Opening Letters WritingMarch 20, 2025 Blue Öyster Cult and Writing My Own Obituary 'I may have ugly-cried from Chippewa straight through Hallie, but that's just life'
Music Readings WritingMarch 4, 2025 FEEL THE LOVE: 'Love Never Stops Tour' Returns Tonight spoken word and song event returns to downtown Eau Claire on Tuesday, March 4
Writing BooksNovember 18, 2024 New ‘Barstow & Grand’ Issue Embraces Midwestern Roots 30-plus authors splash across literary journal’s latest issue, releasing Nov. 20
Writing For KidsSeptember 20, 2024 Young Writers Showcase Seeks Works from 3rd-8th Graders entries due Sept. 29, and winners perform Oct. 20
Music WritingJune 24, 2024 Punk-Rock Attitude: Former ‘Pitchfork’ Writer Launches Music Newsletter from Menomonie See/Saw newsletter serves as a survey of the best ‘gnarly and loud’ music the world has to offer
Politics Wisconsin WritingMay 20, 2024 Eau Claire Novelist Butler Making State Assembly Bid author will seek 93rd District seat held by retiring GOP Rep. Petryk
Talks WritingMay 16, 2024 A Lovely Little Snapshot in Time: ‘Yesterday Quarterly’ Magazine featuring interviews of the day before, interviewer and publisher Elizabeth de Cleyre positions the extraordinary in the mundane
Readings WritingMarch 28, 2024 National Poetry Month: Meet 91-Year-Old Poet Peggy Trojan Trojan will read at L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library on April 18
Kid Stuff Writing EnvironmentMarch 20, 2024 DNR Invites Young Poets to Submit Work take a deep breath – it could be your student’s time to shine
WritingMarch 19, 2024 ‘Wisconsin People & Ideas’ Fiction and Poetry Contest Deadline Pushed to March 31 there’s still time to submit your writing to win cash prizes
Kid Stuff WritingDecember 27, 2023 Menomonie Area Youths Invited to Enter Writing Contest elementary and middle school wordsmiths, sharpen your pencils!
WritingNovember 20, 2023 Come One, Come All, Readers of the Valley: Issue 7 of Barstow & Grand is Out Eau Claire-based literary journal’s annual issue available for those who hunger for prose and poetry
Kid Stuff Writing Community OrgsOctober 17, 2023 Young Wordsmiths Recognized at C.V. Book Festival Showcase 24 local youths had their work printed in the first edition Young Writers Showcase booklet
Kid Stuff Events WritingSeptember 11, 2023 A CHANCE TO SHINE: Young Writers Showcase Accepting Submissions Through Sept. 23 local youths in grades 3-8 encouraged to submit poetry, prose, and nonfiction works
LGBTQ+ Community Orgs WritingJuly 6, 2023 YOU'VE GOT (SNAIL) MAIL! Pen Pal Program Connects & Creates Community no snails were harmed in the process of making this penpal program from the Chippewa Valley LGBTQ+ Center!
Events Talks Diversity WritingMay 2, 2023 KUV YOG HMOOB: ‘I Am Hmong’ Event Showcases Hmong Writers and Storytellers hear from Hmong writers at this collaborative community event on May 6
Podcasts WritingApril 29, 2023 WRITER’S NOTE: New Chippewa Valley Writer's Guild Podcast Interviews Local Authors run by CVWG intern Matt Baughman, the podcast will feature published authors as guests
WritingMarch 17, 2023 THEY WANT YOU, WRITERS! ‘Barstow & Grand’ Now Accepting Submissions local literary journal seeking poetry and prose for upcoming issue
Writing PeopleMarch 13, 2023 SEARCHING FOR NEW WORDS: E.C. Native Nicholas Gulig is Wisconsin’s New Poet Laureate ‘being laureate has radically renovated my relationship to language‘
Visual Art WritingFebruary 20, 2023 LOVE & HONEY: Valentine’s Day Welcomes Honey Literary’s 5th Issue locally co-founded publication celebrates fifth issue, recognized by New York magazine
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