Month: February 2026

  • Christopher Diaz

    Christopher Diaz

    Christopher Diaz (he/him) is an indigenous CHamoru from the Pacific Island of Guåhan. As a writer, performer, and photographer, he’s been featured by NBC News, Poets & Writers.org, and more. Recently he was awarded a fellowship with Indigenous Nations Poets and an artist grant from the Washington State Arts Commission. In 2025, he was the opening keynote speaker at the Oregon Poetry Association’s annual conference. He’s a two-time grand slam champion and won the 2023 Bigfoot Regional Slam with his PNW team. He’s taught poetry with “Writers in the Schools”, offers writing and performance workshops online and in person, and co-leads monthly writing workshops at the juvenile detention center in Vancouver, WA.

    Find him at www.christopherdiazcreates.com.

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  • Fran Wilde

    Fran Wilde

    Two-time Nebula Award-winner Fran Wilde has (so far) published nine novels, a poetry collection, and over 70 short stories for adults, teens, and kids. Her stories have been finalists for six Nebula Awards, a World Fantasy Award, four Hugo Awards, four Locus Awards, and a Lodestar. They include her Nebula- and Compton Crook-winning debut novel Updraft, and her Nebula-winning, Best of NPR 2019, debut Middle Grade novel Riverland. Her short stories appear in Asimov’s Science Fiction, Tor.com, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Shimmer, Nature, Uncanny Magazine, and multiple years’ best anthologies.

    The Managing Editor for The Sunday Morning Transport, Fran teaches or has taught for schools including Vermont College of Fine Arts’ MFA and St. Mary’s College of Maryland. She writes nonfiction for publications including The Washington Post, The New York Times, NPR, and Tor.com.

    You can find her on Instagram, Bluesky, and at franwilde.net.

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    • Courtenay Hameister

      Courtenay Hameister

      Courtenay is an author, teacher, and the former host and head writer of the nationally-syndicated public radio show, Live Wire. Her first book, Okay Fine Whatever: The Year I Went From Being Afraid of Everything to Only Being Afraid of Most Things was long-listed for the Thurber Prize for American Humor.

      Find out more at courtenayhameister.com

      Schedule

    • 8 – 10PM Friday Windsor A: Exquisite Corpse

      How would Frankenstein have gone if there were a dozen Dr. Frankensteins working on the monster at once? Want to find out??? Join us for a dastardly experiment where we’ll put our heads together to make some truly exquisite corpses!

    • 7 – 9PM Friday Windsor C & Zoom: Timberline Review

      It’s time for the Launch of the 15th Annual Timberline Review Literary Journal. You’ll hear from poets, essayists, authors, memoirists, and that’s just scratching the surface! Come in-person and get your copy of the journal signed by the authors, or join us online to meet and celebrate with this year’s editors, authors, and artists.

    • 6 – 7PM Friday Zoom: Writer’s Fair Roundtables

      It’s time for the 2026 Writer’s Fair! Our annual fair is free and open to the public, and this year, it is also online! Join us to learn about amazing programs and resources available to help you on your writing journey, and make more friends along the way. See you at the fair!

    • 5 – 7PM Friday Belmont Ballroom: Writer’s Fair

      It’s time for the 2026 Writer’s Fair! Our annual fair is free and open to the public, so invite your friends to join you in the Belmont Ballroom. Snacks, drinks, and conversations await you. You will learn about amazing programs and resources to help you in your writing journey, and make more friends along the way. See you at the fair!

    • 6:30PM Friday Belmont Foyer: Silent Auction Closes

      Our silent auction is closing! It’s your last chance to place your bids on books, baskets, prints, and gifts. Take a final look and see if there’s anything you’d like to claim before bidding ends. Thank you for supporting our year-round programming for writers!

    • 5PM Friday Belmont Foyer: Silent Auction Opens

      Our silent auction is now open, featuring books, themed baskets, prints, and writerly gifts! Browse the collection, place your bids, and take home something special while connecting with fellow conference attendees. All proceeds support our year-round programming for writers, so bid early and bid often to support WW!

    • 4:30 – 5:30PM Friday Windsor C: Invite-Only: FilmLab Writers Meet & Greet

      Invite-Only: Our past and current FilmLab authors are invited to join us for a meet and greet before Saturday’s SAG-AFTRA reading. Connect with your fellow writers over coffee and conversation. This workshop will be facilitated by Grant Rosenberg.