2023 George Putz Memorial Student Writing Contest Winners

Congratulations to all our winners! Fiction                                   1-2 1st Place – Leviyon Meverden 2nd Place – William Schlais 3rd Place – Decker Scholl H. M. – Sawyer Huntington H.M. – Ella Schmidt                                3-4 1st Place – Zach Curran 2nd Place – Elizabeth Schlais 3rd Place – Skewnik Waukechon-Reiter H.M – Charlotte Johnson H.M. –…

2022 Student Contest Winners

Winning Students in the 2022 George Putz Memorial Student Writing Contest                                                          Fiction                                                            1-2 Grade Group First Place – Kayleigh Withrow for, “A Haunted House Tour.” Second Place – Wesley Rush for, “Tour of a Haunted House in Florida.” Third Place – Kanen Oreskovic-Cotter for, “Tour of a Haunted House on a Sunday Night.”…

SAW Expanded History

  Compiled By John J. Mutter, Jr.                        The Shawano Area Writers (SAW) began meeting as a group on January 20, 1966. At one time the membership reached 41 members. Through the years SAW has produced 13 anthologies: 1967, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1974, 1982, 1984, and 1988. And also a calendar for 1988, 1990, 1991, 1996,…

Shawano Area Writers meeting minutes – Feb. 17, 2022

Lee Pulaski, vice president, called the Feb. 17 meeting of the Shawano Area Writers to order in the Elsie Engel Room at the Shawano Public Library. Members attending were Lee Pulaski, Wendy Goerl, Irma Brunner, Marilyn Kroenke, John Mutter, Barb King, Twilla Beyer, Nick Wudtke, Trudy Bosman, Tom Thorstenson and Lana Allen. The minutes were…

Fiction and Nonfiction – what can I write about?

By: John Mutter              First of all, some students may be confused as to what is fiction and what is nonfiction. Let’s get that cleared up right away. Fiction is something that is fake, made up, or not true. Nonfiction is something that is not fake, it’s true and really happened. So let’s give some…

Shawano Area Writers minutes – Jan. 20, 2022

The Jan. 20 meeting of the Shawano Area Writers was held in the Elsie Engel Reading Room at the Shawano Public Library. Members attending were John Mutter, Twilla Beyer, Manuel Moraleda, Irma Brunner, Barb King, Lee Pulaski, Trudy Bosman, Wendy Goerl and Lana Allen, along with visitor Marilyn Kroenke. Marilyn has not written anything yet but…

Shawano Area Writers meeting — Aug. 19, 2021

Shawano Area Writers met Thursday, Aug. 19, in the Veslak Room at Shawano County Library.  There were twelve members present: Lee Pulaski, Trudy Bosman, Dennis Vickers, Twilla Beyer, Terry Misfeldt, John Mutter, Irma Brunner, Manuel Moraleda, Nicholas Wudtke, Jo Anne Zellner, Wendy Goerl, and Barbara King. Dennis Vickers, president, started the July 19 meeting with the…

Shawano Area Writers meeting — July 15, 2021

Shawano Area Writers met July 15 in the Elsie Engel Reading Room at the Shawano County Library. There were nine members present plus one visitor. A new writer, JoAnne Zellner, will be joining our group. Zellner was inspired to write a biography for her children after reading a poorly written self-published book by a farmer.…

Shawano Area Writers meeting — June 17, 2021

Shawano Area Writers met Thursday, June 17 in a conference room at the  Shawano County Library.  There were nine members present plus one visitor:  Manuel Moraleda, Lee Pulaski, Dennis Vickers and his daughter Becca, who is currently teaching art in Bangkok, Wendy Goerl, John Mutter, Twilla Beyer, Barbara King, Tom Thorstenson, and Trudy Bosman. Dennis Vickers, president, started the meeting…

Contest judge expresses gratitude

The Shawano Area Writers recently received a letter from one of our recent contest judges, Carol Lee Saffioti-Hughes, who helped determine the winners of our poetry category. She expressed her gratitude to the school teachers and staff who inspire these students to write. It was a pleasure and honor to judge this year’s contest in…