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About 35 writers from throughout the Midwest attended Viroqua’s inaugural workshop in September. The workshop aided writers and led to stories and poems about Viroqua, and a pending story in the Chicago Sun-Times that points to Viroqua as the center of southwest Wisconsin’s trout-fishing resources, Strickler said.
“Another writer is looking at writing a piece in connection to the health care offered here,” Strickler, organizer of the workshop, said. “I can see having the workshop here as starting to pay as a long-term investment.”
Strickler said the second Viroqua Writer’s Workshop, being planned for Sept. 18-21, will be limited to only 20 writers.
“The feedback we got after last year’s workshop is that the writers wanted to spend more time here,” Strickler said. “Two more things they were interested in focusing on were environmental and travel writing. We obviously have a strong area for travel writing, and with what’s happening in our county, also have issues of the environment that are paramount.”
Strickler said he’s still working on the agenda for the event, but it will include fewer presentations and more interaction between the writers.
The lineup of speakers has not been finalized, although it tentatively includes a prominent member of the University of Wisconsin’s Writer’s Institute, an ecologist from Trout Unlimited and a travel editor from a metropolitan newspaper.
Registration is $200, same as last year, and any business sponsors interested in participating can contact him again about their involvement.
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To register or for more information on the Viroqua Writer’s Workshop, call (608) 634-4814 or e-mail thebluewatersgroup@yahoo.com.
