✨ An Afternoon with Teresa Scollon
February 18th, 2026
Teresa Scollon @ Chalfonte Theatre
Wednesday, February 18 | 1:00–2:30 PM
📍 The Platform at the Chalfonte Theatre (Home of the Elk Rapids Cinema)
205 River Street, Elk Rapids
Free & Open to the Public
Teresa Scollon is a poet, essayist, editor, and educator whose work has earned statewide and national recognition. She is a National Endowment for the Arts Fellow, a past Writer-in-Residence at Interlochen Arts Academy, and recipient of the 2018 Moveen Prize in Poetry.
Her published collections include:
No Trouble Staying Awake (2025)
Trees and Other Creatures (2021)
To Embroider the Ground with Prayer (2012)
Friday Nights the Whole Town Goes to the Basketball Game (2009)
Her writing appears in Poetry in Michigan / Michigan in Poetry (New Issues Press) and Elemental (Wayne State University Press). She serves as senior editor of the literary journal Dunes Review and currently teaches high school students through the North Ed Writers Studio program in Traverse City.
A native of Michigan’s Thumb, Scollon’s work is rooted in the landscapes and stories of this state — making her visit to Elk Rapids especially meaningful.
About the Antrim Writers Series
The Antrim Writers Series brings Michigan authors to Antrim County to share fiction, nonfiction, and poetry; teach writing workshops; and engage deeply with the landscapes and communities of the region. Supported by Crosshatch Center for Art and Ecology, the program reflects a mission to build strong, place-based communities through the intersections of art, farming, ecology, and economy.