With the growth of the Milwaukee Writers Workshop over the last 5 years, we have continually provided more and more to the Milwaukee writing community. What began as three guys sitting at the bookstore exchanging stories has become one of Milwaukee's largest writing groups with bi-weekly critique groups, classes on a variety or subjects, and WriteCamp -- Milwaukee's only FREE writers conference!

With that in mind, the Milwaukee Writers Workshop will be doing a little upgrading in the coming new year.

New Structure

Beginning the first of the year, January 1, 2012, the Milwaukee Writers Workshop will be registered as a business with the State of Wisconsin. What does that mean?

1. We get to do business as a full-fledged organization
2. We can expand and hope to find permanent space for ourselves in the future
3. We can provide more and better services to our community

It is our hope that we will be able to offer more classes, more workshops, and more critique sessions throughout the year to provide for our own growing community, as well as the larger community in Milwaukee. We also hope to expand our services to include mentorship programs and literacy courses.

What does it mean for you?

First and foremost it means that the Milwaukee Writers Workshop will become a dues-paying organization. However -- and this is very important to me as the Director -- we will make it affordable! Check out the new Memberships page for more details. And please email the Director with any -- ANY -- questions about this.

But wait! There's more!

Until March 31 of 2012, membership will be waived for all new members. This will allow all new members to get a feel for what we do. As well any new member will also get their first 3 months free -- like a trial offer.

If you like the Milwaukee Writers Workshop, and would like to support our new mission, please feel free to sign up for a membership or donate to our cause. Email the Director for more details.

We will also be having a discount on the lifetime membership for anyone who signs up before WriteCamp 4 in May of 2012 (exact date to be determined). Between now and then, the normal $500 membership will only be $350!

This will be a big step in the right direction for the Milwaukee Writers Workshop, and we will continue to keep you abreast of any changes in the near future. As always check out the calendar for the full list of events and keep tabs on the Courses section as we add new programming for the upcoming year.