Author name: Write Around Portland

Since Write Around Portland began in 1999, we have published 60 professionally designed and printed books of workshop writing. Each time a book is published, participants who submitted get a free copy. We also distribute copies to local booksellers (such as Powell’s and Broadway Books), and we place recent copies on the website for purchase. […]

For our traditional writing workshop programming, it takes two! Organizations, that is. Each year, we collaborate with around 20 social service agencies to bring our creative writing workshops to the people they serve. While our workshops usually run for 10 weeks, every partner has different needs – which means our workshops can take on dramatically

Results from our 2023 survey Recently, we sent out a quick 3-question survey to our donors and volunteers asking a few questions to help us improve our communications. We were thrilled at the number and quality of responses. Thank you to everybody who took the time to give us some feedback! (If you haven’t yet

Bryan Zentz’s speedy artwork and in-kind donation make our publishing program possible

We’re cheering for Lora Lafayette, a writer from one of our very first workshops! Lora’s memoir, Possums Run Amok: A True Tale Told Slant was published to great acclaim and is now nominated for an Oregon Book Award!

Change is in the air. We are excited to welcome two new positions to help us achieve our mission of respect, writing, and community even more profoundly.