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
FRIDAY NIGHT WRITES: Quarantine 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? Hey, Writer Friends! In light of the …
Join us at the final member event of the year. We’ll take time to reflect on our writing and make goals for next year at our Year-End Reflection and Goal Setting extravaganza. Upcoming SessionThursday, December 16, 20216-8 pmWordcrafters in Eugene Online Zoom StudioMembers FREE!Non Members …
Join us for our winter quarterly member event and get some fresh eyes on your manuscript at this fun, fast-paced critique with a professional writer and your peers! Upcoming SessionThursday, January 206-8 PM PacificWordcrafters in Eugene Online Zoom StudioMembers Free | Nonmembers $15 REGISTER The first page of …
Longing to write a memoir? Join memoirist and MFA writing instructor Melissa Hart for a weekend workshop in which you’ll learn how to plot, structure, and plan your memoir for success. Intensive WeekendApril 30 & May 1, 2022Saturday: Intensive 1-5 pm Sunday: Intensive 1-5 pm (optional online …
YOUTH CLASSES & CAMPS
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 …
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 …
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.”
