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…
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Barb King | The Children in the Garden, Prologue
Barb King, one of the Shawano Area Writers, is currently putting together a mystery novel titled “The Children in the Garden.” When the Writers met May 20 at the Farm Inn in Shawano, she read the prologue from her book, a heartbreaking scene about what might happen if you talk to strangers. Every time the…
2020 Winners of Student Writing Contest Announced
Thanks for John J. Mutter, Jr. for serving as coordinator of the Shawano Area Writers’ George Putz Jr. Memorial Student Writing Contest since its inception in 2001. This is the list of winners for 2020 he provided. Nonfiction Winners 1-4 grade group 1st place – Josiah Ford 2nd place – Grace Ford 3rd…
2019 writing awards announced
Poetry 1-4 grade group First Place – Megan Kroeger for, “Clay Hearts.” Second Place – Rainn Edwards for, “In December. Third Place – Caroline Bergmann for, “Winter Beauty.” Honorable Mention: Keira Kosowski for, “Native American Poem About Me.” Honorable Mention: Wapanuhkiw Waukechon-Reiter for, “My Native American Poem.” 5-8 grade group First Place – Jill Guenther…
2017 writing contest winners
Poetry 9-12: Raquel Riemer, first; Avery Thorne, second; Sommer McDowell, third; Sarah Hohn, two honorable mentions. 5-8: Kemewan Kinepoway, first; Beverly Peters, second; Lily Guenther, third. 1-4: Nora Bushman, first and second; Katy Hager, third; Justine Mielke, honorable mention; Maddie Hert, honorable mention. Nonfiction 9-12: Morgan Fregien, first, third and honorable mention; Sarah Hohn, second.…
George Putz Memorial 2017 Student Writing Contest Begins with Call for Entries
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;…
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…