I wanted to let you all know that the Magnolia Writers Association will meet on May 21st at The Daily Grind on Poplar Springs Drive, Meridian, MS from 3:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. All writers are welcome: fiction/non-fiction writers, memoirs, freelancers, songwriters, poets, rap, whatever. For more information, interested parties can contact me: Richelle Putnam, 601/482-4121

Please tell every writer you know to attend: poets, songwriters, playwrights, screenwriters, fiction, non-fiction, Christian, every one who writes: and encourage them to come. It's very important to get the writing community together so we can speak loudly to the community. Soon we will have The Riley Performing Arts Center and The Art and Entertainment Center in Meridian, Mississippi, and we want literary arts to be just as important as all other arts.

For young writers:

Magnolia Writers Association-Young Writers Guild will meet on May 21st at The Daily Grind from 5:30 p.m. until 6:30 p.m.

P. S. Also have every writer you know in the Meridian or surrounding areas to email me directly so I can put them on the mailing list. This is going to be a great group and we're going to do a lot more than critique. We're going to research markets, have workshops, get togethers, etc. But everyone must participate.