Shawano Area Writers is pleased to announce that Dan Hartwig has agreed to serve as Master of Ceremonies for the 2019 Shawano Area Writers George Putz Jr. Memorial Student Writing Contest awards ceremony on May 19th at the Mielke Arts Center in Shawano. A graduate of Shawano High School, Hartwig purchased Twig’s Beverage in 1986 from his father, Twig’s founder Floyd Hartwig. Twig’s is the first bottler of Sun Drop in Wisconsin. The Hartwig family has expanded their business by adding a non-returnable bottling line, a water plant, and a museum. The Putz student writing contest is open to students in grades 1-12 who live or attend school in Shawano or Menominee counties. Students compete in one of three age groups: Grades 1-4, 5-8, and 9-12. Entries are submitted in Fiction, Nonfiction and Poetry categories. Cash prizes and certificates of achievement will be awarded to the winning students.
