LOCAL AUTHORS DISCUSS is a (mostly!) monthly program featuring members of the Door County Published Authors Collective. Each month features new themes and new authors. This month: Local Authors Discuss Writing Mysteries and Romance. Join four members of the Door County Published Authors Collective will read from their work and discuss writing mysteries and romance.…

An intergenerational program for parents/children, grandparents/grandchildren, aunts/uncles/nieces/nephews! The inagural Lorine Niedecker Fellow, Lauren K. Carlson, will present an interactive poetry workshop on mindfulness, poetic form, and observing the natural world. All ages are welcome and family groups are encouraged. Using regional poet Lorine Niedecker’s work as an example, participants will: 1) receive a presentation on…

Memoir Mondays are free one-hour creative labs designed for seniors who want to write their life stories. Do you have stories you want to share but you aren’t sure how to get started? These labs are perfect for you! Volunteers will provide prompts to help you get started. You can write to the prompt or…

The Door County Published Author Collective is a networking group for published authors who live in or have significant ties to Door County. The group meets virtually the second Monday of the month. The meeting times alternate between evening and mornings to accommodate members’ varied scheduled. Evening meeting, 6 – 7:30 pm, will be held…

This four-week class is a generative workshop with the target of writing poems of no more than 14 lines. We will consider what formal elements might heighten the impact of free verse and will look at what makes a poem memorable: first lines, last lines, music, meaning. Class meets in person Tuesdays, 6 – 8…

As both a poet and editor of a well-known poetry journal and press, Hayley Haugen will offer tips on getting printed in both online and print small press magazines. She will offer advice on what to do and what not to do from both the poet’s and the editor’s perspective. This class will be offered…

Come enjoy a variety of word games and literary fun! Bring family and friends and come prepared to make new friends while discovering how much fun you can have with words. Spanish editions of Scrabble and Magnetic Poetry are available. Word | Play is presented the second Saturday of every month, noon – 2:30 pm…

This free and supportive writing group is open to fiction writers of all genres and lengths: literary, speculative, mystery, short story, novel, etc. Published and unpublished writers are welcome. Come with a curiosity for the art and craft of writing and a desire to help create a safe space to hone your skills. A facilitator…

This class will create a safe, open space for participants to write about old or new pains or loss or happy moment needing to be brought back in … sadness mirrors joy. We will start with a guided meditational journey to relax and inspire. No meditation or writing experience is required. Time will be given…

Memoir Mondays are free one-hour creative labs designed for seniors who want to write their life stories. Do you have stories you want to share but you aren’t sure how to get started? These labs are perfect for you! Volunteers will provide prompts to help you get started. You can write to the prompt or…