Congratulations, Israel Bayer and Street Roots! Street Roots is far more than an exercise in journalism. It creates income opportunities for people experiencing homelessness and poverty by producing a newspaper and other media that are catalysts for individual and social change. Israel Bayer and the staff at Street Roots accomplish this and so much more every…
Congratulations, Heidi Schulz! One could say that Heidi Schulz has already up and come. With her first book published by Disney, praised by critics, and included in the Oregon Battle of the Books for the school year 2016-17; her second book called a “deliciously witty, delightfully inventive, devilishly fun adventure…” (Anne Ursu, The Real Boy), and her third…
Willamette Writers is happy to announce the first place winners in the Oregon Letters About Literature 2016 contest. Congratulations to Chaevin Hong, Alexandra Sjobeck, and Julien Comardelle for their Oregon Letters About Literature 2016 winning letters!
As a brief update in the Letters About Literature program, we received nearly 100 letters back from the Center for the Book at the Library of Congress. They’ve been cataloged, redacted, and are officially out for judging! That should be completed within the first couple of weeks of April. We’ll have our list of semi-finalists…
For those of you waiting to hear news from the Library of Congress for your children and students about Letters About Literature, we just wanted to let you know that we’ve heard that the letters have all been received and judged on the national level. Which means we’re just waiting to receive them so that judging…
Report From the Board – February 2016 The Board of Directors of Willamette Writers holds board meetings every last Tuesday of the month (no meeting in December). At those meetings we discuss the programs and goals of Willamette Writers and how the organization can serve our members better. The board believes Willamette Writers needs to…
Dear Members and Friends, For 50 years, Willamette Writers has provided a creative and encouraging environment for professional and aspiring writers. This year, more than three thousand children will benefit from our Books for Kids and Young Willamette Writers Programs, and every year, their opportunities and skills continue to grow. As you celebrate this holiday…
Peter Sears – Poet Laureate of Oregon Peter Sears will be speaking at the Willamette Writer’s Coast Chapter in Newport, OR in October. For more information, check out our Calendar and the Coast Chapter’s website. Peter also taught a workshop at Willamette Writers on the River in Corvallis in July. He read from his own work, and then provided writing prompts for the audience. For those…
The 46th Annual Willamette Writers Conference is over. Months of planning and organizing went into three fantastic days that went by far too quickly, but were well worth the lack of sleep. There’s too much to put into just one article. I realize that. But it was such a great weekend that I had to…
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…
