Willamette Writers Meetings are Free and Open to the Public!
Our mission at Willamette Writers is to help writers find their community, develop their craft, and expand their careers. We do that through meetings, workshops, critiques, and conversations. You can find out what’s happening at our events calendar. You are welcome to drop in on any online or in-person meeting or workshop. We would love to join our community.
Save the Date for the 2024 Willamette Writers Conference!
We are proud to announce the 2024 Willamette Writers Conference will be at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Portland, Oregon on July 31 – August 4, 2024!
Save the date for a weekend of connecting with your community, developing craft, and expanding your career with Willamette Writers! Join your conference community on Facebook to stay up to date on exciting news.
The Timberline Review is now open for submissions!
Our Literary Journal, the Timberline Review, is open for submissions until December 15, 2023. There is NO THEME this year. Please submit your best work in these genres: poetry, fiction, screenplay, and nonfiction. We are also looking for art. Full details can be found here. We look forward to reading your work!
Congratulations to our 2023 Kay Snow Award Winners!
The Paulann Petersen Award for Poetry
First place: “She Lived with Cats” by Ruth Q. Leibowitz
Runner-up: “Once Starved, Never Full” by Rene Lytle
The Kay Snow Award for Nonfiction (with special thanks to Elizabeth Lyon)
First place: “Half Truths Spent at Slipping Rock” by Mary Sweigert
Runner-up: “Wings” by Teresa H. Janssen
Kay Snow Award for Fiction (with special thanks to C. Lill Ahrens)
First place: “How to Get a Best Friend” by Brenna Twobears
Runner-up: “Standing in Water” by Kathleen Caprario-Ulrich
Want to be more involved? Become a member!
Willamette Writers is a community of writers supporting and learning from each other. We strive to provide members with everything they need to thrive – community support, networking opportunities, continuing education, inspiration, publicity, and much more.
Willamette Writers Membership helps support our writing community!
Willamette Writers Membership benefits:
Weekly Chapter Meetings: with talks and inspirational, educational presentations on the craft and business of writing from leaders in the writing world
Online Coffee Hours: socialize with other writers twice a week
The Write Place: weekly productivity meeting, an opportunity for mutual support and accountability towards achieving your writing goals
The Timberline Review literary journal: free submissions and discounted subscriptions or copies
Willamette Writers Conference: early registration and discount on our acclaimed yearly writers conference
FilmLab Contest: discounted submissions to our filmmaking contest
Critique groups: We help connect members to critique groups for various genres.
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