Join us for the 6th Annual Dick Scuglik Memorial Fellowship presentation with visual artist Laurel Grey and writer Renee Mies. Renee is the recipient of this year's fellowship, given to a writer working in ekphrasis. She was paired with Door County visual artist Laurel Grey. The two exchanged work in advance of the fellowship week…

Write On is happy to continue our collaboration with Midsummer’s Music, Poetry Meets Music. At one concert in each of Midsummer’s series offerings, a poet will read a poem written in response to a piece of music to be performed. Poets were given recordings in advance with no identifying information as to the title, composer,…

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…

For writers entering 6th – 8th grades in fall! Calling all young storytellers! Get ready for an exciting writing workshop that will ignite your creativity and bring your stories to life! In this interactive session, we’ll dive into the magic of imaginative storytelling, focusing on what makes a character truly unforgettable. Through engaging activities, students…

FOR STUDENTS IN GRADES 3 – 5! In this workshop, we’ll explore the process of creating a picture book concentrating on characters, setting, and creating tension. We’ll examine pacing, layout, and page breaks. We’ll discuss visuals and how they work with the text. We’ll also explore the beautiful grounds of Write On, Door County to…

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 Garden Door. Explore the gardens 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 a…

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.