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.
Sci-Fi Fantasy Weekend with Nina Kiriki Hoffman
We will adventure forth in both the real and virtual worlds for this year’s Sci-Fi Fantasy Weekend with Nina Kiriki Hoffman!
“Our Stories” with the NAACP
The community, Wordcrafters, and the NAACP are happy to present a new community storytelling program, “Our Stories.” Over the course of a year, we’ll explore topics by theme marked by an ancient proverb.
Tales in the Mail
Dust off your manuscripts, bring your query letters, and get ready to send your work out into the world with our summer quarterly member event!
Beyond Reality: Poetry Inspired by Surrealist Art
Write ekphrastic poems in response to Surrealist art in this poetry workshop with Erica Goss.
Come Play Story
Want to write? Have trouble writing fast enough? Stuck on “the” story and not able to start “a” story? Come play story with Wordcrafters and Eric Witchey at our spring quarterly member event!
YOUTH CLASSES & CAMPS
Rainbow Reads
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!
April Write Club: Exploring Poetry
Young writers! Join us for our April Write Club workshop Exploring Poetry with Erica Goss.
May Write Club: Rainbows, Unicorns, and Guts on the Page – LGBTQIA+ Storytelling
Young writers! Join us for our May Write Club workshop Rainbows, Unicorns, and Guts on the Page – LGBTQIA+ Storytelling with Melissa Hart.
June Write Club: Poetic Temperaments – Story, Music, Structure, Imagination
Young writers! Join us for our June Write Club workshop Poetic Temperaments – Story, Music, Structure, Imagination with Anna Ball.
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.”