The Milwaukee Writers Workshop is dedicated to helping the Milwaukee writing community. How do we do that?

By helping writers write: we host workshops, classes, and events that help beginning writers to published writers learn skills to improve their work.
By critiquing writers work: we have bi-weekly and monthly critique and discussion groups that look in-depth at writers' works in order to improve those pieces.
By supporting our community: we help writers pursue the goals they set for themselves.

Services

The Milwaukee Writers Workshop offers a number of services for writers throughout the community. We offer memberships, courses, mentoring, and yearly events.

Critique

The Milwaukee Writers Workshop was founded on critique-based workshops. These sessions are reviews by our members and non-members for works submitted through our submission process and read beforehand to aid the writer in improving the work and readying it for publication.

Learn more about Critiques.

Coaching & Mentoring

One-on-One coaching is a great way to improve pieces on an individual basis with the Director of the Milwaukee Writers Workshop, J Boone Dryden.

Learn more about Coaching & Mentoring.

Classes

The Milwaukee Writers Workshop offers a variety of classes throughout the year.

Current all classes are at Gravity Connect, 305 N. Plakinton Ave.

Workshops:

Our workshops are one-day, single-topic sessions led by the Director or a guest lecturer from the city's talented writers. See our schedule of workshops for 2012 here.
Seminars:

Our seminars are long-form workshops covering a variety of topics over the course of two days. See our schedule of workshops for 2012 here.
Lectures:

Our courses are one- or two-hour sessions taught over a semester-like period that deal with a particular topic in detail. See our schedule of workshops for 2012 here.

Learn more about our Classes.

Learning Sessions

The Milwaukee Writers Workshop hosts two bi-weekly learning extensions in Ozaukee County and on the UWM campus. These groups are meant to aid growing writers improve craft through exercises, spot critiques, and working in a creative atmosphere.

Learn more about our Learning Sessions

Coworking

Co-working: The idea behind co-working comes from a notion started in the late 90s and extended into today. It's about getting together and feeding off the creative energy with a group of folks and help you produce. We meet every Tuesday (excluding the 3rd Tuesday of the month) at the Alterra in Shorewood (4500 N. Oakland Ave.) to simply work on projects, chat about projects, and whatever else comes to mind.

Learn more about our Coworking

Reading Session & Roundtable

The Milwaukee Writers Workshop and The Riverwest Public House present the MWW Reading Sessions. These meetings will happen every 3rd Tuesday of the month at the Riverwest Public House Cooperative (815 E. Locust St.) to offer writers a chance to present their material. The readings will be followed by a roundtable with writers to discuss the works presented.

Learn more about the Reading Sessions