Monthly Meetings

  1. Events
  2. Monthly Meetings

Views Navigation

Event Views Navigation

Today

Hybrid Hillsboro: Crafting Inclusion Without Stereotypes

Hillsboro Brookwood Library 2850 NE Brookwood Pkwy, Hillsboro, OR, United States

Willamette 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 Library

Young 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 States

The 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 States

Willamette 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 Ave

Willamette 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

Downtown Eugene Public Library 100 W 10th Ave, Eugene, OR

Eugene 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 States

This 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.…

YWW Presents Dmae Lo Roberts

Beaverton City Library 12375 SW 5th St, Beaverton, OR 97005

Young Willamette Writers Portland Presents Dmae Lo Roberts About Dmae Loe Roberts Dmae Roberts is a two-time Peabody award-winning writer and independent media and theatre artist who has written and produced more than 400 audio art pieces and documentaries for NPR and PRI programs. Her Peabody award-winning documentary “Mei Mei, a Daughter’s Song” is a…

Hybrid Portland: Humor with Sarina Dorie

1336 NW Flanders Portland, OR

Willamette Writers Portland Presents Good for a Laugh: How to Write Humor with Sarina Dorie This meeting is online and in-person. Learn the art and craft of writing humor from Sarina Dorie at the June 6th, Tuesday meeting of the Willamette Writers Portland chapter. This 7 pm meeting is a hybrid, in-person at 1336 NW…

Hybrid Hillsboro: The Power of Themes

Hillsboro Brookwood Library 2850 NE Brookwood Pkwy, Hillsboro, OR, United States

Willamette Writers Hillsboro Chapter Presents Exploring the Power of Themes with Fran McReynolds This meeting is online and in-person. Themes are a fundamental component of impactful writing that engages the reader. In written and oral storytelling, a theme adds strength to our narrative. For writers, themes provide guidance.  Themes can help determine what to include…