SERVING THE NEXT GENERATION
WRITERS IN THE SCHOOLS
Teachers & Administrators, find out more about our WRITERS IN THE SCHOOLS PROGRAMS and learn how to bring a professional creative writing workshop to your school or classroom. We’d love to talk with you about how we can best serve your students.
FICTION FANTASTIC
FICTION FANTASTIC YOUNG WRITERS CONTEST is an annual fiction contest for upper elementary, middle, and high school students in Lane County, Oregon. This contest is free to students attending public, private, and homeschool.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Teacher Talks -The Book Club
A reading and discussion group for writing instructors and enthusiasts.
Friday Night Writes
Friday Night Writes: Virtual Edition! Friday night socializing for writers! Come hang out with other writers, get some work done on your current project (or start a new one!), and eat chocolate. What more could you ask for a Friday night? Fridays, 6-9 PM Pacific Wordcrafters…
Writing Group Speed Dating
From support and mentorship, to actual critique groups, to one-on-one partners, come meet the writing group of your dreams! This casual speed-dating event is a fun, laid back way to meet new writing friends.
Writing Short Stories
Learn the art of writing short stories in this five-week workshop with Sarina Dorie.
Plot Your Novel for NaNoWriMo
Need some structure for your story? Come plot your novel just in time for NaNoWriMo.
Come Write In for NaNoWriMo
Want to write a novel in a month? Join Wordcrafters in Eugene and Springfield Public library and Come Write for NaNo WriMo.
YOUTH CLASSES & CAMPS
Rainbow Reads 2022
Join Rainbow Reads–a young adult LGBTQIA2S+ book group for Lane County teens hosted by Wordcrafters in Eugene in partnership with the Eugene Public Library! Meets the first and third Monday each month.
November Write Club: Roll Dice, Build a Monster
Young writers! Join us for our November Write Club workshop Roll Dice, Build a Monster with Nina Kiriki Hoffman.
LATEST ARTICLES & PODCASTS
Double Trouble: Put Your Setting to Work
“…require that characters deliver their news while climbing three flights of stairs, place a protagonist’s important interview in a too-noisy or sinister location that will put her off balance.”
Listen to Your Story
“I had been neglecting to follow my story’s lead. I’d been so adamant about what I wanted my story to be that I’d ignored the signs of what it needed to be.”
Trust Me, I’m An Editor
“Try to resist the urge to prune a few bushes while the forest burns.”
A Bubble Off Plumb
“Whatever traits you want the reader to remember need to be magnified and exaggerated, even if only a little bit.”
