Events

Rebecca Bluemel is a Gateless© certified facilitator, group leader, and writing coach. She lives in Portland, Oregon with her two adorable gingers, leads a current series of generative writing workshops virtually, and owns and operates her pet sitting business, Home Sweet Home Pet Care. Her book, Excoriation, and chapb , ...

The Next Generation Short Story Awards is a not-for-profit awards program open to authors writing original unpublished short stories in English.    Submissions accepted: Short stories and poems (5,000 words or less) Categories: 30+ Deadline: February 26, 2026 Winners’ Prizes: Winners in each category receive , ...

The Next Generation Indie Book Awards, currently in its nineteenth year, is the largest international awards program for indie authors and independent publishers. The Indie Book Awards is now accepting entries from independent publishers and authors worldwide who have a book written in English and released in 2024, 202 , ...

A casual weekly meeting of poets and the poetry-curious started in fall 2024. We gather to share poetry—our own and others, classics to hot-off-the-press—in a comfy corner of the Coburg Commons Bookstore & Community Center. Read if you like, or just listen and enjoy. , ...

2025’s vintage of Word and Wine features creative non-fiction and a blend of poetry, Saturday October 25 at 1:00. Three excellent writers will present their work, in the Riesling Room. This is an opportunity to have wine, maybe a bite and hear essays from Simmons Buntin, the poetry Ingrid Wendt, and the bi-lingual poet , ...

Since 2013 we’ve been meeting once a month in McMinnville. We start each evening with a reading from a featured poet, followed by an open mic from the audience.  In 2025, we meet on the 2nd Thursday of every month at 6 pm. 2025 Featured Poets Jan 9: Richard Robbins  Feb 13: Bethany Lee Mar 13: John Van Dreal Apr , ...

Rosa Lane is author of Called Back (Tupelo Press, 2024) in queer conversation with Dickinson, winner, 2025 Maine Poetry Book Award; Chouteau’s Chalk (UGP, 2019), winner, Georgia Poetry Prize; Tiller North (Sixteen Rivers, 2016), winner, NIEA Book Award; and Roots and Reckonings. Other published work has appeared , ...

The Next Generation Short Story Awards is a not-for-profit awards program open to authors writing original unpublished short stories in English.    Submissions accepted: Short stories and poems (5,000 words or less) Categories: 30+ Deadline: February 26, 2026 Winners’ Prizes: Winners in each category receive , ...

An active poetry workshop entitled Petrichor’s Child: Within and the Written will be held monthly on the second Monday of every month, beginning Monday February 10th at 6.30 at Portland Arts Collective, in downtown Portland at 122 NW Couch Street. There are resources guiding our practice and a unique visual monta , ...

The Next Generation Indie Book Awards, currently in its nineteenth year, is the largest international awards program for indie authors and independent publishers. The Indie Book Awards is now accepting entries from independent publishers and authors worldwide who have a book written in English and released in 2024, 202 , ...

A casual weekly meeting of poets and the poetry-curious started in fall 2024. We gather to share poetry—our own and others, classics to hot-off-the-press—in a comfy corner of the Coburg Commons Bookstore & Community Center. Read if you like, or just listen and enjoy. , ...

Featuring Rosa Lane and Laura Sciortino  Rosa Lane is author of four poetry collections including Called Back, winner of the 2025 Maine Literary Award, published by Tupelo Press in 2024, in queer conversation with Emily Dickinson; Chouteau’s Chalk, winner of the Georgia Poetry Prize, published by the University o , ...

Live featured poet series, with open mic. This month the feature is celebrated Oregon poet Emmett Wheatfall  Hawthorne Hideaway (Red Room performance space) 2221 SE Hawthorne Blvd. , ...

Nadene LeCheminant’s poetry seeks to capture grief at the accumulating losses suffered by our planet’s wildlife and flora, and joy at the abundant beauty and refuge still offered by the Earth. Her debut novel, The Gates of Eden, was praised by the San Francisco Book Review as a “well-researched, beautifully written his , ...

The Next Generation Short Story Awards is a not-for-profit awards program open to authors writing original unpublished short stories in English.    Submissions accepted: Short stories and poems (5,000 words or less) Categories: 30+ Deadline: February 26, 2026 Winners’ Prizes: Winners in each category receive , ...

The Next Generation Indie Book Awards, currently in its nineteenth year, is the largest international awards program for indie authors and independent publishers. The Indie Book Awards is now accepting entries from independent publishers and authors worldwide who have a book written in English and released in 2024, 202 , ...

A casual weekly meeting of poets and the poetry-curious started in fall 2024. We gather to share poetry—our own and others, classics to hot-off-the-press—in a comfy corner of the Coburg Commons Bookstore & Community Center. Read if you like, or just listen and enjoy. , ...

Carmen Rojas Larrazábal is a poet, cultural coordinator, anthologist and editor from Venezuela. She holds specializations in English literature, Chicano studies, and Afro- American Literature. Larrazabal has founded founded Artepoesía por La Paz in the US, El Arco & La Flecha Editores, poetry publishing House, The , ...

The Next Generation Short Story Awards is a not-for-profit awards program open to authors writing original unpublished short stories in English.    Submissions accepted: Short stories and poems (5,000 words or less) Categories: 30+ Deadline: February 26, 2026 Winners’ Prizes: Winners in each category receive , ...

The Next Generation Indie Book Awards, currently in its nineteenth year, is the largest international awards program for indie authors and independent publishers. The Indie Book Awards is now accepting entries from independent publishers and authors worldwide who have a book written in English and released in 2024, 202 , ...

Words and Wine Reading at the Chemeketa Cellar Tasting Room Featuring Simmons Buntin, Ingrid Wendt, and Juan Cervantes   2025’s vintage of Word and Wine features creative non-fiction and a blend of poetry, Saturday October 25 at 1:00. Three excellent writers will present their work, in the Riesling Room. This is a , ...

A casual weekly meeting of poets and the poetry-curious started in fall 2024. We gather to share poetry—our own and others, classics to hot-off-the-press—in a comfy corner of the Coburg Commons Bookstore & Community Center. Read if you like, or just listen and enjoy. , ...

The Humble Poets’ Open Mic will be at The Stacks Coffeehouse on the last Sunday of each month, 4:00-6:00pm. The featured reader for May is Frederick Livingston. We are encouraging poets and storytellers to come share their works, and musical accompaniments are welcome as well. The address is 1831 N. Killingsworth , ...

The Next Generation Short Story Awards is a not-for-profit awards program open to authors writing original unpublished short stories in English.    Submissions accepted: Short stories and poems (5,000 words or less) Categories: 30+ Deadline: February 26, 2026 Winners’ Prizes: Winners in each category receive , ...

  By Crystal Skillman Two Washington State teenage climate activists embark on an impulsive motorcycle journey to join a group of oil protesters on the East Coast. As they follow a major pipeline across the country, what began as two young environmentalists’ longing to belong to something greater than themselves g , ...