As one of the oldest and best organizations serving writers and readers in Portland, the Willamette Writers board awarded the Humanitarian Award to Literary Arts. From their Portland Arts & Lectures series to the Oregon Book Awards, they have truly demonstrated exceptional philanthropy and contributed to writers throughout the Pacific Northwest in a variety of…
In 2001, Tom Robbins won our Distinguished NW Writer Award. With the publication last year of his memoir, Tibetan Peach Pie, the Willamette Writers board felt it was finally time to award him our Lifetime Achievement Award as well. Because, as everyone knows, the memoir makes the man. OK. Not really… What makes Tom Robbins the…
Willamette Writers was saddened to hear of the death of award-winning novelist and non-fiction writer Ivan Doig. From This House of Sky to Sweet Thunder, Mr. Doig proved his mastery of language and storytelling. He never considered himself a “Western” writer, despite his stories taking place in the American West. He felt that writing, though…
