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Member News: Agent Acquired!

Agent Acquired

Christy Smith has acquired an agent. His name is Eric L. Miller with 3ibooks. She is looking forward to a long a fruitful relationship!   Follow Christy on her adventure at her website.

Member News: Critique Group Seeking New Members

The Winter Mist Critique Group (we need to change that soon!) is a group of five dynamic and productive writers who meet on Mondays via Zoom (6-7 PM PST). We have early to intermediate writers in memoirs, SF/fantasy, romance, horror, and contemporary literature, and open minds and hearts to novelty and experimentation. Discussion topics include…

Creative Nonfiction and Memoir at the Willamette Writers Conference

Are you working on memoir or creative nonfiction? Come have a sit down discussion with industry professionals at the Willamette Writers conference. You can pitch your work with these industry professionals or have a critique session. Here are some of the individuals you will want to meet this year if you’re interested in having conversations…

Willamette Writers supports writers!

Statement from the Willamette Writers Board and Executive Director The mission of Willamette Writers is to support all writers. With this in mind, we want to make it clear that we stand in solidarity with the Writers Guild of America (WGA) in their strike. We firmly support better contracts for writers and the protection of…

Community News: Compose Creative Writing Conference

Compose Creative Writing Conference

Our friends at Clackamas Community College are excited to announce the 2023 Compose Creative Writing Conference. Admission: $25 Location: Attendees can choose to participate in person on the CCC Oregon City campus or join the conference virtually via Zoom. The Keynote address and select workshops will be available online. Keynote: Eli Saslow, Pulitzer Prize winning…

Member News: New Release — CARELESS

Member News Careless

Daniel Pease and Big City Press are excited to announce CARELESS! The first in the Leland Chase Mysteries. CARELESS, an Oregon Coast Book, is Daniel’s debut and much anticipated First Book in the PI Hard-Boiled series. Set in the fictional town of Tampico Bay, 1986, the stories are told as a memoire years later. For…

Member News: New Release — Entanglements

Now available in Kindle, softcover, and hardcover versions, Entanglements assembles a decade of short works by author, scientist, entrepreneur, and inventor Mark William Davis. Entanglements is for readers who are in love with ideas and the networks of language that support and enervate them. Mark William Davis is the author of three dozen scientific papers…

Willamette Writers at the Portland Book Festival

Willamette Writers is proud to be participating in the Portland Book Festival on November 4th and 5th, 2022 with our friends at Literary Arts. Author Signing The festivities begin with our author signing. Meet Willamette Writers members and pick up a new book at the Author Signing in the Book Market on Friday, November 4th…