Timberline Review Launch Date: 8/4/22 Time: 8 to 10 PM (PT) The Timberline Review is an all-volunteer literary journal published by Willamette Writers, the largest writing organization in the Pacific Northwest. Our focus is on showcasing emerging talent. Join us for the launch of Issue 11 of the Timberline Review! The launch is both a live…
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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…
Corvallis: Polishing Drafts with C. Lill Ahrens
C. Lill Ahrens Presents – The Tighty Writey Game: Polishing as Wordplay – Seriously! This is an In-person Event. Early drafts can be wordy, but final drafts need to be polished, aka tight. But many writers avoid tightening, assuming it’s laborious, fearing it will dull the freshness, flatten the emotional impact, and destroy their voice. Not…
Online: Pitch Practice with Industry Professionals at your Salem Chapter
Practice Your Pitch with Industry Professionals At your Salem Chapter: David Poulshock, Nancy Froeschle, Clark Kohanek, and Christine Autrand Mitchell Are you thinking about pitching at the Willamette Writers Conference? Or maybe you’re excited to share your work, but don’t know how? Perhaps you’re wondering what it’s like to pitch to an industry professional? Join…
Creating, Staging, and Getting Plays Produced with Kwik Jones
Kwik Jones discusses Creating, Staging, and Getting Plays Produced Playwright Kwik Jones will speak to the Portland Chapter of Willamette Writers about his process of writing, staging, and getting his work performed and produced. Kwik has been writing, directing, and producing plays for twenty-eight years. About Kwik Jones Kwik Jones developed the following plays: A Strange…
Navigate Public Library Resources With Dale Ivan Smith
Navigate Vast Public Library Resources With Dale Ivan Smith Literary giant Virginia Woolf said, “I ransack public libraries and find them full of sunk treasures.” Conjuring up visions of marauding divers gliding expertly between the pillars of civilization’s citadels of information, Woolf’s metaphor suggests treasures are accessible and easy to spot. In today’s extensive network,…
YWW Southern OR- Reflecting on Audience and Purpose to Super-charge Your Writing
Reflecting on Audience and Purpose to Super-charge Your Writing with Benjamin Gorman It seems like this would be a heavy topic. Why do we write? Who do we write for? We’ll discuss some options and models from famous authors, and then contemplate how purpose and audience can add an extra jolt to your writing! Join…
Be Your Own Graphic Artist! with Chris Northrup
Be Your Own Graphic Artist! Join us at WACOM Experience Center! Chris Northrup will show us how to do our own graphics. Ever wonder how writers get their awesome covers? Or how to create and publish your own graphic novels or magazines? Join us at WACOM Experience Center, 1455 NW Irving St. #110, Portland, OR 97209,…
Young Willlamette Writers presents Angela Yuriko Smith
Young Willamette Writers presents Angela Yuriko Smith Angela Yuriko Smith joins YWW and Beaverton City Library for our May 7th virtual meeting. 10:00-11:00am PT About Angela Yuriko Smith: Angela Yuriko Smith is a third-generation Uchinanchu-American and an award-winning poet, author, and publisher with over 20 years of experience in newspaper journalism. Publisher of Space &…
Five Ways to Grow Your Newsletter with Sarina Dorie
Five Ways to Grow Your Newsletter from Zero to Thousands in a Year with Sarina Dorie For five years, Sarina Dorie’s newsletter was stuck at two hundred. Despite teaching at conferences, giving away free books at reader events, participating in author readings, blog tours, and begging friends to join, few people signed up. And fewer…