Wisconsin Writers Awards Announced

The Council for Wisconsin Writers announced winners of the Wisconsin Writers Awards for work published in 2011. Each will receive $500 and a weeklong writer’s residency at Shake Rag Alley or Maplewood Lodge in Mineral Point. Awards were decided by out-of-state judges and will be presented at a May 12 Awards Luncheon at the Wisconsin Club in Milwaukee. The public is invited to attend and celebrate Wisconsin’s fine writers.

Learn more about the winners, the judges and reserving a place at the Awards Luncheon ($28; reservations required by May 7) online at http://www.wiswriters.org.

CWW is a non-profit organization founded in 1964 to promote awareness of Wisconsin’s literary heritage.