
Dan Lyksett of Eau Claire is a retired journalist who now focuses on short stories and essays. He has contributed to the LE Phillips Memorial Library’s “Writers Read” and the Chippewa Valley Writers Guild “Sounds and Stories” series. He was awarded the Contributors’ Choice: 2020 Best Local Lit and the 2023 Best Opening Letter by Volume One Magazine and was co-winner of the 2020 CVWG-Write On, Door County Writer Exchange Contest.