Lakefly 2023 - Overview

Wisconsin’s premiere writing conference is just around the corner! The Lakefly Writers Conference offers a quality conference at an affordable price, Friday and Saturday, May 5 and 6 at the Oshkosh Convention Center.

Choose from over a dozen workshops on the craft and business of writing designed to inspire and guide your creative journey. 

Programs include:

• Time Management for Writers

• Write Wisconsinably: The Power of Place

• Time Ticks Away – Using the Clock or Calendar to Structure Your Novel

• Website design

• Crafting Your Own Poetic Voice

• Seven Touchstones to Writing an Award-Winning Crime-Thriller

• World-building

• Successful Book Marketing (Without Doing the Stuff You Hate.)

• The Big Bad: Does Your Protagonist Have a Worthy Antagonist?

• Pitfalls of Self-Publishing

Speakers include national best-seller Beth Amos, mystery writer Patricia Skalka, Wisconsin humorist Michael Perry, poet laureates Thomas Cannon and Jeffrey McAndrew, writing coach John DeDakis, romance writer Valerie Clarizio, award-winning writer Nick Chiarkas, writer/editor Lisa Lickel and others!

What are you waiting for? Only $65 if you register before April 1st. Price includes lunch on Saturday.

The Lakefly Writers Conference is sponsored by the Oshkosh Public Library in partnership with the Oshkosh Area Writers Club and Wisconsin Writers Association.

Proofreading party - April 1st

In lieu of our regular meeting, we will be proofreading the anthology before it goes to print. 

 

The party will begin at 9:15 a.m. on Saturday, April 1st and should wrap up about 1 p.m. Any time you can commit to this project is appreciated. Lunch will be provided.

 

Lower level conference room, Oshkosh Public Library - see you there!

Lakefly 2023 - Game On!

Some great things are planned for Lakefly 2023! 

Speakers include Michael Perry, Beth Amos, Nick Chiarkas, Lisa Lickel, David Michael Williams, Thomas Cannon and others - ready to speak on finding time to write, the pitfalls of self-publishing, writing a successful mystery, promoting your book, creating conflict, and more!

Early-bird registration of $65 ends March 31. You might want to stay over Saturday night to catch Michael Perry perform at The Grand; a discount will be offered for Lakefly attendees. Stay tuned for details!

Congrats Bailey!

Bailey R. Hansen has her first book in print! Freak Camp is book one in a trilogy, A Monster by Any Other Name, that she co-authored with Laura Rye. The second book, Fear, is available on Kindle.

She is also the proud author of Starbound on Kindle Vella and writer/narrator of the Known As Belén podcast. She has also been published in the Ohio River Review and has presented at the Lakefly Writers Conference.

Bailey joined the Oshkosh Area Writers Club in 2015.

To learn more about Bailey and her writing endeavors, or to connect on social media, visit her website at www.baileyrhansen.com.

Open Mic, Meeting Reminder

Celebrate St. Patrick's Day at the New Moon Cafe with an open mic 7 p.m. Friday, March 17. Bring something to read/perform, or relax and enjoy local talent. Hosted by Tom Cannon.

The Oshkosh Area Writers Club will meet at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 18, in the lower level meeting room of the Oshkosh Public Library. 

As always, meetings and free and open to anyone 17 and older.

Jade Ring Contest

It's time! Once again the Jade Ring contest returns!

In honor of the Wisconsin Writers Association's 75th anniversary, they will be hosting the 74th writing contest. Yes, it launched one year after the WWA itself. How time flies!

Get your favorite writing utensils ready, folks. The genres will once again be:

    Fiction

    Non-fiction

    Poetry

The contest opens March 6, 2023. Check out the submissions page for details on participating.

Meeting reminder - March 4

The Oshkosh Area Writers Club will meet at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 4, in the lower level meeting room of the Oshkosh Public Library.

Meetings are free, and open to anyone 17 and older.