YWW Southern
YWW Portland & YWW Southern Oregon Chapter Meeting
Young Willamette Writers are young people who love to write. Young Willamette Writers welcomes any students who are in middle or high school. Some of our YWW have entered and won contests such as the Kay Snow Writing Award and a National Scholastic Writing Award. Some have been published in magazines such as American Girl and Stone Soup. Some are taking…
YWW Southern Oregon – Time to Share!
YWW Southern Oregon - Time to Share! Our virtual YWW meeting, this Saturday, June 11th (10-11 am), at the Josephine Community Library in Grants Pass, will be an opportunity to share your work in progress. (Online only meeting this month - no in-person option available) Read or come and listen! Sign up for our email…
2022 Willamette Writers Conference
Transform Your Writing Life August 3-7, 2022 at the 56th annual Willamette Writers Conference! Join us to find your writing community, develop your craft and expand your career -- both in-person and online this year. At the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Portland, Oregon and at your own computer screen, you'll find workshops, keynotes, critiques and…
YWW Southern Oregon: 2022 School Year Launch
Grants Pass LibraryExploring Southern Oregon Young Willamette Writers Join us to talk about our plans for the upcoming year, including authors, topics, and ideas. A special, short sci-fi presentation will also be given to kickstart our workshops for 2022-2023! This meeting will be held on Sept. 17th at 10AM, in-person at the Josephine Community Library, Grants Pass branch, located at 200…
YWW Hybrid: Comics with James Art Ville
Grants Pass LibraryYWW presents James Art Ville How to Tell a Story with Sequential Art: Comics Before the written language, humans crafted a system of record-keeping and storytelling using nothing but illustrations. While the written word has since become the dominant method of non-verbal communication, the integration of both methodologies has the profound and unique ability to…
YWW Southern Oregon Presents “WRITE YOUR WAY OUT” with J. C. Geiger
Grants Pass Library“WRITE YOUR WAY OUT” with J. C. Geiger Tips and tricks for the young writer in an interactive HYBRID workshop designed to help you produce your best work and have a great time doing it. Think - Choose Your Own Adventure meets Escape Room meets Writers' Workshop. There will be prizes. This will be an…
Hybrid YWW South – Sharing Our Writing
Young Willamette Writers Southern Chapter - Sharing Our Writing This month we are 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. We will…
Hybrid Southern YWW: Blackout Poetry with Jennifer Rood
Grants Pass LibrarySouthern YWW: A Generative Blackout Poetry Workshop with Jennifer Rood Come ready to have fun and learn about how to create blackout poetry in this hands-on workshop! Not only will you come away with a finished piece of found poetry, but you will also add a valuable tool to your writing toolbox for getting past…
YWW: Tips on Writing Historical Fiction with Cherie Coon
Grants Pass LibraryYoung Willamette Writers Presents Cherie Coon Tips on Writing Historical Fiction During the workshop, students will explore the crucial elements of writing historical fiction. The presenter will offer tips on making your writing more believable. Time will be spent on some of the does and don’ts of successful writing. Students will have an opportunity to…
Hybrid YWW South: Place as Character with LeeAnn McLennan
Grants Pass LibraryYoung Willamette Writers - Southern Chapter Urban Fantasy: Place as Character with LeeAnn McLennan Would Batman be the same if it wasn’t set in Gotham? We’ll explore place as character through the lens of The Supernormal Legacy trilogy set in Portland, Oregon. How does the setting inform the narrative? And how would the story be…