Mission Statement
The Nebraska Writers Collective is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to promoting and supporting creativity, literary awareness, poetry and performance poetry within the Midwest by:
- Running workshops, both within schools and within the community, dedicated to providing students with an arts experience in which they are trained in creative writing as a way to express themselves, develop a broader aesthetic awareness, and make connections within and between themselves and the world in which they live.
- Organizing and sponsoring local and regional literary events, including poetry slams and readings, by providing administrative support, staffing, and fund-raising efforts.
Our primary vehicle for this mission is the Poets-on-Loan program, which sends teams of writers into public schools across Nebraska to teach creative writing workshops. If you’d like to learn more or schedule a workshop, get in touch with us via our Contact page.