Heartland Writers Guild, Inc.

The purpose of the Heartland Writers guild is to promote and to support the concept of professionalism in published and unpublished writers and to aid all members toward the goal of successfully marketing what they write. Backgrounds of members are diverse, ranging from first time writers to published writers.

HWG now has a different meeting location.

What We Do: The Guild meets on the third Sunday each month at the St.John's Lutheran Church,158 Little Street, Pocahontas, Missouri. Meeting time:2-4 pm. Please check the monthly meeting page. Occasionally the meeting place and/or time may change for special meetings.

FYI

A rose by any other name....

Why is there not an apostrophe in our name? As writers, naturally we try to pay strict attention to detail and grammar. We've discussed at lengh and have debated various versions of our name, including....

The Heartland Writer's Guild

The Heartland Writers' Guild

The Heartland Writers Guild

We decided to go without the apostrophe because the guild is not a possession of its members, but it is an organization of writers in the plural form. So for matters of style, the Heartland Writers Guild currentlyhas no apostrophe.