Hey writers, need a boost? Our new anthology is filled with writing prompts & exercises to get you back to your writing, brought to you by some of our most beloved instructors. Now you can experience the energy of MVICW from your own creative space! https://t.co/o9HNN7HVnN

The brilliant authors from the @FlowerSongPress as they kick off the 2021 virtual South Texas Book Festival @VidaurreEdward @leahmaines @jcwriters @LifeandLegends @life_quarantine @mvicw

🧵Periplus — our mentorship collective serving writers of color — has announcements! Most important: The application for the 2022 class of Periplus Fellows is open! Deadline: 11/1. No application fee. Learn more and apply here: https://t.co/sbkJNXlYcl. And please share widely!

It's #BlackPoetryDay & we are celebrating the contributions Black writers have made to the literary landscape. Help us highlight this work by sharing their words today (& every day!) & by supporting their books. We'll start: Check out new work from @adrian_matejka!

Hey writers, need a boost? Our new anthology is filled with writing prompts & exercises to get you back to your writing, brought to you by some of our most beloved instructors. Now you can experience the energy of MVICW from your own creative space! https://t.co/o9HNN7HVnN

In acknowledgement of the original caretakers of this land. Photo credit: Sengekontacket Pond, Jan 2019 by @VineyardColors #Nationalindigenouspeoplesday #WritingConference #writerslife #WritingCommunity #mvicw #IndigenousPeoplesDay #landacknowledgement #marthasvineyard

Mashpee Wampanoag; Canarsie and Munsee Lenape; Haudenosaunee Iroquois Territory; Tongva land in Los Angeles & the Northern Cheyenne reservation; and Odawa & Southern Paiute land.

Multnomah, Wasco, Cowlitz, Kathlamet, Clackamas, Bands of Chinook, Tualatin, Kalapuya, Molalla, and many other tribes who made their homes along the Columbia River; Tiohti:áke in Kanien’kéha or Mooniyang in Anishinaabemowin; Menominee, Ojibwe & Oneida land; Merrick Land;

land that was forcibly ceded from the Menominee to the Oneida Nation, after they were driven from it two hundred years ago by harassment and encroachment of European settlers in the late 18th and early 19th century;

Miami Nation (Myaamia), the Citizen Potawatomi Nation (Bodéwadmiké), the Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma, and the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas (Kiikaapoi);

unceded Coast Salish Territories including Musqueam, Squamish, Tsleil-Waututh land, specifically Qayqayt First Nations; Anishinabe land near the White Earth reservation in Northern Minnesota; Shawnee, Potawatomi, Delaware, Miami, Peoria, Seneca, Wyandotte, Ojibwe & Cherokee land

Ceded Puget Sound Salish land, Muscogee (Creek) land, land of the Ohlone including Ohlone occupied East Oakland in California, Ramaytush Ohlone land & Chochenyo of the Mukwema Ohlone Tribe, on unceded land called Huichin;

For a helpful map, or to learn more about these territories, check out this link: https://t.co/6Sg4lWk0nE

Below you can find a list of some of the other indigenous territories that were acknowledged by attendees at our virtual conference. Comments are open if you would also like to make a land acknowledgement for the indigenous territory you are located on.

It’s #IndigenousPeoplesDay & while our 2021 Conference was virtual, we want to recognize the Wampanoag tribe, which inhabited the Island for thousands of years before Europeans & which continues to celebrate their rich heritage on the Aquinnah tribal lands of Martha’s Vineyard.

Highly highly highly recommend @mvicw, it changed my writing life, introduced me to amazing writers and friends, and it's simply an all-around wonderful experience ( https://t.co/4OGbWf0WLc)

This #WritersWednesday we jump into the 2020 vault to highlight fiction from Kevin Dublin, whose short story, “Be Smooth,” appeared in the Cincinnati Review. 💫 Congrats, @parteverything! So happy to see your MVICW piece out in the world! Check it out at https://t.co/DnHLgppIlz

“In formalism you steal pre-existing forms (often ones not considered 'literary') & pirate them to produce poems, essays, & fiction.” Experiment with forms to break from the mold in this prompt from Alexander Weinstein! https://t.co/DnHLgppIlz #MotivationalMonday #writingprompts

We have another beautiful #WritersWednesday for you with *rooh,* a collection of poems by 2019 Vineyard-Writer Maya Salameh! Congratulations, Maya! You can purchase your copy today from @APaperNautilus in time to add it to your #SealyChallenge stack!📚💫 https://t.co/YqomHVBj6N

Here's a new #MotivationalMonday prompt to get you leaping into the lyric essay with @CCitroPoet! Find this exercise and more in *The Open Page* & by following the link: https://t.co/ZXpHAYdJJk 🖋️ #lyricessay #writingexercise #writingprompt #writerslife #WritingCommunity #mvicw

Thrilled to be the #featured writer on the @mvicw "Wednesday Writer" column for my upcoming #chapbook by @flpbooks @JCWriters @LifeandLegends @life_quarantine @mookychick @NJArtsCouncil @NJArtsDaily @hudson_reporter @JCFPL_NJ