Who We Are
Our mission is to inspire people to write and share their stories. We do this through events and workshops at our Writing Center and within the community, through our residency program, and by offering support to our writers.
Our History

Write On, Door County started in the spring of 2012 as a way to encourage people of all ages to share their stories. In the spring of 2013, an anonymous gift of property provided the organization a place to call home, and to create a home for writers. The first staff person began in fall of 2013 and in January 2014, the organization received its nonprofit status. The first writers-in-residence came in April of 2014.

Since then, we have hosted hundreds of writers from around the world through our residency program. Classes and workshops have been offered to all ages in every part of the county. Readings and talks have been given by celebrated authors such as United States Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith, New York Times best-selling humorist Michael Perry, and internationally-acclaimed writer Naomi Shihab Nye.
Our Values
Read About Us - Peninsula Pulse Oct. 2, 2020 Issue
Meet Our Team

Lauren Ward
Managing Director

Jerod Santek
Artistic Director

Kim Schumacher
Intern
Board of Directors

Vinni Chomeau

Myles Dannhausen
Jr.

Anne Haberland Emerson

Bill Guenzel

Mauricio Kilwein Guevara

Margaret LeBrun

Dee Paulsen

Alessandra Simmons Rolffs

Sara Sohns
Coop Finds a Home
Coop Finds a Home
Norbert Blei was one of Door County’s best-known writers. For almost 45 years, he wrote in his chicken coop turned writing studio at his home in Ellison Bay. Norb passed away in 2013, at the time that Write On was getting started. The Blei family donated the Coop to Write On, with the understanding that it would be used by other writers in the spirit Norb intended. In August of 2015, the Coop was moved to Write On. It now stands in a sunny meadow, and serves as a source of inspiration to Write On’s residents as well as to members of our community. Blei’s typewriters continue to serve as inspiration to visitors of the Coop.