Washington Island Literary Festival

Washington Island Literary Festival Come for the day or stay for the wkend. Register: https://wilitfest.com

The annual Washington Island Literary Festival takes place in mid-Sept with workshops, readings, panel discussions, author talks, and social gatherings on beautiful Washington Island. The Washington Island Literary Festival is a movable feast of writing, reading, discussion, and thought on the written word. Events are scheduled at different venues around the Island, providing participants a unique

opportunity to share time with prominent authors and dedicated readers in the warm, friendly setting of Washington Island.

Take a workshop with Albert DeGenova, award-winning poet, publisher, and teacher. Friday, September 18 at 10amSign up: w...
06/25/2026

Take a workshop with Albert DeGenova, award-winning poet, publisher, and teacher.
Friday, September 18 at 10am
Sign up: wilitfest.com

On, Door County

Take a workshop with journalist and Washington Island's own Emily Small. Friday, September 18 at 10am Sign up: wilitfest...
06/18/2026

Take a workshop with journalist and Washington Island's own Emily Small.
Friday, September 18 at 10am
Sign up: wilitfest.com

Sign up now: wilitfest.com
06/11/2026

Sign up now: wilitfest.com

Take a workshop with Anika Fajardo author of The Many Mothers of Dolores Moore, an International Latino Book Award Gold ...
06/04/2026

Take a workshop with Anika Fajardo author of The Many Mothers of Dolores Moore, an International Latino Book Award Gold Medal winner, and Magical Realism for Non-Believers.
Register now before workshops fill up: wilitfest.com
-- The 2026 Lit Fest is Sept. 17-19 --

Write On, Door County

Come learn from Erika Meitner, renowned poet and director of the Creative Writing Program at University of Wisconsin-Ma...
05/28/2026

Come learn from Erika Meitner, renowned poet and director of the Creative Writing Program at University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Register now before workshops fill up: wilitfest.com
-- The 2026 Lit Fest is Sept. 17-19 --

Write On, Door County

05/25/2026

Public Service Announcement: If you already signed up for a Lit Fest workshop (wilitfest.com), you may not have had all of the options! An error on the registration page made it so registrants could not select The Art (and Craft) of Revision with Anika Fajardo or Writing It Real with Emily Small. The error has now been corrected. If you wished to register for one of those sessions and were not able to do so, please contact [email protected], to be switched.

Take a workshop with Catherine Jagoe, award-winning translator and writer, at the Washington Island Lit Fest! Register ...
05/21/2026

Take a workshop with Catherine Jagoe, award-winning translator and writer, at the Washington Island Lit Fest!

Register now before workshops fill up: wilitfest.com
-- The 2026 Lit Fest is Sept. 17-19 --

Come study with Naeem Murr, author of four novels including New York Times Notable Book The Boy, a Stegner Fellow and a...
05/14/2026

Come study with Naeem Murr, author of four novels including New York Times Notable Book The Boy, a Stegner Fellow and a Guggenheim Fellow.

Register now before workshops fill up: wilitfest.com

-- The 2026 Lit Fest is Sept. 17-19 --

Congrats Anika Fajardo!! (She is one of our featured authors at our literary festival in September.) Looking forward to ...
05/08/2026

Congrats Anika Fajardo!! (She is one of our featured authors at our literary festival in September.) Looking forward to hosting you on the island this fall. 🙌🏼

Thank you to the Friends of American Writers for selecting The Many Mothers of Dolores Moore as a winner of their annual Literature Award. So grateful to readers for picking up this book and sharing

Come to the Washington Island Lit Fest and meet international bestselling author Jane Hamilton! Register now before work...
05/07/2026

Come to the Washington Island Lit Fest and meet international bestselling author Jane Hamilton!

Register now before workshops fill up: wilitfest.com

-- The 2026 Lit Fest is Sept. 17-19 --

Write On, Door County

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Washington Island, WI
54246

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