Event We Host – Writers on the River – July 19, 2025 – Embassy Suites in East Peoria, IL **Dealer Level Event Sponsor** @WritersOnRiver

**attending author list can change**

Tickets are available  as is the list of attending authors- writersontheriver.com

VIP Plus – $75 – Sold Out

VIP – $50 – Sold out

Early Access – $25 – Sold Out

General Admission -$10

After Party – $35 . 7-11 with food, DJ, photobooth, Cash Bar, and fun with your authors. This ticket does not include entry to the signing.

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Authors,  want to be contacted for future events?  go to the webpage HERE to sign up on the interest/waitlist form

Want to stay up to date on the event?  Click HERE to join the group

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#WOTR16 we raised $1500 for our charity – Thistle Farms.  We had 225 readers in attendance!!

#WOTR17 we raised $8000 cash and an estimated $500 in supply donations for our charities, Thistle Farms and The Center for Prevention of Abuse!  We had 350 readers in attendance!!

#WOTR18 we raised $7000 Cash and Estimated $500 in supply donations for our charities, Thistle Farms and The Center for Prevention of Abuse.  We had 300 readers in attendance!!  Thistle Farms sold $1600 in merchandise.

#WOTR19 we raised $9,700 Cash for Thistle Farms.  We had 360 readers in attendance!!  Thistle Farms sold $2440 in merchandise!!

#WOTR20 we raised $4151 cash for Thistle Farms as of August 22, 2020 holding a virtual event in July.  We raised around $600 off our anthology in profits.

#WOTR21 we raised $13,000 cash for Thistle Farms.    We had 300 readers in attendance.

#WOTR22 we raised $14,750 with the help of The Book Box Babe/Dylann Crush and a tshirt fundraiser she did for us.  She raised $250 which was included in our total donation.  We had 350 readers in attendance.

#WOTR23 we raised $20,350. We raised additional money with the help of The Book Box Babe/Dylann Crush during a tshirt fundraiser.  We also raised money with Sugar A La Mode with a cookie fundraiser. We had 425 readers in attendance. VIP sold out in 36 hours.

#WOTR24 we raised $27,000.  We also raised money with Sugar A La Mode with a cookie fundraiser.  We raised additional money with the help of The Book Box Babe/Dylann Crush for a tshirt fundraiser.  We raised $3616 with a charity fundraiser.  We had over 550 readers in attendance.  We sold 180/200 VIP in 20 minutes before our ticketing system crashed.  We sold the other 20 in 2 days.

That is a total of $105,000K in 9 years cash with $1000 in donation supplies.

We are THE TWINSIES… We love to read…We love to promote the authors we read… and we love to stir up TROUBLE… It's who we are and what we do