A Unique Writing Community
Red Oak Writing offers programming for writers of all levels of ability and experience.
We recognize that the definition of writing “success” is different for each writer who comes through our door. From the aspiring novelist who wants to see her name on the cover of a book to the poet who wants to be published in a literary journal to the grandfather who wants to create a memoir for future generations, we take our writers where they are and help give them the tools to make their writing dreams come true.
Through Roundtable critique groups, craft workshops, author readings and Creative Writing Camps for young people, Red Oak creates a supportive community of writers who have the same goal: to improve their writing and help others to do the same. Red Oak Writing is the offspring of Redbird Studio, which was founded by renowned writer/coach Judy Bridges who continues to nurture writers and support our work.
Kim Suhr
Director of Red Oak Writing and author of Nothing to Lose (Cornerstone Press, 2018). She leads Roundtables, teaches craft & publishing workshops, and provides manuscript critiques/developmental edits and coaching for individual clients. Her work has appeared in many journals including at Midwest Review, the Stonecoast Review and Solstice Lit. In addition, her writing has earned awards from the Wisconsin Writers’ Association’s Jade Ring and Lindemann Humor Contests. She holds an MFA from the Solstice program at Pine Manor College where she was the Dennis Lehane Fellow in Fiction.
