Monthly Meetings
Hybrid Portland: An Evening with Stephen Holgate
1336 NW Flanders Portland, ORPortland Willamette Writers Presents An Evening with Stephen Holgate Mark your calendar and join your Portland Chapter on May 2nd at 7 PM for an evening with author and diplomat, Stephen Holgate. This meeting is in-person at 1336 NW Flanders in Portland and online via Zoom. Please read Zoom Details below and then register for…
Salem: Behind the Curtain with 45th Parallel Playwrights
Salem Public Library 585 Liberty St SE, Salem, OR, United StatesWillamette Writers Salem Chapter Behind the Curtain: Playwriting with the 45th Parallel Playwrights Have you ever wanted to see behind the curtain? Wondered how to get your play produced or process feedback from critiques? Join the Salem Willamette Writers chapter as we meet with the 45th Parallel Playwrights. 45th Parallel Playwrights will explore how they…
YWW North: Curtis Chen
Beaverton City Library 12375 SW 5th St, Beaverton, OR 97005Attention Middle and High School Writers! Join us May 6th, from 11-12PM, in-person at the Beaverton City Library or online with Science Fiction and Fantasy author, Curtis C. Chen (陳致宇)! We'll also talk about the YWW Anthology, so if you have a piece you haven't submitted yet, please bring that along. Joining online? Sign up…
Hybrid Hillsboro: Crafting Inclusion Without Stereotypes
Hillsboro Brookwood Library 2850 NE Brookwood Pkwy, Hillsboro, OR, United StatesWillamette Writers Hillsboro Presents Crafting Inclusion Without Stereotypes Want to include people struggling with mental health, ADHD, Autism, and more in your writing, but don’t know how to do it respectfully? Join your Willamette Writers Hillsboro Chapter online and in-person with J. Komp on May 9th at 6:30 PM (doors open at 6:15 PM) for…
Young Willamette Writers – Sharing Our Writing
Grants Pass LibraryYoung Willamette Writers Southern Chapter Sharing our Writing This month we are once again encouraging each YWW participant to bring a piece of their own writing to share with the group. We will also talk more about the YWW anthology and how to make sure your piece will be included in this upcoming publication. This…
Vancouver Chapter Presents Poetry with Armin Tolentino
Cascade Park Library 600 NE 136th Ave, Vancouver, WA, United StatesThe Vancouver Meeting has been MOVED ONLINE due to excessive heat. Willamette Writers Vancouver Presents Poetry with Armin Tolentino Poetry is fraught with all the baggage one might expect after a solid 3000-year run. During times of great crisis, people have depended on and expected solace from poetry. Yet, just as often you hear poetry…
Newport: How to Write Memoir
Online Portland, OR, United StatesWillamette Writers Coast Chapter Presents How to Write a Memoir Readers Will Fall in Love With What is it about memoir that’s drawing more and more writers to the genre? And if you’re thinking about diving in, or have a memoir-in-progress, what do you need to know about the genre to make your story resonant…
Corvallis: Open Mic Reading
Corvallis Community Center 2601 NW Tyler AveWillamette Writers Corvallis Presents Open Mic Reading Join us in person only from 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM on Monday, May 22 for our Spring Open Mic Reading. Does the audience sigh? Do they gasp? Do they laugh outright? Does the page read smoothly for you? In other words, does your writing bring the audience…
Eugene Hybrid: Flash Fiction with Miriam Gershow
Eugene Public Library 100 W 10th Ave, Eugene, OREugene Willamette Writers Presents The Joy of Flash: How Short Writing Can Jump Start Your Creative Practice with Miriam Gershow Do you feel stuck? Are you missing that spark? Join Miriam Gershow at the Eugene Public Library on May 23rd, both online and in-person, to bring back the joy. Doors open at 6PM and meeting…
Salem: Literary Agent Amy Collins
Salem Public Library 585 Liberty St SE, Salem, OR, United StatesThis meeting is in-person only. Join literary agent Amy Collins at your Salem Chapter this Saturday, June 3 from 10:30-11:30AM (Doors open at 10:15) at the Salem Public Library in Anderson B. Amy, a well-known publishing industry professional, will explore how to get an agent and answer your questions and concerns about the querying process.…