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Elizabeth Bolton Poetry Contest: Oregon Writers Colony sponsors this annual poetry contest in honor of our late president. Learn more.

Short Story Contest, Fiction and Nonfiction: Oregon Writers Colony sponsors an annual short story contest. Winners are selected from two categories: fiction and nonfiction. Learn more.

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For assistance with workshop costs, please contact Treasurer Rae Richen.

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Mentor in the House Program

Learn more about the Mentor in the House Program.

To register, contact: Gloria Harrison.

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Fri Aug 16 2013 - 4:00 PM
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Sun Aug 18 2013 - 4:00 PM 		Colonyhouse, Rockaway Beach, OR Shaindel Beers Mentor, Shaindel Beers (Poetry)

Shaindel Beers’ poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction have appeared in many journals and anthologies. She is an instructor of English at Blue Mountain Community College, and serves as Poetry Editor of Contrary. Her two full-length poetry collections are A Brief History of Time (2009) and The Children’s War and Other Poems (2013), both from Salt Publishing. Shaindel is currently working on a short story collection for Press 53 as well. She lives with her partner Jared and son Liam in Pendleton, OR.

OWC Events

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Tue May 28 2013 - 7:00 PM
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Tue May 28 2013 - 10:00 PM 		Literary Arts, 925 SW Washington St. Portland, OR Mary Szibist Mary Szybist in Conversation with Elyse Fenton: Free Oregon Book Club Event

Poet Mary Szybist, author of Oregon Book Club's latest selection Incarnadine, will appear at Literary Arts to speak with fellow poet Elyse Fenton about her work, the state of Oregon poetry, and her teaching at Lewis & Clark.
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Thu Jun 13 2013 - 7:00 PM
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Thu Jun 13 2013 - 10:00 PM 		Portland, OR Aria Minu-Sepehr in Conversation with Pauls Toutounghi: Free Oregon Book Club Event

Memoirist Aria Minu-Sepehr, author of We Heard the Heavens Then, will appear at the Writers Dojo to speak with novelist Pauls Toutonghi about memoir, fathers, and the state of the Middle East.