{"id":18755,"date":"2017-06-25T16:05:01","date_gmt":"2017-06-25T21:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/?page_id=18755"},"modified":"2025-08-29T14:08:00","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T19:08:00","slug":"event-writers-on-the-river-july-21-2018-east-peoria-il-dealer-level-event-sponsor-writersonriver","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/?page_id=18755","title":{"rendered":"Event We Host &#8211; Writers on the River &#8211;  July 11, 2026 &#8211; Embassy Suites in East Peoria, IL  **Dealer Level Event Sponsor**  @WritersOnRiver"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"248\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WOTR26banner-1024x536.jpg?resize=474%2C248&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-35088\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WOTR26banner.jpg?resize=1024%2C536 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WOTR26banner.jpg?resize=300%2C157 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WOTR26banner.jpg?resize=768%2C402 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WOTR26banner.jpg?w=1200 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WOTR26banner.jpg?w=948 948w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>**attending author list can change**<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tickets are available&nbsp; as is the list of attending authors- <a href=\"http:\/\/writersontheriver.com\">writersontheriver.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tickets go on sale in November.  Ticket prices from 2025 subject to change for 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>VIP Plus &#8211; $75 &#8211; <\/strong>Lunch with the authors, Early entry from 12-1 with a full swag bag, General admission signing time 1-4 and the after party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>VIP &#8211; $50 &#8211; <\/strong> Early entry from 12-1 with a full swag bag, General admission signing time 1-4 and the after party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Early Access &#8211; $25 &#8211; <\/strong> Early entry from 12-1 with a full swag bag, General admission signing time 1-4 but NO AFTER PARTY<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>General Admission -$10<\/strong> &#8211; General admission signing time 1-4 with an empty swag bag<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>After Party &#8211; $40<\/strong> . 7:30-11 with food, DJ, photobooth, Cash Bar, and fun with your authors. This ticket does not include entry to the signing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Authors,&nbsp; want to be contacted for future events?&nbsp; go to the webpage <a href=\"http:\/\/www.writersontheriver.com\">HERE<\/a> to sign up on the interest\/waitlist form<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Want to stay up to date on the event?&nbsp; Click<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/876405542432697\"> HERE<\/a> to join the group<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>#WOTR16 we raised $1500 for our charity &#8211; Thistle Farms.&nbsp; We had 225 readers in attendance!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>#WOTR17 we raised $8000 cash and an estimated $500 in supply donations for our charities, Thistle Farms and The Center for Prevention of Abuse!&nbsp; We had 350 readers in attendance!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>#WOTR18 we raised $7000 Cash and Estimated $500 in supply donations for our charities, Thistle Farms and The Center for Prevention of Abuse.&nbsp; We had 300 readers in attendance!!&nbsp; Thistle Farms sold $1600 in merchandise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>#WOTR19 we raised $9,700 Cash for Thistle Farms.&nbsp; We had 360 readers in attendance!!&nbsp; Thistle Farms sold $2440 in merchandise!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>#WOTR20 we raised $4151 cash for Thistle Farms as of August 22, 2020 holding a virtual event in July.&nbsp; We raised around $600 off our anthology in profits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>#WOTR21 we raised $13,000 cash for Thistle Farms.&nbsp; &nbsp; We had 300 readers in attendance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>#WOTR22 we raised $14,750 with the help of The Book Box Babe\/Dylann Crush and a tshirt fundraiser she did for us.&nbsp; She raised $250 which was included in our total donation.&nbsp; We had 350 readers in attendance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>#WOTR23 we raised $20,350. We raised additional money with the help of The Book Box Babe\/Dylann Crush during a tshirt fundraiser.&nbsp; 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>#WOTR24 we raised $27,000.&nbsp; We also raised money with Sugar A La Mode with a cookie fundraiser.&nbsp; We raised additional money with the help of The Book Box Babe\/Dylann Crush for a tshirt fundraiser.&nbsp; We raised $3616 with a charity fundraiser.&nbsp; We had over 550 readers in attendance.&nbsp; We sold 180\/200 VIP in 20 minutes before our ticketing system crashed.&nbsp; We sold the other 20 in 2 days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That is a total of $105,000K in 9 years cash with $1000 in donation supplies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>#WOTR25 we will announce total raised in August 2025.  We raised $500 with a cookie fundraiser with Sugar A La Mode.  WE raised $825 with a fundraiser with The Book Box Babe\/Dylann Crush.  We raised money with our anthology&#8230;totals to come in August.  We had over 800 attendees. WE sold 200 VIP in 40 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>**attending author list can change** Tickets are available&nbsp; as is the list of attending authors- writersontheriver.com Tickets go on sale in November. Ticket prices from 2025 subject to change for 2026. 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