HeyJaredOkoboji Writers' & Songwriters' Retreat News & Alum Essays
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Volunteer?Also More and Auction Items! (opens the original)
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If you are in the Okokboji area and would like to help Chip and Jen set up for our Gull Point events Monday and Tuesday, he could use a few hands at 4 pm today!Also, additions to the Silent auction include a one week stay for two at one of the Lakeside Labs cabins for a week, starting the Sunday night of the 2027 retreat!And, a live auction item will be added byan incredible quilt made and donated by award-winning quilter, Mary Shotwell!
Announcement - Auction to be held at Gull Point State Park (opens the original)
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The Best Silent Auction I Never Meant to OrganizeI wasn’t planning to make the silent auction at this year’s Okoboji Writers’ & Songwriters’ Retreat quite this interesting.Then our faculty started offering things.Not just books and memorabilia, but their time, talent, expertise, homes, music, advice and experiences you simply can’t buy anywhere else.Want a literary agent to look at your manuscript? We’ve got that.Want an award-winning songwriter to perform a private concert in your living room?W
Who’s Excited?! FAQs for OWSR VI (opens the original)
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Richard is in the other room organizing name tags. I’m in front of the laptop thinking it’s time for one last communication to you before the fun begins. If you are attending for the first time, you will have a purple star on your name badge. If you’ve been with us before, your star will be blue.If you’ve been with us more than five times, YOU GET A GOLD STAR!<
Make Your Dinner Reservation Now, Please (opens the original)
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The wind is howling outside as I type this, so I’m whispering to Mother Nature: “Good. Get this out of your system.”We have visitors coming to Okoboji from around the country — some for the first time — and I’d like them welcomed with ideal temperatures and blue skies.If not, well, there will be stories to tell that we weren’t hoping to share.But if we can keep our OWSR six-year weather winning streak alive, you might even be lucky enough to catch a few Monarch butterflies before they all depart
’Tonight Show’ Writer Michael Jann Joins Okoboji Writers’ & Songwriters’ Retreat Faculty (opens the original)
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEEmmy-nominated comedy writer and UCLA Extension instructor brings decades of experience writing for Jay Leno and Jimmy Fallon<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="640" src="https://substackcdn.com/imag
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