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 their name on the cover of a book to the poet who wants to be published in a literary journal to the grandparent 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 (she)
Director of Red Oak Writing and author of Nothing to Lose and Close Call (both from Cornerstone Press). 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, Wisconsin People & Ideas and Solstice Lit. In addition, her writing has earned a Jade Ring from the Wisconsin Writers Association. She holds an MFA from the Solstice program in Boston where she was the Dennis Lehane Fellow in Fiction.
