Inspiring People to Write & Share Their Stories
Write On, Door County focuses on the importance of writing, reading, and connecting people through stories. Nestled on a beautiful and inspiring 59-acre campus in the middle of the Door County peninsula, you'll discover classes, programs, and special events year-round for writers of all ages and levels of experience.
NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR WRITERS!
We are now accepting applications for both the Dick Scuglik Memorial Fellowship and for our yearlong mentoring program for women, Telling the Truth of Our Lives.
The Scuglik Fellowship includes a one-week residency and stipend for a writer working in ekphrasis, writing in response to visual art. The recipient is paired with a local visual artist and the two of them create new work based on the other's art. For more information and to apply, please Visit our Contest and Opportunities page.
Telling the Truth of Our Lives is a yearlong mentoring program for women who want to write but may have found barriers to doing so. Women should be residents of Door County or live close enough to be able to participate in monthly in-person sessions. There is no application fee and no cost for the program. For more information and to apply, please visit our Contest and Opportunities page.
Our inspiring programs are held in person at our center, at various locations in the community, and online. Unless otherwise noted, programs take place at the center.
Fun & Games -- Literally!, Sunday, December 7, noon - 2 pm drop-in
Socrates' Cafe, Thursday, December 11, 9:30 am
Memoir Monday with Ann Heyse and Judith Miller, Monday, December 15, 10 - 11 am
The Readers' Cafe, Sunday, December 21, 11 am
Memoir Monday with Shaun Melarvie, Monday, December 22, 10 - 11 am, Hope Church, Sturgeon Bay
Writing and Appreciating the Short Story: A Fiction Intensive with Kim Suhr, Monday - Friday, March 16 - 20, 9 am - noon
Writing It True: Crafting Memoir with Depth and Discovery with Joanne Nelson, Monday - Friday, March 16 - 20, 1 - 4 pm
Conferences
- Writing On The Door: Your Writing Life, Friday and Saturday, April 24 and 25, Stone Harbor Resort, Sturgeon Bay.
- Washington Island Literary Festival, Thursday - Saturday, September 17 - 19, Trueblood Performing Arts Center and other venues, Washington Island.
- WriteCon26 Saturday, November 7, location TBA. For middle and high school students.
Write On provides a place of solitude and reflection on 59 acres of woods, orchards, and meadows nestled between the water of Green Bay and Lake Michigan. Writers can work on a current project and find inspiration for the next without the distractions that hound them at home. Residencies range from one week to one month.
For residencies in 2027, the application period will be February 1 - May 1, 2026.
Who We Are
Our mission is to inspire and engage writers and readers of all ages, at all stages.
We do this through events and workshops at our Writing Center and within the community, through our residency program, and by offering support to our writers.
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