The Member Promoter program is back for the 2017 Willamette Writers Conference! We invite our members (YOU!) join our conference promotion team and be honored on the Willamette Writers website. Members who wish to join the promotion team and become a member promoter should start by filling out the form below. Member promoters will then spread the word about…
Southern Oregon Willamette Writers: ALL THINGS PUBLISHING Author Panel and Breakout Sessions with Small Press Publishers Saturday, March 5, 2016 Central Point City Hall Council Chambers, 140 S. Third Street, Central Point Morning Panel Discussion: 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Free to members, $10.00 visitors A panel of small press publishers…
Join us at the Post 5 Theater on Saturday, March 5th for our FiLMLaB Directors Panel. Free to Willamette Writers members ($10 non-member paid at the door) this event features all of our FiLMLaB directors from the past four years and a chance to have your questions answered! Join these three directors: Christopher Alley of Ampersand…
Timberline Review authors Evan Morgan Williams, Steve Theme, Christa Kaainoa, Rick George and Beth Bonness read their work from the first issue and woodblock artist Kevin Clark displays his work for the cover. Wine and cheese. Saturday, 9 January 2016 at 13:30–15:00 Another Read Through 3932 N Mississippi Ave, Portland, Oregon 97227
It’s Thanksgiving, and we want to let you know how thankful we are that you are a part of our community. For fifty years, we have met over coffee and cookies, hashed out lines, and pitched the pros. We’ve built an amazing community of writers throughout the state, from southern Oregon to Mid-Valley, through Corvallis…
November 5, 2015 Whether you’re writing flash fiction or a novel, perhaps the most essential craft to fiction writing is knowing how to re-think and re-vision your ideas once the first draft is on the page. Learn strategies for looking freshly at your own work, as well as questions to ask about character, structure, and themes,…
The Willamette Writers Newsletter is distributed exclusively to our 1700 Willamette Writers members, and we would love to read your new submission to our newsletter. The newsletter considers submissions on writing, especially “how-to” articles on craft and genre. We do not publish personal essays, poetry or fiction of any type (Please look to our literary journal, The…
Peter Sears – Poet Laureate of Oregon Peter Sears will be speaking at the Willamette Writer’s Coast Chapter in Newport, OR in October. For more information, check out our Calendar and the Coast Chapter’s website. Peter also taught a workshop at Willamette Writers on the River in Corvallis in July. He read from his own work, and then provided writing prompts for the audience. For those…
Always wanted to participate in NaNoWriMo? Young writers are invited to attend a special NaNoWriMo event at the Conference on Sunday, August 9, from 9-10 a.m. The best part is IT’S FREE! Here are the details: National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), is an annual international literary sensation that inspires people from all walks of life to…
