WRITE ON IS PROUD TO HOST AN OFFICIAL JOY HARJO WATCH PARTY! A SPECIAL EVENT EXCLUSIVELY FOR WRITE ON MEMBERS! Join us and other members for a social hour followed by a watch party for the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters as they bring Joy Harjo to Wisconsin for two signature speaking events,…

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…

An afternoon of Poetry, Presence, & Healing Through Words with Lachrisa Grandberry Join Milwaukee-born, Chicago-based multi-faceted artist Lachrisa Grandberry for a two-hour immersive afternoon of poetry, reflection, and conversation. Through curated readings from her collection Shredding Rugs, Lachrisa explores truth-telling, resilience, generational healing, and the radical act of speaking what once felt unspeakable. The afternoon will…

Join Amber Blaeser-Wadzala for an environmental, collaborative workshop fo all ages! You’ll go for a walk along Write On’s trails, stopping occasionally to observe the world for extended periods of time and to write down your observations. Through various prompts and by looking at both the broader landscape and a single object to study and…

Write On is proud to partner with the Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets as they present their annual conference at Stone Harbor Resort in Sturgeon Bay. Several Saturday sessions will take place on the Write On campus, including Belonging in Nature, Art/Speaks with Door County Poets Laureate Carrie and Peter Sherrill, and Spontaneous Poetics with Al…

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Join us for this generative workshop where we will turn to current affairds as a jumping off point for making poems. Whether we’re looking at breaking headlines or human-interest items buried deeper in media, opportunities abound for connection. Every day, the world churns and offers up its stories–how do we synthesize the overwhelming nature of…

Join Door County Poets Laureate and Art/Speaks facilitators Carrie and Peter Sherrill as they host a reading by participants in our popular Art/Speaks program! Art/Speaks is a free one-hour creative lab offered at galleries and museums around the county. Hear the work participants have written in response to a work of art. Join a session…

Door County Poets Laureate Carrie and Peter Sherrill host an International Poetry Potluck focused on China. Bring a favorite Chinese dish to share along with a poem by a Chinese poet or about China. Can’t find a poem? Come to listen to others and enjoy good food and company! All are welcome. Families are encouraged…

WRITING ON THE DOOR A can’t-miss, multi-genre conference for writers at every stage FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, APRIL 24 AND 25, STONE HARBOR RESORT, STURGEON BAY A two-day conference for writers of all genres and at all levels of experience. Hear from agents, editors, publishers, and authors about their journeys through the writing world. Featuring Tina…