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 […]

Our workshops are built around a model of freewriting – but what does that mean? At Write Around Portland, we host creative writing workshops that are unique from most other approaches. Through decades of experience and facilitating thousands of writing workshops, we know that the heart of the model depends on freewriting and being in

what makes a write around portland reading so special? Some wander in alone. Some cluster in groups, their nervousness showing in the way they giggle and cling to each other’s arms. The soft, inner illumination of someone’s face as they thumb through a book, first at the table of contents to find their pen name

Find Write around portland anthologies on the shelves of your favorite bookstores For two decades, Write Around Portland has teamed up with some of the best Portland bookstores to diversify Oregon’s literary arts. Our free creative writing workshops bring in Portland writers from all walks of life – many of whom have never written in

At Write Around Portland, we LOVE getting started.

We love putting our pens to paper and keeping them moving. But sometimes, a rewrite can be equally enriching.

That’s why, in 2023, we’re launching a revamped set of newsletters!

Our spring season of writing is underway.

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