Save the Date for the 2024 Willamette Writers Conference! We are proud to announce the 2024 Willamette Writers Conference will be at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Portland, Oregon on July 31 – August 4, 2024! Save the date for a weekend of connecting with your community, developing craft, and expanding your career with Willamette…
Groups and Programs
Elizabeth Lyon Honored with Kay Snow Legacy Award
At this year’s conference, we have the pleasure of honoring three outstanding Willamette Writers community members who embody the spirit of WW. We begin today by recognizing the incredible work of Elizabeth Lyon. About Elizabeth Lyon As an independent book editor for over 35 years, Elizabeth Lyon is most proud of playing a part in…
Poets in the Timberline Review
Poetry is a great way for people to express their feelings or thoughts on topics they are very passionate about, whether that be talking about adversity, the struggles of loss, or even analyzing dreams. Often people use their own experiences or others to relay the message they want to show people. These are some of…
Creative Nonfiction Authors of the Timberline Review
We’re thrilled to introduce the creative nonfiction authors of this year’s Timberline Review. We hope that you’ll be pulled into their stories and feel the inspiration and care they poured into the stories they will write and have written. Take a second to get to know a bit about them before reading their stories. Bharti…
Fiction Writer’s of the Timberline Review
Come meet our fiction writers for the new Timberline Review, they are very creative individuals who work very hard so we are excited for you to read and hope you enjoy their stories. Before you read their wonderful stories, get to know them first with these short paragraphs about them. Kathleen Caprario-Ulrich Born and raised…
Visual Artists of the Timberline Review
Step into the dreams of the incredible artists that have shared their passion in this new Timberline Review! A picture can serve as a portal between the imagination and our reality, so step with us into our dream journal and meet the people who create our wordless stories. David A Goodrum David A. Goodrum, writer/photographer,…
Conference News: Agent Katie Reed at #wilwrite23
Katie Reed began her career in publishing with Andrea Hurst Literary Management while pursuing her Bachelor of Arts in English and has worked in the publishing field for over a decade. As a literary agent, Katie loves discovering new talent, building lasting connections with her authors, and working diligently to represent books readers will love.…
Poetry and Prose in the Timberline Review
Willamette Writers calls on many fantastic authors and writers to make each year’s issue of the Timberline Review a success, and we would be swamped by the sea of submissions if it weren’t for our editors. It is fortunate, then, that we have someone as passionate about poetry as Suzy Harris. Suzy’s passion was made…
Scriptwriting in the Timberline Review
In Her Cultish YA Novels, Kelly McWilliams Blends the Personal and the Historical
To author Kelly McWilliams, writing is about asserting valuable truths. With her 2020 novel, AGNES AT THE END OF THE WORLD, she “felt [she] needed to send a message into this world: a message about feminism and patriarchy and how we can survive oppression.” That sense of survival and hope is key to both of…