Here’s news from Wisconsin Historical Society Press that kids and their parents and teachers will love!
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Supporting Wisconsin writers from 1964 to 2022
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Here’s news from Wisconsin Historical Society Press that kids and their parents and teachers will love!
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by jhayslett
All members of the Council for Wisconsin Writers have an opportunity to display samples of and promotional materials for their work as writers at this year’s CWW Awards Banquet. The banquet is on Saturday, May 11, at 11 a.m. at the magnificent Wisconsin Club, 900 Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee. Entree selections are Tex-Mex Chicken, Shore Lunch Walleye (both gluten free) and Vegetarian Pasta Bowl. Deadline for reservations at $30 per person, is Friday, May 3.
The celebration honoring this year’s award winners for work published in 2018 begins at 11 a.m. with an opportunity to socialize with honorees and other attendees followed by lunch and presentation of awards. Award recipients include:
William Stobb of Onalaska, first-place winner of the Zona Gale Award for Short Fiction for “All the Bodies” published in North Dakota Quarterly. Kathie Giorgio of Waukesha, honorable mention for “Quiet” published in moonShine Review.
Marilyn Annucci of Madison, first-place winner of the Edna Meudt Poetry Book Award for The Arrows That Choose Us published by Press 53. Denise Sweet of Green Bay, honorable mention for Palominos Near Tuba City: New and Selected Poems published by Holy Cow Press.
Christina Clancy of Madison, first-place winner of the Kay W. Levin Short Nonfiction Award for “Lost Cause” published in The Sun Magazine. Judith Steininger of Milwaukee, honorable mention for “The Girl(s) From Montana” published in Montana Quarterly.
Patricia Sutton of Madison, first-place winner of the Tofte/Wright Children’s Literary Award for Capsized published by Chicago Review Press. Stef Wade of Brookfield, honorable mention for A Place for Pluto published by Capstone Editions.
Laura Jean Baker of Oshkosh, first-place winner of the Norbert Blei/August Derleth Nonfiction Book Award for The Motherhood Affidavits: A Memoir published by The Experiment. Christy Wopat of Holmen, honorable mention for Almost a Mother; Love, Loss and Finding Your People When Your Baby Dies published by Orange Hat Publishing.
Liam Callanan of Milwaukee, first-place winner of the Edna Ferber Fiction Book Award for Paris by the Book published by Dutton. Tom Matthews of Wauwatosa, honorable mention for Raising the Dad published by St. Martin’s Press.
Kathryn Gahl of Appleton, first-place winner of the Lorine Niedecker Poetry Award for five individual poems. Eileen Mattmann of West Bend, honorable mention.
Our Young Writers Award honorees are Elizabeth Stanfield of Ripon High School in Ripon for her first-place poem “Hand-Me-Downs” and Emily Kadrich of Arrowhead High School in Hartland for her honorable mention short story “Never Again: August 28, 1955”.
CWW’s Major Achievement Award is being presented to prolific and award-winning writer, educator, historical interpreter and reenactor, and naturalist Kathleen Ernst of Middleton for her body of work, which includes nearly 40 novels and books of nonfiction and poetry for children and adults.
More information about the winners, judges, banquet registration, and the Council for Wisconsin Writers can be found at its website, www.wiswriters.org.
Please join CWW in recognizing and honoring these outstanding Wisconsin writers. Hear them read from their winning works. Bring guests! Non-members welcome.
by jhayslett
CWW sends the Wisconsin Historical Society Press warm congratulations on this stellar recognition.
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The Winners Are!
CWW Announces 2018 Wisconsin Writing Awards
Sixteen Wisconsin writers have won First Place and Honorable Mention awards in the Council for Wisconsin Writers contests for work published or produced in 2018.
The Council will award winners in seven contests $500 and a week-long writing residency at Shake Rag Alley in Mineral Point. Honorable mentions will receive $50 and a residency at Painted Forest, Valton, WI. Winners of the CWW Young Writers Award will receive $250 for First Place and $50 for Honorable Mention. All contests are judged by out-of-state judges except for the Young Writers Award which is judged by members of the CWW board of directors.
In addition, the Council will honor a long-time Wisconsin author, poet, script writer, videographer and educator for her body of work with CWW’s Major Achievement Award.
Awards will be presented at the Council’s annual banquet to be held on May 11, 2019, at the Wisconsin Club in Milwaukee.
William Stobb of Onalaska is first-place winner of the Zona Gale Award for Short Fiction for “All the Bodies” published in North Dakota Quarterly. Kathie Giorgio of Waukesha receives honorable mention for “Quiet” published in moonShine Review.
Marilyn Annucci of Madison takes the Edna Meudt Poetry Book Award for The Arrows That Choose Us published by Press 53. Honorable mention goes to Denise Sweet of Green Bay for Palominos Near Tuba City: New and Selected Poems published by Holy Cow Press.
Christina Clancy of Madison is receiving the Kay W. Levin Short Nonfiction Award for “Lost Cause” published in The Sun Magazine. Judith Steininger of Milwaukee is receiving honorable mention for “The Girl(s) From Montana” published in Montana Quarterly.
Patricia Sutton of Madison has won the Tofte/Wright Children’s Literary Award for Capsized published by Chicago Review Press. Stef Wade of Brookfield is receiving honorable mention for A Place for Pluto published by Capstone Editions.
Laura Jean Baker of Oshkosh has won the Norbert Blei/August Derleth Nonfiction Book Award for The Motherhood Affidavits: A Memoir published by The Experiment. Christy Wopat of Holmen receives honorable mention for Almost a Mother; Love, Loss and Finding Your People When Your Baby Dies published by Orange Hat Publishing.
Liam Callanan of Milwaukee has won the Edna Ferber Fiction Book Award for Paris by the Book published by Dutton. Honorable mention goes to Tom Matthews of Wauwatosa for Raising the Dad published by St. Martin’s Press.
Kathryn Gahl of Appleton has won the Lorine Niedecker Poetry Award for five individual poems. Honorable mention goes to Eileen Mattmann of West Bend.
Elizabeth Stanfield of Ripon High School in Ripon is first-place winner of the CWW Young Writers Award for her poem “Hand-Me-Downs”. Emily Kadrich of Arrowhead High School in Hartland receives honorable mention for her short story “Never Again: August 28,1955”.
Kathleen Ernst of Middleton, author of nearly 40 novels and books of nonfiction and poetry for children and adults, and recipient of numerous awards is being recognized for her body of work with CWW’s Major Achievement Award.
The public is invited to celebrate our state’s fine writers at the CWW’s Awards Banquet at 11 a.m. on Saturday, May 11, at the Wisconsin Club in Milwaukee. Banquet tickets must be reserved by Friday, May 3. In addition to a table for contest honorees to display copies of their winning works, a table will be available for CWW members to display samples and promotional material for their work.
More information about the winners, judges, banquet registration, and the Council for Wisconsin Writers can be found at its website, www.wiswriters.org.
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Jerrianne Hayslett, Banquet Coordinator
jerrianneh@gmail.com
@jerrianneh
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Noted poets, authors, a comedian and a literary musical group headline the Chippewa Valley Writers Guild’s The Priory Writers’ Retreat, scheduled for July 18-21, 2019, according to previous Council for Wisconsin Writers award winner B.J. Hollers with University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire. Here are the link and details:
http://www.cvwritersguild.org/2019-summer-retreats
For our inaugural summer at The Priory Writers’ Retreat, we’re thrilled to welcome four incredible writers-in-residence: Dasha Kelly Hamilton (poetry), Nickolas Butler (fiction), Mary Mack (comedy/humor writing), and David McGlynn (memoir/nonfiction). Former Wisconsin poet laureate Max Garland will serve as the retreat’s keynote speaker. Participants will also be treated to a concert by the Eggplant Heroes and a reading at Pablo Center at the Confluence! Join us July 18-21, 2019!
Click here for information on scholarship opportunities and here for a daily schedule.
Word by line by stanza, we construct poems charged with life, truth, and power. But how, precisely, do our words render such power? And how might our power-filled poems change the world? Join Dasha Kelly Hamilton for workshop and instruction on the craft of writing power-charged poems.
Dasha Kelly Hamilton is a writer, performer, facilitator, and creative change agent. She has released four spoken-word recordings, written two novels, and appeared in HBO Presents Russell Simmon’s Def Poetry Jam. She has twice been a finalist for poet laureate of Wisconsin and was named Artist of the Year by the city of Milwaukee.
Click here to learn more about Dasha.
Writers are invited to submit either an opening chapter of a novel-in-progress or a completed short story. Each writer will receive a workshop, a letter from the instructor, free-time to work on their craft, and the ability to casually chat about the publishing process, agents and editors, writing-as-craft, among other writing-related topics.
Nickolas Butler is the internationally-acclaimed author of several books of fiction, including Little Faith, The Hearts of Men, Shotgun Lovesongs, and the short story collection, Beneath the Bonfires. He is the winner of France’s prestigious PAGE Prix America, the 2014 Great Lakes Great Reads Award, the 2014 Midwest Independent Booksellers Award, the 2015 Wisconsin Library Association Literary Award, the 2015 UW-Whitewater Chancellor’s Regional Literary Award, and has been long-listed for the 2014 Flaherty Dunnan Award for First Novel and short-listed for France’s FNAC Prix.
Click here to learn more about Nick.
Are people walking out during your presentations? Are you losing friends? Do people yawn or use recreational drugs during your stories? This multigenre workshop is for you! Speeches, essays, op-eds, stories, how-tos, standup comedy performance pieces, eulogies, wills—bring’em all! This class addresses how to find the humor in your creative work. Be the subject of gentle scrutiny by sharing a piece to read, or an original comedy bit you’ve practiced in front of a mirror (hopefully in your own home, not a public restroom or something). Join Mary for a warm and welcoming class open to all levels to help you find your funny.
Mary Mack has been a professional stand-up comedian the past fifteen years, appearing on Conan, Last Call with Carson Daly, Comedy Central, WTF with Marc Maron, and more. She has written sketches and essays for radio programs around the country, and would love to help you find where your funny is, and how to execute it.
Click here to learn more about Mary.
Memoirists and personal essayists, by definition, fashion their art from the rubble-field of their memories and desires, their ghosts and guilts. But turning a life into a story is risky business. Your secrets may be exposed, your friends and family embarrassed. Or maybe you’ll be accused of “navel gazing,” mistakenly believing the world is waiting to read your diary. Either way, it seems, it’s a disaster. This workshop will focus on how essayists and memoirs navigate these treacherous waters, as well as how to avoid sounding narcissistic and how to turn ordinary interests and everyday obsessions into stories worthy of a reader’s attention.
David McGlynn is the author of three books – One Day You’ll Thank Me: Lessons From an Unexpected Fatherhood, A Door in the Ocean, and the 2008 story collection, The End of the Straight and Narrow, all published by Counterpoint Press. His writing has appeared in Men’s Health, Real Simple, Parents, The New York Times, Swimmer, Best American Sports Writing, and numerous literary journals. He teaches at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin, where he lives with his wife and sons.
Click here to learn more about David.
On Thursday, July 18, join former Wisconsin poet laureate Max Garland for a keynote address titled “What I Learned On My First Day of Writing” or “Don’t Quit Your Job.”
Max Garland is the author of The Word We Used for It, winner of the 2017-18 Brittingham Poetry Prize. Other books include The Postal Confessions, winner of the Juniper Prize for Poetry, and Hunger Wide as Heaven, which won the Cleveland State Poetry Center Open Competition, and a chapbook, Apparition, from the University of Wisconsin Press. His poems, essays, stories, and interviews have appeared in journals such as Poetry, New England Review, Gettysburg Review and many other journals, anthologies, and newspapers, and his poetry has been regularly featured on Wisconsin Public Radio. Garland is a graduate of Western Kentucky University and the Iowa Writer’s Workshop, and a former Jay C. and Ruth Halls Poetry Fellow at the University of Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing.
On July 19, The Priory Writers’ Retreat participants will be treated to a live concert by the most literary band in the Chippewa Valley, Eggplant Heroes! Eggplant Heroes is a musical collaboration including Duffy Duyfhuizen, Joel Pace, Olaf Lind, Max Garland, Lucas K. Fischer, Caleb Horne, and Dan Zerr. Blending multi-part harmonies with guitar, trumpet, violin, mandolin, and bass, Eggplant Heroes present an eclectic mix of originals, literary adaptations, mountain gospel, and folk—Americana music in the full sense of the word. Click here for more on the band!
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