Monthly Meetings
Corvallis: Fall Open Mic
Corvallis Community Center 2601 NW Tyler AveWillamette Writers on the River Corvallis Presents Open Mic Night! 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 into your experience successfully? Read for applause and explore the effectiveness of your creation. Or join us to…
Hybrid Eugene: Poetry with Carter McKenzie
Downtown Eugene Public Library 100 W 10th Ave, Eugene, ORWillamette Writers Eugene Presents Carter McKenzie Poetry as Witness against Unjust Erasure This meeting is online and in person. Please join your Eugene Willamette Writers Chapter this September 26, 2023, 6:15-7:30 PM. Doors open at 6 PM. To join by Zoom, please read Zoom details below and then register for the meeting at this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcqcumppz4oH9cz5NktX2P2FTkRSB9jTA4D…
Portland: Pitching and Querying with CoCo Freeman
1336 NW Flanders Portland, ORWillamette Writers Portland Presents Pitching and Querying with Coco Freeman This meeting is in-person and online. You finished your book. Congratulations!! Now what?! Join us on Tuesday, October 3, 2023, as Coco Freeman gives us the ins and outs of pitching and querying! Coco Freeman is an agent with the Linda Chester Literary Agency. She…
Hybrid Young Willamette Writers: Horror with John Shirley
Beaverton City Library 12375 SW 5th St, Beaverton, OR 97005Young Willamette Writers Presents Horror with John Shirley Our next YWW meeting will be on October 7, 11am-12pm PT. We can't wait to have John Shirley join us, online and in-person. About John Shirley John Shirley has written novels, short stories, TV scripts, screenplays, lyrics, poetry, songs, and various forms of nonfiction. More than forty…
Online Salem: Marketing with Keri-Rae Barnum
Online Portland, OR, United StatesThe Salem Chapter of Willamette Writers Presents Marketing with Keri-Rae Barnum This meeting is online only. Are you struggling with marketing your book? Trying to figure out how to approach marketing yourself as an author? Join Keri-Rae Barnum, the owner and CEO of New Shelves Books, online on October 7 at 11 AM Pacific Time…
Hybrid Hillsboro: First Page Critique
Hillsboro Brookwood Library 2850 NE Brookwood Pkwy, Hillsboro, OR, United StatesWillamette Writers Hillsboro Chapter Presents First Page Critique This meeting is online and in-person. Please read for topic changes! Presentation change: It's time for the First Page Critique! Join us in-person or online to talk about your first page. If you are coming in-person, please bring five copies of your work you would like to…
Online FilmLab: Getting your script to screen with Randall Jahnson
Online Portland, OR, United StatesJoin us for a meeting of the FilmLab Screenwriter’s Happy Hour! Middle of October…Fall is in the air and it’s time to get serious about finishing that screenplay before the end of the year. Please join us at the FilmLab Screenwriter’s Happy Hour on Wednesday, October 11, 2023 from 5:00 to 6:00 pm, PST. The…
Hybrid Vancouver: Planning Your First Draft
Three Creeks Library, 800 NE Tenney Rd, Vancouver, WA 98685Willamette Writers Vancouver Presents Planning Your First Draft This is a hybrid meeting. October 16, 2023. Doors 6:15 PM, Presentation at 6:30 PM at Three Creeks Library - 800 NE Tenney Rd, Vancouver, WA 98685. Read Zoom Details below and then register here for the Zoom presentation: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEvd-6urD4tHNCLFTSpC1tPOqY7Ejw5H10k A CRASH COURSE IN WRITING YOUR NEWEST NOVEL! One of the biggest…
Hybrid Southern: Finishing with Libby Gill
Grants Pass LibraryWillamette Writers Southern Oregon Presents Countdown to Completion: Get your Writing Project Finished with Libby Gill This workshop is online and in-person. Starting a writing project can be an exhilarating, sometimes scary, experience. But how do you keep the momentum going when your energy stalls, your creativity hits a wall, or everyday life conspires against…
Newport: Add Humor to Your Writing with Larry Lehnerz
Newport Public Library 35 NW Nye St, Newport, OR, United StatesWillamette Writers Coast Chapter Presents How to Add Humor to Your Writing This meeting is in-person only. Feel like you’re one card short of a full deck in your writing? Perhaps it’s the joker card. From cozies to serious drama, humor plays a vital role in storytelling. But what if you’re not funny? The…