Chesterfield Arts

Chesterfield Writers Guild (CWG) is an affiliate chapter of the St. Louis Writers Guild (SLWG)

with the specific mission of providing and promoting a community of writers of all levels of

experience and genres, including fiction, non-fiction, memoirs, and poetry, within the West County

Upcoming Events

CWG presents River Valley Readings

The Chesterfield Writers Guild is starting a monthly reading series on the second Wednesday of every month. These readings feature two area authors and are free and open to the public. Each evening includes refreshments and a chance to mingle with writers and literary enthusiasts in West County. Join us in October at The Gallery at Chesterfield Arts, located near the Chesterfield Mall across from Wapango restaurant.

Next Reading: Wednesday, October 8

Authors: Poet Eve Jones and Fiction

Prose Writer Shirley Dowdy

Time: 7:00pm to 8:30pm

Location: The Gallery at Chesterfield Arts

Cost: Free and Open to the Public!

More Information: Contact Janessa Toro at janessa@chesterfieldarts.org

More About the Authors

Eve Jones

Eve Jones is a native St. Louisan who received her MFA in Creative Writing at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. Her poetry has appeared in journals such as AGNI, Hotel Amerika,

Poet Lore, Nimrod, Natural Bridge, and Private: International Review of Photographs and Texts. She has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and a finalist for the Ruth Lilly Poetry Fellowship. Her book of poems, Birds In the Machine, is forthcoming from Turning Point Press. She directs the MFA in Writing program at Lindenwood University.

Shirley Dowdy

Shirley Dowdy describes herself as a left-brained person who has metamorphosed into a right-brained person. Shirley, with a BS degree from Mount Mary College in Milwaukee, and MS and PhD from the University of Notre Dame, spent her professional life as a mathematician and statistician. During that period she wrote six published textbooks in mathematics and statistics then moved to university administration where she concluded her academic career as Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at St. Louis University. Since retirement in 2001, she has left the quantitative sciences behind and she has been producing visual and literary art in the form of oil paintings and short stories. Much like her oils, which are often magnified views of faces or their parts, her tales look deeply into human experiences and linger on the mystery of relationships.

November 12 River Valley Readings

Poet Howard Schwartz and Author Linda O'Connell

Join a Peer Writing Group

CWG Poetry Group

First Tuesday of Each Month From 7 to 8:30pm
Are you looking for help in developing your poetry or the networking opportunities that our peer groups offer? CWG has recently begun a poetry group for poets in the West County and greater St. Louis area. The group's first meeting will be October 7, so if you are interested in finding out more or joining this group, there is still time! Those who wish to be a part of the Poetry Peer Group need to be members of either the Chesterfield Writers Guild or the St. Louis Writers Guild. Contact Janessa Toro at 636-519-1955 or e-mail janessa@chesterfieldarts.org.

CWG Fiction Group
Second Tuesday of Each Month at 7 pm
Join the Fiction Writer's Group Today! This group is designed to give both aspiring and established authors a peer environment in which to share their works in progress.
To join the Fiction Writer's Group, become an individual Chesterfield Writers Guild member at the $35 level or higher. Not sure yet? Try out one meeting before you commit.
Contact Janessa Toro at 636-519-1955 or e-mail janessa@chesterfieldarts.org for further

information.

LINK OF THE MONTH:

Poetry of Eve Jones

Chesterfield Writers Guild Individual Membership: $35 ($25 if you are already a full member of the Saint Louis Writers Guild)

Become an individual Chesterfield Writers Guild member and you automatically become an Affiliate Member of The St. Louis Writers Guild. (CWG members also enjoy a discount for a full SLWG mebership. Contact SLWG for more information www.stlwritersguild.org)