One-Day Program for Middle- and High-School Students to be Held in Downtown Sturgeon Bay
Juddville, Wis. (January 23, 2024) – Award-winning authors Baptiste Paul and Duncan Tonatiuh will headline Write On, Door County’s Young Writers Conference, to be held Saturday, February 24, in downtown Sturgeon Bay. The conference is for middle-school and high-school students interested in writing stories, poetry, games, and more. Tuition for the conference is $80 and a number of scholarships are available.
Sessions for the conference include performing poetry; movement and writing; playwriting; fiction; writing for games; and podcasting. In addition to Paul and Tonatiuh, faculty for the conference include Jen Aldrich, Abayomi Animashaun, Bryan Carr, Lachrisa Grandberry, Mauricio Kilwein Guevara and Janet Jennerjohn, Jane Hensge, Nicole Homer, Dan Powers, and Andria Weliky.
Baptiste Paul is a Caribbean-born children’s book author. He is a native Creole/Patoi speaker who enjoys sharing stories of his experiences with anyone who will listen. His debut picture book, The Field, was inspired by his childhood in St. Lucia. His stories are fueled by his passion for diversity, inclusion, and uninhibited jwe (play).
Duncan Tonatiuh is an award-winning author-illustrator. His is both Mexican and American and grew up in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, and graduated from Parsons School of Design and Eugene Lang College in New York City. His aim is to create images and stories that honor the past but that are relevant to people, especially children, nowadays.
Due to the generosity of many donors, Write On, Door County has multiple scholarships available for the conference. Specific scholarships are designated for students of color and students from the LGBTQ+ community. To inquire about scholarship availability, please contact Artistic Director Jerod Santek by sending an email to jerod@writeondoorcounty.org.
For more information about the program, visit www.writeondoorcounty.org.
Write On, Door County is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Write On conducts programs to inspire people to write and share their stories at various venues throughout Door County.
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