The Illinois Woman’s Press Association (IWPA) is pleased to host this free live event, open to all. It will feature educational programming with four expert speakers on an array of professional topics, with Q & A following each session. The presentation will be followed by readings of published or in-progress work from four attendees, in [...]
Printers Row Lit Fest was founded in 1985 by the Near South Planning Board to attract visitors to the Printers Row neighborhood (once the city's bookmaking hub). By 2002, it had grown to five city blocks (on Dearborn, from Congress to Polk), attracting more than 200 booksellers from across the country displaying new, used and [...]
It's the 20th anniversary of the Women in the Audience Supporting Women Artists Now (WITASWAN) program in Chicago. This year's film is Ghost (1990), starring recent SAG award Best Actress winner, Demi Moore. The movie won two Oscars in 1991, including a Best Supporting Actress nod for Whoopi Goldberg. IWPA is proud to co-sponsor this [...]
Mate E. Palmer Communications Contest Award Luncheon Due to unforeseen circumstances, the 2025 Communications Contest Award Luncheon that was scheduled to take place on May 3rd has been canceled. Please be aware that all of the contest award winners will receive their awards VERY SHORTLY and the IWPA will proudly promote the first-place award winners [...]
