Join the editors of The Long and Short of It literary journal for a short discussion bollowed by a generative workshop and unique publishing opportunity. What is Vocation of Location? It can be many things, but those answers tend to be personal and wide-ranging. Yet a sense of place can hold immense meaning within writing…

Saturday-only registration for Writing On The Door. Saturday’s sessions include: Keynote with Kathleen Rooney Morning breakout sessions with Tamara Dean (beginner), Tina Jenkins Bell (prose), Kyle Tran Myhre (poetry), and Marianne Fons (career) Panel Discussion: Katie Dublinski, Chris Fishbach, and Kathleen Rooney Afternoon breakout sessions with Tiffany Rodriquez-Lee (beginner), Martin Seay (prose), Catherine Jagoe (poetry),…

Friday-only registration for Writing On The Door. Friday’s sessions include: Panel Discussion: Our Writing Life with Eric Diekhans, Roland Jackson, Tiffany Rodriquez-Lee, and Angie Trudell Vasquez Morning breakout sessions with Erice Diekhans (beginner), Roland Jackson (prose), Angie Trudell Vasquez (poetry) and Chris Fishbach (career) Panel Discussion: Our Books’ Journeys with Steven Espada Dawson, Marianne Fons,…

The ekphrastic practices traditionally feature a writer, usually a poet, using the artistic experience of viewing a piece of visual art as a starting point for their writing, often beginning with description. Teaching artist Linda Michel-Cassidy is interested in working with a more expansive notion, i.e., those conversations moving back and forth between a wider…

Dialogue is so important to the scenes we write, whether in a screenplay or a short story. It can communicate the tone of the story, move the plot forward, express important information, reveal insights into our characters, and make the world come to life. In this session, we’ll learn about the different roles dialogue can…

Discover how to transform lived experience into powerful, resonant nonfiction. This immersive five-day intensive invites you to explore the heart and craft of memoir. Through a blend of instruction, generative writing, and guided revision, you’ll learn to shape compelling true stories. We’ll examine core elements of craft and use them in unique ways to build…

“I see revision as a beautiful word of hope. It’s a new vision of something. It means you don’t have to be perfect the first time. What a relief!”  — Naomi Shihab Nye Join Rachel Gabriel for a three-hour workshop on the often misunderstood tool of revision. Together, we will give new vision to your…

All around us, in all seasons, the natural world exists, persists. Let us reflect on the lands, waters, skies, space, of all the places we have lived, loved, dreamed of, and called home. What are the multiple geographies you know, and want to know, both in Wisconsin and outside of it? What stories can you…

Everyone has a story to tell — but how do you tell your story in a compelling way? In this class, we will explore the fundamentals of personal narrative and memoir writing. We will look at how craft elements, like scene and dialogue, can make a personal story come to life, and we will discuss…

Whether you are an experienced writer or just starting out, this workshop will offer a friendly and supportive environment. Participants will be introduced to a variety of found materials, such as old letters, photographs, and memorabilia, which can serve as rich sources of inspiration. We will explore some published work—stories, nonfiction, poems, and mixed-genre work—to…