Meeting reminder: March 2

The Oshkosh Area Writers Club will meet at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 2, in the lower level conference room of the Oshkosh Public Library.

New members welcome!

Lakefly 2024: Keynote Speaker Holly Day

 Holly Day will be the keynote speaker at the 2024 Lakefly Writers Conference, May 3-4 at the Oshkosh Convention Center.

Holly has worked as a freelance writer for over 30 years, with over 7,000 published articles, poems, and short stories and 40 books and chapbooks—most recently, the nonfiction books.

She offers workshops and classes to writing centers all over the country, including the Flatiron Writers’ Center in North Carolina, the Hampton Roads Writers group in Virginia, Hugo House in Seattle, and the Loft Literary Center in Minneapolis.

The Lakefly Writers Conference is sponsored by the Oshkosh Public Library, in partnership with the Oshkosh Community Foundation, Wisconsin Arts Board, and the Oshkosh Area Writers Club.

 

Fox Cities Book Festival - Author Patricia Engel, April 5

Open Mic - Feb. 29

Join us at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 29 at the New Moon Cafe for open mic. Hosted by member/Oshkosh Poet Laureate Thomas Cannon, the night is sure to be fun!

Member News: Feb 2024

Congratulations to Bailey R. Hansen on the final installment of the A Monster By Any Other Name trilogy, a paranormal romance. Freedom is available on Kindle and paperback. 

 

Joyce Frohn recently had a short horror story accepted for publication in the anthology Leadership Gone Right, a collection of tales intended to transport readers to new realms where leadership shines brilliantly or takes a haunting turn.

 

Cara Salazar recently had a piece published in the anthology Start
with Welcome: The Journey toward a Confident and Compassionate Immigration Conversation by Bri Stensrud. Cara shares the powerful and moving story of her late husband that led to his immigration to America.

Member Roberta Stuemke, who has been absent for the past year or so due to health problems, passed away on Feb. 3. Roberta worked for many years at Polk Library, UW-Oshkosh, and enjoyed writing science fiction. Our heartfelt condolences to her family!

 

Pi Day Open Mic Night