Tony Smith and Kathleen Harris host an open mic afternoon for writers of prose. Writers of fiction, essays, memoir, and other forms of prose are welcome to share their work. Each reader will have a strict ten-minute time limit. Hosts recommend that you practice your piece before showing up to know you are within time.…

Hear from three writers of fiction, poetry, memoir, and plays about writing collaboratively and writing across genres. Tina Jenkins Bell is a published fiction writer, playwright, academic, freelance journalist, and literary activist. She has had numerous short works published in journals and anthologies, including Redline: Chicago Horror Stories, Hypertext Review, and Re-Liviing Mythology. Her plays, Cut the Baby in Half and…

Bittersweet Bookies is an inviting discussion group whose reading choices are diverse and cross all genres. All readers are welcome to join! July's selection is Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy.

Bring family and friends for an afternoon of game! Write On has a wide variety of games and puzzles with a literary or word related theme. (Full list of games below.) Drop in at any time! Games are always available to be enjoyed any time the center is open. CHOOSE FROM THESE GAMES: A Little…

Memoir Mondays are free one-hour creative writing sessions designed for seniors, but open to all, who want to share memories to leave as a legacy for family and friends. Do you have stories you want to share but you aren’t sure how to get started? These sessions are perfect for you! Volunteers will provide writing…

The Door County Published Authors Collective, a program of Write On, presents Inside the Book, a unique opportunity for writers and readers to learn more about how authors go about creating their books. Today’s panelists are Patrick Baird, Lynda Drews, and Margaret Philbrick. Presenters Patrick Baird’s most popular Door County mystery, Darkness at Death’s Door, was a…

The unexamined life is not worth living Socrates’ Cafe uses the Socratic method to examine life’s big questions. It is collaborative, dialectic, non-partisan, and egalitarian. What this means is we use open conversations, open doors, big listening, and a lot of empathy to tease out the nuance in timeless and contemporary issues. No reading is…

Join Door County Poets Laureate, Carrie and Peter Sherrill, for Art/Speaks at Margaret Lockwood Gallery. Explore the gallery and discover something to write in response to.  Held at various venues throughout the county, these 60-minute writing activities are perfect for both beginning and advanced writers in any genre. About Art/Speaks: The practice of using words to comment on…

Memoir Mondays are free one-hour creative writing sessions designed for seniors, but open to all, who want to share memories to leave as a legacy for family and friends. Do you have stories you want to share but you aren’t sure how to get started? These sessions are perfect for you! Volunteers will provide writing…

Sessions for writers entering 3rd – 5th grades and 6th – 8th grades in September. Details coming in March 2026!