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
In a world with a deadly global pandemic, an intrepid band of writers are forced to self-isolate for the good of the kingdom, travelling instead through the ethernet to discover new realms and explore galaxies far and near. Gather together with fifteen other writers for a …
Thurs, January 27 &
Tues, March 15 || Bust through Writer’s Block and get ready for this year to be your best writing year yet!
Spice up your story in this romance writing workshop with Sarina Dorie. Upcoming Date(s)Thursday, February 17, 20226-8 PM Pacific Wordcrafters Online Zoom Studio Members $39 | Nonmembers $49 REGISTER Members save 10% on this class and every class. Want to know more about membership? Click here. Romance is a strong draw for …
Thurs, February 24 &
Tues, April 5 || Untangle the heart of your story and learn the techniques to write the character-driven story you’ve been striving for.
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 Online Zoom Studio Members …
Learn the art of writing short stories in this five-week workshop with Sarina Dorie. 5 Thursdays: March 3, 10, 17, 24, & 31 6-8 PM Pacific Wordcrafters Online Zoom Studio Members $ 149 | Nonmembers $179 REGISTER Members save 10% on this class and every class. Want to know more about …
YOUTH CLASSES & CAMPS
Science Fiction / Fantasy Club 12* and Up Explore science fiction and fantasy writing in this after-school young writers club with award-winning writer Nina Kiriki Hoffman. Upcoming SessionsMondays, …
for ages 9-18 Dive Into the Deep Beyond with these Short Story Fiction Writing Workshops with Nicky Gonzalez! When: Saturday, January 8, 202210am-12pm | Preteens (ages 9-12)1pm-3pm …
An LGBTQIA2S+ YA Reading Group TEENS Join Rainbow Reads–a young adult LGBTQIA2S+ book group for Lane County teens hosted by Wordcrafters in Eugene in partnership with the …
July 11-15, 2022 | Get read to create short stories set in your own scifi or fantasy work with Scifi & Fantasy camp!
LATEST ARTICLES & PODCASTS
“…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.”
“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.”
“Try to resist the urge to prune a few bushes while the forest burns.”
“Whatever traits you want the reader to remember need to be magnified and exaggerated, even if only a little bit.”
