{"id":1076,"date":"2018-07-19T23:11:19","date_gmt":"2018-07-19T23:11:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/plwp\/?page_id=1076"},"modified":"2019-12-11T16:49:44","modified_gmt":"2019-12-11T22:49:44","slug":"writing-marathons","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/plwp\/writing-marathons\/","title":{"rendered":"Writing Marathons"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:30px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 0px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_3_5 3_5 fusion-three-fifth fusion-column-first\" style=\"width:60%;width:calc(60% - 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They continue to be employed in writing groups, at literary festivals, in NWP sites and in classrooms all across the country.<\/p>\n<p>At the Prairie Lands Writing Project, we host open writing marathons each year. 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