WWA Virtual Critique Group with Laurie Scheer

The group meets via Zoom link twice a month for three months.

Wednesday evenings from 6:00pm to 7:30pm Central

January 11^th and 25^th

February 8^th and 22^nd

March 8^th and 22^nd

I understand that this session is for Fiction and Non-Fiction writers only, that the group will use Google Docs to share and critique work, and that meetings will take place virtually using the Zoom application. There is a $40 enrollment fee and I also understand that WWA cannot refund fees or reschedule dates for missed sessions.

RESIST! A Visual History of Protest is being launch with an exhibition of Franklin McMahon's artwork that informed the writing by Margot McMahon-a father-daughter collaboration.

The exhibition and book launch run through February 12th at the Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art 2320 W. Chicago Ave.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/03/arts/design/ukraine-children-war-art.html

Bill Gillard will appear at The Book Store, 801 W. College Avenue in Appleton from 11a to 1p.

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WWA Virtual Critique Group Spring SeriesNEW IN FEBRUARY! Poetry with Marilyn L. Taylor

Tuesday Mornings from 10:00am to 11:30am Central
  February 7th & 21st
  March 7th & 21st
  April 4th & 18th

Sign up to participate! During the 90-minute Zoom sessions you’ll receive feedback regarding your work from colleagues and a complete critique from instructor Marilyn L. Taylor. This is a safe and supportive space that provides insight and encouragement from like-minded writers. There will be a limit of 10 participants to the group so that everyone receives time and feedback every session. The group is designed for all levels of poetry writers.

The way it works: Zoom links will be sent to writers prior to each session. Participants will share their work electronically. Participants should be familiar with Zoom and willing to read their work aloud during the session. Formatting requirements and critique guidelines will be provided by Ms. Taylor.

Member Fee: $150 for all six sessions! Space is limited to a minimum of 6 and a
maximum of 10 participants.

Marilyn L Taylor, former Poet Laureate of the state of Wisconsin and the city of Milwaukee, is the author of eight poetry collections.  Her work has appeared in Poetry, American Scholar, and Measure, and has won a number of awards, including the Margaret Reid Poetry Prize for Verse in Forms, the Faust Sonnet Contest, and the 2021 “Better Than Starbucks” competition. She is also a contributing editor for two poetry journals (Third Wednesday and Verse-Virtual). Her newest book, is titled Outside the Frame: New and Selected Poems (Kelsay Books, 2021).

Zoom Link > https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89649220989?pwd=TjR6RzNaWmNvQlNibm1CREFNUnNKUT09

Join Us to Promote Membership in WWA

Deadline for submissions to Creative Wisconsin Magazine for March issue, guidelines: https://wiwrite.org/wwapress/creative-wisconsin-magazine

My collection of short fiction, Finding the Bones, will be published by Cornerstone Press. https://www3.uwsp.edu/english/cornerstone/Pages/BOOKS.aspx

Kathleen (K.M.) Waldvogel will appear at the Shell Lake Public Library on February 18, 2023 at 10:00 AM.

Waldvogel will speak about her writing as well as her research for her middle-grade book, Spies, Soldiers, Couriers, and Saboteurs: Women of the American Revolution. This is a free event open to the public.

Find out more at: https://shelllakelibrary.org/

Wisconsin Writers Association Writers Showcase & Social

We want you all to get to know each other better!

On Thursday, February 23, at 7:00 p.m. join us on Zoom where we will split into smaller groups in breakout rooms. Each person in the room will have the opportunity to share about themselves, about their work and their writing journey. We will have facilitators in each room to help organize and keep you on track.

You'll have a chance to tell us all about your writing adventure as well as hopefully leave with new writing friends.

Hope to see you there!

Zoom LINK

Creative Wisconsin magazine - Spring edition

The Jade Ring contest is open for submission, please see guidelines

Step-by-Step to a Short Story 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 2 Oshkosh Public Library Lower Level Conference Room

In this generative workshop, attendees will each build a story from the ground up. We’ll discover the elements that every successful story shares, and then put it all into action.

Everyone leaves with a complete story, start to finish! Led by UW-O professor William Gillard.

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https://www.oshkoshpubliclibrary.org/events/2023-03

NEW IN MARCH! Non-Fiction with Laurie Scheer

Wednesday evenings from 6:00pm to 7:30pm Central

·         March 15th and 29th

·         April 12th and 26th

·         May 10th and 24th

Sign up to participate! During the 90-minute Zoom sessions you’ll receive feedback regarding your work from colleagues and a complete critique from instructor Laurie Scheer. This is a safe and supportive space that provides insight and encouragement from like-minded writers. There will be a limit of 8 participants to the group so that everyone receives time and feedback every session. The group is designed for all levels of non-fiction writers.

The way it works: Zoom links will be sent to writers per session and documents will be shared via Google Docs. Participants should be familiar with Zoom and Google Docs, but assistance is available if needed.

NEW IN MARCH! Strictly Fiction with Laurie Scheer

Thursday evenings from 6:00pm to 7:30pm Central

·         March 16th and 30th

·         April 13th and 27th

·         May 11th and 25th

Sign up to participate! During the 90-minute Zoom sessions you’ll receive feedback regarding your work from colleagues and a complete critique from instructor Laurie Scheer. This is a safe and supportive space that provides insight and encouragement from like-minded writers. There will be a limit of 8 participants to the group so that everyone receives time and feedback every session. The group is designed for all levels of literary and genre fiction writers.

The way it works: Zoom links will be sent to writers per session and documents will be shared via Google Docs. Participants should be familiar with Zoom and Google Docs, but assistance is available if needed.

Filling Your Poetry Toolbox 6 p.m. Thursday, April 13 Oshkosh Public Library Lower level Conference Room

In this collaborative workshop, participants will have fun filling poetry toolboxes with rhythm, meter, rhyme, tone, line breaks, fixed forms, and all kinds of other useful gear to help make our writing sing! Led by UW-O instructor William Gillard.

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https://www.amazon.com/stores/Bill-Gillard/author/B00DMIMTB0?ref=ap_rdr&store_ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true

Publication date for RED ROAD REDEMPTION, An Anthology of Wisconsin Stories, (WWA Press).

Release of WWA Press book title TBA by PJA Fullerton, short stories of rural Wisconsin.

Lakefly Writers Conference in Oshkosh, see www.lakeflywriters.org

Deadline for submissions to Creative Wisconsin Magazine for June issue, guidelines: https://wiwrite.org/wwapress/creative-wisconsin-magazine

Summer edition of Creative Wisconsin Magazine

Deadline for submission to the Jade Ring contest