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Inspiring people to write and share their stories.
Opening Oct. 9! That word means different things to everyone. A place of safety. A place of warmth. A place of friends. This October, we at Write On, Door County are excited to move into a true home of our own. To us, home means a place to write, to read and to dream. A place to explore creativity and, of course, to find the stories we all have to tell. This building has been a dream almost 10 years in the making – one that began as a conversation among friends, then grew into a small nonprofit, then morphed into a home for writing through an anonymous gift of land on Juddville Road in 2013. For six years, we have brought writers to the county for our writers-inresidence program in exchange for providing programming for people of all ages in our community. Readings
and talks have been given by celebrated authors such as U.S. Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith, New York Times best-selling humorist Michael Perry and internationally acclaimed writer Naomi Shihab Nye. Founding Director Jerod Santek did it all out of a small office in our residency house, collaborating with scores of venues, organizations, schools and individuals to share programming with the county. Now we have a place to call our own. The Writing Center will be much more than our home offices. It will host book clubs, classes, presentations and readings. It will be a place for children to learn the craft of writing, seniors to put their life lessons on the page and people of all ages to find the stories within.
It will house a carefully curated Discovery Library of works by Door County authors, past writers-inresidence and resources about the craft of writing. It will be a gateway to exploration, with 39 acres of grounds to explore and spaces to sit and write in the natural environment drew so many of us to Door County in the first place. And it will be a place of welcoming to all those who value the craft of storytelling. Please join us for the first step on this new journey Oct. 9, 6 pm, when we host a virtual grand opening on Facebook Live. Then see the center for yourself through guided tours Oct. 10-25. All are welcome to become part of our story at Write On, Door County – where home is a place for everyone.
4210 Juddville Road P.O. Box 457 Fish Creek, WI 54212 920.868.1457 info@writeondoorcounty.org writeondoorcounty.org