Juddville, Wis. (December 31, 2024) – With the holiday season upon us, Write On, Door County is humbled by the generosity, moral support, and participation of their donors. Your invaluable gifts launched their second decade to an impressive 32% increase in program registrations in 2024, enabling them to expand our reach to an ever-widening audience in meaningful ways.
Your continued financial support of their mission — to inspire and engage writers and readers of all ages, at all stages — is more critical than ever as they continue to add programming and create opportunities for the community in many exciting new ways, including those we have yet to explore. For those of you who have already donated to WODC’s annual fund, thank you sincerely.
What Your Donation Supports
- Youth Programs: Encouraging tomorrow’s readers and writers
- A full slate of countywide In-School Programs as well as Field Trips to Write On’s Writing Center and campus.
- Kids WOW! Summer Camp — Our popular summer program for young writers in two sections: grades 3 to 5 and grades 6 to 8.
- Young Writers Conference — Writing workshops and author conversations for middle-school and high-school students.
- Residency Program: Bringing diverse voices to our campus
- Residents from around the world share their unique stories, experiences, and perspectives with Door County residents and visitors, furthering understanding for all in attendance.
- In 2025, over 40 authors will enjoy our Writer’s Residence, with 40% coming from marginalized BIPOC and LGBTQ communities.
- 2025 Literary Conferences: Focused on the craft of writing and reader appreciation of authors and their work
- In 2024, our conferences drew attendees from as far away as Nevada, Louisiana, Tennessee, and New Hampshire.
- Writing On The Door, after a successful 2024 launch, returns for a multi-day/multi-genre literary conference in May with an ecological theme: Writing the World.
- Washington Island Literary Festival, for writers and readers, will unite literary minds in September.
- Year-round programs, classes, and workshops for writers and readers of all ages and interests.
- The Writer’s Walk: Created and maintained by your donations
- A key element of who we are and what we do, the Writer’s Walk provides a quiet, contemplative place to think, write, read, and enjoy our natural surroundings and is often a Door County visitor’s first experience of Write On.
- The Olson Family Memorial Council Ring is the focal point of our campus — joining our 59 acres of beautiful hiking trails on both sides of Juddville Road to complete a 1.5-mile loop.
- Open daily, year round … a place for you, your family, and friends to enjoy.
- Your donations make a difference: They fund free events yearround, throughout the county, for our community and visitors.
- Monthly free programs include: Art/Speaks, Memoir Mondays, Word Play, Readers Cafe, What’s Your Story, and Great Lakes/Great Books.
- A regular line up of free author readings and conversations, along with music and poetry performances, showcase Write On as Door County’s “gallery” for all things literary.
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