Recent News

Oregon Book Club Winter Selection

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We are excited to announce the Oregon Book Club Winter Selection: Mary Szybist’s Incarnadine, from the independent publishing pioneers at Graywolf Press.

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Oregon Book Club Inaugural Selection

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We are pleased to announce our inaugural Oregon Book Club selection, Disorder, by Dan DeWeese, published by Portland independent press Propeller Books.

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Former OWC Board Member Art Johnson Passes

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We were saddened this week to hear of the death of long-time member Arthur Johnson. Art was a former board member, a stalwart of our writing workshops, and an active participant in our scholarship and conference committees.

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2012 Short Story and Poetry Contest Winners

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Judges Gina Oschner and Sue Parman have announced the winners of the 2012 Oregon Writers Colony annual Short Story Contest and Elizabeth Bolton Poetry Contest.

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Membership Drive

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Our 30-day membership drive was a booming success! We set a goal of adding 50 new members by the end of Wordstock, and exceeded that goal by eleven. We also added to our Oregon Book Club.

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Oregon Book Club

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The Oregon Book Club is a new membership level that connects great Oregon authors with Oregon Writers Colony members. Every season, we choose a soon-to-be-released book and mail it to Oregon Book Club members.

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OWC Names First Executive Director

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After thirty years serving Oregon writers through conferences, workshops, and Colonyhouse, Oregon Writers Colony has named James Bernard Frost its first Executive Director.

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Jump Start Meet-Ups

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Jump Start is a series of small discussion groups based on specific topics, free for all interested writers, both OWC members and non-members.

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2012 Elizabeth Bolton Poetry Contest

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Oregon Writers Colony sponsors this annual poetry contest in honor of our late president, Elizabeth Bolton.

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NW Book Festival

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OWC has reserved two spaces for our members at the 4th annual NW Book Festival.

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