Write On, Door County

Our writers' residency program provides a peaceful retreat located on 59 acres of meadow, orchards, and woodlands, nestled between the waters of Green Bay and Lake Michigan for writers of all genres to focus on their craft.

We provide writing workshops and classes, free creative labs and book groups, as well as writing conferences and festivals for readers and writers of all genres and at all levels of development.

News & Highlights

Organization Details

Contact name

Jerod Santek

Address

PO Box 457
4210 Juddville Rd.
Fish Creek, WI  54212-0457
UNITED STATES

Email

[email protected]

Type

Nonprofit

Function

Residency

Festival subtype option

Book/reader-centric

Workshop option subtype

Craft emphasis

Center subtype option

Events/Readings

Conference subtype option

Genre-based

Residency subtype option

Service required

Washington Island Literary Festival

9/17/2026 to 9/19/2026
Wisconsin, United States
A three-day festival for writers and readers with featured presenters novelists Anika Fajardo, Jane Hamilton, and Naeem Murr; poet Erika Meitner, and memoirist Catherine Jagoe.
Event URL More Information...
Multiple days?
Yes
Start date
9/17/2026
End date
9/19/2026
Cost
Fee-based
Application period
No
Function
Festival
Festival subtype option
Book/reader-centric
Programming offered
In-person
Cost
$280.00
Meals
Some meals included
Supplementary activities available?
Yes
Offers scholarships/fellowships?
No
Selection process
Open to all
Average number of participants per event
80
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Radical Reimagining: Growing the Archive with Shawna Kay Rodenberg

8/17/2026 to 8/21/2026
Wisconsin, United States
Dölen Perkins-Valdez says that, “Somewhere between written and oral traditions is a space the imagination can fill.” Excavating the past can be especially intimidating for those of us who come from places where history is kept through oral traditions or inscrutable scraps of information. Words like ‘exhaustive’ are often used to describe bodies of knowledge, but this is the language of patriarchy, and it is possible to think of research instead as tending history, caring for it, and even growing
Event URL More Information...
Multiple days?
Yes
Start date
8/17/2026
Time
01:00 PM
End date
8/21/2026
Timezone
Central
Cost
Fee-based
Application period
No
Function
Workshop
Workshop option subtype
Craft emphasis
Programming offered
In-person
Cost
350.00
Meals
No meals included
Supplementary activities available?
No
Offers scholarships/fellowships?
Yes
Selection process
Open to all
Average number of participants per event
12
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Fiction Intensive Workshop with Taymour Soomro

8/17/2026 to 8/22/2026
Wisconsin, United States
In this workshop, we will close read and critique each other’s fiction. We will use each other’s writing as opportunities to discuss and explore questions of fiction craft such as structure, characterization, and voice. We will study how to read as writers, how to read for craft, and how to talk and think about fiction in a way that supports our craft. The challenges with fiction are never only technical. Often, the greater challenges are psychological.
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Multiple days?
Yes
Start date
8/17/2026
Time
09:00 PM
End date
8/22/2026
Timezone
Central
Cost
Fee-based
Application period
No
Function
Workshop
Workshop option subtype
Critique
Programming offered
In-person
Cost
350.00
Meals
No meals included
Supplementary activities available?
No
Offers scholarships/fellowships?
Yes
Selection process
Open to all
Average number of participants per event
12
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