Shawano Area Writers has launched its 11th annual George Putz Memorial Student Writing Contest with a call for entries. Letters have been delivered to schools and homeschooled groups announcing the 2017 contest for students in Shawano and Menominee counties. The contest deadline is March 31st. Students compete in three grade groups: Grades 1-4; grades 5-8;…
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Former poet laureate will speak at youth writing awards
Former Wisconsin poet laureate Bruce Dethlefsen will be the featured speaker at the 2016 George Putz Memorial Student Writing Contest awards ceremony May 7. Dethlefsen is a retired educator and public library director from Westfield. He was poet laureate in 2011-2012. He teaches poetry workshops and runs a poet camp twice every year. The ceremony…
Shawano Area Writers celebrating 50th anniversary
Fifty years for anything can be quite a feat, but for a small writing group based in Shawano, Wisconsin, it’s an endless wave of words and imagery. The Shawano Area Writers set down roots on Jan. 20, 1966, and since then, it has seen writers come and go, and a continuous cacophony of stories, poetry…
Shawano Area Writers part of Shawano City-County Library “Afternoon With the Authors”
The Shawano Area Writers will be well-represented at an event designed to showcase the authors that walk among the regular folks of rural northeast Wisconsin. The Shawano City-County Library is hosting an “Afternoon With the Authors” from 3-6 p.m. on Tuesday, April 14 as part of its observance of National Library Week. The event will…
Shawano Area Writers participating in “Afternoon With the Authors”
The Shawano Area Writers will be showcasing some of its talent at an event put on by the Shawano City-County Library on April 14. From 3-6 p.m., the library will hold an open house called “Afternoon With the Authors.” You’ll be able to meet local writers in Shawano and the surrounding communities, find out about…
Shawano Area Writers meeting – Dec. 19, 2013
The Shawano Area Writers had an extremely busy meeting on Dec. 21 as plans moved forward on reviving the group’s annual writing contest and a number of holiday stories and other writing was shared. Dennis Vickers joined the group and said he writes as a hobby. Vickers currently teaches creative writing and philosophy at the…
Shawano Area Writers meeting – Nov. 21, 2013
The Shawano Area Writers briefly discussed what to do with a $77,000 endowment when it held its monthly meeting Nov. 21. Joel Devcich from Thrivent Financial met with the group and is offering to do research on the endowment. He said he planned to also speak to the Shawano Area Community Foundation about helping the…
Shawano Area Writers meeting – Oct. 17, 2013
A big announcement highlighted the monthly meeting of the Shawano Area Writers, held Oct. 17 at the Shawano City-County Library. Greenwood Law Firm sent the group’s president, Wendy Goerl, a check for $77,090.32 from George Putz’s estate. The money was designated for the Shawano Area Writers to revive the annual writers contest. Details are expected…
Shawano Area Writers meeting – Sept. 19, 2013
The Shawano Area Writers met Sept. 19 in the Elsie Engel Reading Room at the Shawano City-County Library. Two new members came to the group, and the Writers were treated to some special goodies at the end. Terry Misfeldt came to the group from Green Bay, where he has a marketing and consulting business. Terry…
Shawano Area Writers meeting – Aug. 15, 2013
The Shawano Area Writers held the regular monthly meeting on Aug. 15 at the Shawano City-County Library, with a variety of writing shared. Writers president Wendy Goerl reported that she took the 45th anniversary anthology to Christensen Publishing. She said the anthology originally was supposed to be available for the group to see for the…