The Writers Place upcoming events

Open Mic Night (27 Jul 2026)

Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Open Mic Night

7:00pm

Quaker House, 4405 Gillham Road

Come share your writing at a free open mic hosted by Sharon Eiker!

Riverfront Reading Series featuring Catherine Strayhill and Brandon Whitehead (14 Aug 2026)

Sat, 15 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT

The Beat Goes On at The Writers Place (15 Aug 2026)

Sat, 15 Aug 2026 19:00:00 GMT

The Writers Place Reading Series featuring Matthew Goldberg, William Trowbridge, and Rick Christiansen (21 Aug 2026)

Sat, 22 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Mathew Goldberg’s story collection, Night Watch (Willow Springs Books) won the 2025 Spokane Prize for Short Fiction. His stories have appeared in The Atlantic, Shenandoah, and American Short Fiction, among others. He has received an Individual Artist Fellowship from the Arkansas Arts Council and a Special Mention for a Pushcart Prize. He has a MFA in creative writing from the University of Arkansas and a degree in engineering from Duke University.

Rick Christiansen retired from corporate America ten years ago. He soon started writing to fill the time and to begin, as he has stated, to explain himself, to himself. He quickly discovered a knack for writing poetry and is now the author of Bone Fragments (2024) and Not a Hero (2025). Spartan Press. He has also completed but not yet published a third full length collection and a chapbook. His work has received two 2025 Pushcart Prize nominations and he was a finalist for the RHINO Poetry 2025 Founders Prize.

William Trowbridge’s eleventh poetry collection, Maintenance, came out from Spartan Press 2025. Over 550 of his poems have appeared in numerous literary magazines and in more than 50 anthologies and textbooks. He has published prose pieces in Vox Populi, New letters, the Georgia Review and The I-70 Review. He was Poet Laureate of Missouri from 2012 to 2016. For more information, see his website, wtrowbridge.net.

Script in Hand Readings (22 Aug 2026)

Sat, 22 Aug 2026 19:00:00 GMT

Open Mic Night (24 Aug 2026)

Tue, 25 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Open Mic Night

7:00pm

Quaker House, 4405 Gillham Road

Come share your writing at a free open mic hosted by Sharon Eiker!

Annual Party and Silent Auction (29 Aug 2026)

Sat, 29 Aug 2026 21:00:00 GMT

The Writers Place Reading Series featuring Annette Billings, Greg Field, Maria Vasquez Boyd, Marina Jaffe, and Hyejung Kook (18 Sep 2026)

Sat, 19 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Sept 18th Heritage Reading with Annette Billings, Greg Field, Maria Vasquez Boyd, Marina Jaffe, and Hyejung Kook. Additional details to be posted soon.

Open Mic Night (28 Sep 2026)

Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Open Mic Night

7:00pm

Quaker House, 4405 Gillham Road

Come share your writing at a free open mic hosted by Sharon Eiker!

The Writers Place Reading Series featuring Daniel Biegelson, Phyllis Becker, Pat Lawson (16 Oct 2026)

Sat, 17 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Additional details to be posted soon.

Open Mic Night (26 Oct 2026)

Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT

Open Mic Night

7:00pm

Quaker House, 4405 Gillham Road

Come share your writing at a free open mic hosted by Sharon Eiker!

The Writers Place Reading Series featuring Jocelyn Cullity, Robert Stewart, Lisa Allen (20 Nov 2026)

Sat, 21 Nov 2026 01:00:00 GMT

Additional details to be posted soon.

Open Mic Night (27 Nov 2026)

Sat, 28 Nov 2026 01:00:00 GMT

Open Mic Night

7:00pm

Quaker House, 4405 Gillham Road

Come share your writing at a free open mic hosted by Sharon Eiker!