00pm John Gile Location: Tinker Swiss Cottage 411 Kent Street Rockford, IL 61102 Click here for directions

The Rockford Writers' Guild is a non-profit organization committed to promoting the literary arts in Rockford, Illinois, and beyond.

Talented authors from all over the world can be published twice a year on the fine and well known pages of  The Rockford Review - an anthology comprised mainly of book reviews, poetry, and short fiction.

Occasionaly, writers also submit other literary forms to be published, like short memoir, one-act play, monologue, and songwriting. The Rockford Review  awards cash prize for one prose and one poem, as Editor's Choice Prize.

Guild members receive Write Away – a monthly newsletter containing valuable tips and information for writers: news about the writing market; members publicity; contests announcements; resources and tools for writers; etc.

The Rockford Writers' Guild hosts monthly meetings where guest speakers are invited to share their stories and writer's experiences. Members help one another and share their accomplishments and challenges. Everyone contributes with helpful information and insights. The meetings are free and open to the public.

The Guild's website offers resources to writers, and ways to spread their words. It's a means to keep writers in contact with other writers, exchange information, promote themselves, and find out what's going on in the field. 

Writers receive support to perfect their craft and to be published.  RWG sponsors two contests per year: the RWG Press & A Plus Book Contest, and Ides of March Contest.

To become a member of The Rockford Writers' Guild and receive full benefits, please visit the Membership section. Membership benefits include:

• subscription to The Rockford Review (Summer and Winter Editions);
• dynamic participation in monthly meetings;
• group support;
• interaction with great writers;
• eligibility for the RWG Press & A Plus Book Contest; 
• publishing support and book production discounts;
• publicity;
• subscription to the monthly Write Away  newsletters;
• e ligibility to be published in the Members Only - Summer Gala Edition of The Rockford Review, and the opportunity to participate at the annual Summer Gala Luncheon & Reading, to showcase their talents to the entire Guild, family and friends.

To learn more about The Rockford Writers' Guild, please browse around the several pages in this site and feel free to contact us if you have questions or comments.

Thank you for visiting! We hope you come back often to these pages, and enjoy what RGW can offer you!

To Your Writing Success!

The Rockford Writers' Guild