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The Bay City Arts Center announces a call for entries for its 1st Annual One-Act Play Writing Competition which will culminate in a special “reader’s theater” performance and dinner on June 22, 2019. Rules for submission:1. These must be amateur plays that have not yet been performed2. Each play should be one act in length-…
Topic: Process Discover your optimal process as a writer. Creative writing is about generating the atmosphere of a specific time and place. To take the reader there, the author must enter the story. For every writer the process is different. This workshop delves into how different writers find their groove. Includes a short FELDENKRAIS© movement…
I’m looking for a Portland-based author to review my novel, “Treasure of the Blue Whale.” It’s set to be published by Regal House in 2020, but I need a review from which to glean a jacket blurb. Deadline: May 15, 2019. Respond with a list of published works, please. Email: cabodolphin [at] gmail.com
Congratulations to Film Lab alum, Shaun Radecki, for his short screenplay GRACIAS being an Official Selection at the Richmond International Film Festival. A local story inspired by the hardship and plight of Oregon migrant farmers, Shaun is excited to try and bring this timely and heartfelt drama to life soon with a production shot here…
The Milwaukie Poetry Series and The Poetry Box present a reading to celebrate the 8th issue of The Poeming Pigeon: SPORTS on Saturday, May 4th at 2:00 at The Pond House (2215 SE Harrison Street, Milwaukie OR). Featured readers include Brittney Corrigan, Sharon Wood Wortman, Kris Demien, Penelope Scambly Schott, Margaret Chula, Toni Partington, Joshua…
Call for Proposals from the Oregon Poetry Association for the Fall 2019 Conference “Coming Home” September 14 and 15, 2019 Salem Convention Center, Salem, OR Submissions accepted between May 1 and June 1, 2019 For information on how to submit go to: Call for Proposals
Just released by Nancy E Dollahite, Field Notes from Sichuan; Learning to be a Foreigner, will ring true with anyone who has ever lived abroad or felt like an outsider. Based on the author’s experience teaching there in the 1980s, this is one woman’s love story with rural China as it rushes toward becoming a…
Poetry Open Mic at the Beaverton Public Library! Free and open to the public. Beaverton Public Library Auditorium Saturday, April 13, 4:00-5:30 PM In honor of National Poetry Month, join us to share some poetry. Read your own poetry or a favorite poem by someone else. Opening the show we are pleased to welcome Dr.…
Book launch for Valerie J. Brooks’ femmes-noir novel REVENGE IN 3 PARTS. Come hear her read, entertain, and tell you why she considers noir to be protest lit. Thursday, April 25, 2019, 7 PM – 8 PM Annie Bloom’s Books 7834 SW Capitol Hwy, Portland, Oregon 97219 In this gripping psychological thriller and debut noir…
Tasche Laine’s Book Launch Event for her second book, CHAMELEON, is Thursday, April 11th, 7:00 p.m., at Another Read Through (3932 N Mississippi Ave, Portland). CHAMELEON is a domestic thriller about a single mom who meets an alluring psychotherapist who isn’t what he seems. Adept at manipulation, Geoffrey toys with Tara’s mind, compelling her to…
