2026 Board
President: Brynn Paulin
President-elect: Diana Lloyd
Secretary: Gina Conkle
Treasurer: Kellie VanHorn
2026 Committees
Programming Co-Chairs: Julia Masters & Diana Lloyd
Retreat From Harsh Reality Chair: Kristin Linkfield
Recognition:
Newsletter Editors: Dawn Bartley and Patricia Kiyono
Website & Facebook: Anne Stone
Facebook & Instagram: Lisa Rabey
Writing Incentive Activities
MOGO: Brynn Paulin
MoGos, or Monthly Goals, is a challenge in which members set their own goal for the week following the monthly meeting. Then at the end of that week, they report if the goal was met. Members track their goal on the monthly MoGo spreadsheet. For each month a member achieves their goal, they will be entered into the year-end drawing for a $25 gift card.
IWWAB: Anne Stone
I Will Write a Book (IWWAB) is a fundraiser/writing challenge.
Sign-up By Deadline: June 30th
Final Page Submission and Final Word Count Due at: Midnight, November 30th.
The entry fee is $5 for each novel or a combination of 2 novellas. A novel is defined as having a word count of 40,000 words or more. A novella is considered to have less than 40,000 words. An entry (either one novel or two novellas) must have a combination of 40,000 words or more to qualify as a completed entry. Previously published works do not qualify.
More than one entry may be entered.
Final Page Submission Deadline: Midnight, November 30th. In December, all qualifying entries will be entered in a random drawing. We will spin the wheel of names. The winner will win half of the money collected, with the other half going to MRW.
Contact Anne Stone w/ questions and email your last page(s) to: authorannestone@gmail.com. Mail your checks to: Michigan Romance Writers, P.O. Box 6103, Grand Rapids, MI 49516 or PayPal at treasurer@michiganromancewriters.org.