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2025 WASHINGTON ISLAND LITERARY FESTIVAL

Sep 18, 2025—Sep 20, 2025

Various locations, Washington Island

Thursday, September 18: Community Creative Lab FREE Friday, September 19: writing workshops 10 am – noon and 1:30 – 3:30 pm Saturday, September 20: author panel discussions and presentations, all day View complete details here!

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An Afternoon of Poetry and Songs

Jan 25, 2025 3:00PM—5:00PM

Write On, Door County 4210 Juddville Rd. Fish Creek, WI 54212

Cost $0.00

  Join us for an afternoon with Door County songwriter Katie Dahl and Northfield, Minnesota poets Susan Jaret McKinstry and Leslie Schultz as they share songs and poems that celebrate place, memory, and the heartening power of the arts in all of our lives. Clear-eyed and tough-minded, songwriter/playwright Katie Dahl is known for her smart…

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Art/Speaks at Margaret Lockwood Gallery

Oct 10, 2025 11:00AM—12:00PM

Margaret Lockwood Gallery, 7 S. Second Ave., Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235

Cost Free

Write On, Door County is pleased to partner with Margaret Lockwood Gallery on Art/Speaks, a free writing lab encouraging people to write in response to the images on exhibit. Led by local poets Carrie and Peter Sherrill, these 60-minute writing activities are perfect for both beginning and advanced writers in any genre. Sessions are offered quarterly throughout…

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Art/Speaks at Margaret Lockwood Gallery

Jul 11, 2025 11:00AM—12:00PM

Margaret Lockwood Gallery, 7 S. Second Ave., Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235

Cost Free

Write On, Door County is pleased to partner with Margaret Lockwood Gallery on Art/Speaks, a free writing lab encouraging people to write in response to the images on exhibit. Led by local poets Carrie and Peter Sherrill, these 60-minute writing activities are perfect for both beginning and advanced writers in any genre. Sessions are offered quarterly throughout…

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Art/Speaks at Margaret Lockwood Gallery

Apr 11, 2025 11:00AM—12:00PM

Margaret Lockwood Gallery, 7 S. Second Ave., Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235

Cost Free

Write On, Door County is pleased to partner with Margaret Lockwood Gallery on Art/Speaks, a free writing lab encouraging people to write in response to the images on exhibit. Led by local poets Carrie and Peter Sherrill, these 60-minute writing activities are perfect for both beginning and advanced writers in any genre. Sessions are offered quarterly throughout…

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Art/Speaks at Margaret Lockwood Gallery

Jan 10, 2025 11:00AM—12:00PM

Margaret Lockwood Gallery, 7 S. Second Ave., Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235

Cost Free

Write On, Door County is pleased to partner with Margaret Lockwood Gallery on Art/Speaks, a free writing lab encouraging people to write in response to the images on exhibit. Led by local poets Carrie and Peter Sherrill, these 60-minute writing activities are perfect for both beginning and advanced writers in any genre. Sessions are offered quarterly throughout…

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Walking into the Duplex: A Formal Invention Intensive with Jen Karetnick

Apr 12, 2025 9:00AM—12:00PM

Write On, Door County 4210 Juddville Rd. Fish Creek, WI 54212

Cost $75.00

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Have you always wanted to invent your own poetic form but don’t know where to start? Featuring the duplex, the golden shovel, the sonnenizio, and the American sentence acrostic — all forms invented by contemporary living poets — this intensive breaks down the process of formal invention and reveals the process behind the product. Beginning…

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Poetry Reading: Cathryn Cofell, Bruce Dethlefsen, and Christina Kubasta

Feb 22, 2025 1:00PM—2:30PM

Write On, Door County 4210 Juddville Road Fish Creek, WI 54212

Cost $0.00

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Join us for an afternoon of poetry and conversation with our writers-in-residence Cathryn Cofell, Bruce Dethlefsen, and C. Kubasta. All ages are welcome. Light refreshments will be served.   Cathryn Cofell is the author of six poetry chapbooks and two full-length collections including, Stick Figure with Skirt, winner of the Main Street Rag Poetry Book Award. She’s…

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Erasure Poetry Workshop with Anna Leahy

Jul 22, 2025 1:00PM—2:30PM

Write On, Door County 4210 Juddville Rd. Fish Creek, WI 54212

Cost $30.00

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We’ll begin by looking at examples of different types of erasure poetry, including the work of Jen Bervin, who erases by lightening or sewing over text, and Sonja Johanson, who uses seeds, petals, and spices to cover text. We’ll discuss the relationship among erasure poetry, found poetry, and concepts like copyright, redaction, censorship, ignorance, and…

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POETRY READING: Kevin Hess

Dec 14, 2024 1:00PM—2:30PM

Write On, Door County, 4210 Juddville Rd., Fish Creek, WI 54212

Cost Free

Join us to celebrate the publication of Kevin Hess’s debut poetry collection, On Love and Light in a World of Loss. A light reception will follow the reading. About the book: This volume was born of love, pain, and grief. It represents a cumulation of reflections going back 20 or 25 years. Love in loss…

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