Next Meeting - Jan. 7

There are five Saturday in December so we won't meet again until 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 7. As always, meetings are free and open to the anyone 17 and older. 

Meetings are held in the lower level conference room of the Oshkosh Public Library.  

Lakefly Writing Contests

The 2017 Lakefly Writing Contests will begin to accept submissions on Jan. 2. No entry fees; cash prizes. Open to Wisconsin residents only. Note: To win, you must be able to attend the awards ceremony Friday evening, May 12, at the Oshkosh Public Library.

Categories are: flash fiction, poetry, essay and for teens, there's a short story contest. One entry per category. Deadline for submissions is Feb. 27.

For complete submission guidelines, please go to: http://lakeflywriters.org/contests

Meeting reminder - Dec. 17

The Oshkosh Area Writers Club will meet at 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 17 in the lower level of  The Oshkosh Public Library. 

Instead of critiques, we'll be doing our annual White Elephant gift exchange. Bring a wrapped gift from your home - something in new/excellent condition that you have no use for. The "gift" will serve as a writing prompt for the person who receives it, so make it interesting!

Donuts will be available but others are welcome to bring food to share as well. If you forget a gift, don't worry - we always have extras!

Open Mic Night

Thanks to Tom Cannon for filming and editing our Open Mic Night held in November as the last event of our Write Now writing class series.  You can view here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icvR7vE_7cI

Congrats Louis!

Excited to announce member Louis Clark has a February 2017 release date for his latest book, "How to be an Indian in the 21st Century" published by the Wisconsin Historical Society, and he's been invited to appear at the American Booksellers Association conference in Minneapolis next month.