“Write Around gave me some purpose and connection outside myself and family, both as a volunteer and [Prompt] participant. Writing in community fed a deep longing for fellowship….”  —Kellie Ernst At Write Around Portland, our volunteer program embodies one of our deepest held values of community. Since our founding, volunteers have provided invaluable support to […]

This spring, we have had the joy of revisiting writing published over our 20 years and reconnecting with past writers. We created a special anthology retrospective featuring a writer from every year since 1999.  And last week, we had the privilege of hearing some of those writers read their pieces at our anniversary celebration. W. T. Smith, pictured above, […]

Interview by Write Around Portland development director, Allison Specter. On January 31, 2019 we interviewed Write Around Portland’s founders, Liza Halley and Ben Moorad, almost 20 years to the date of when they launched Write Around Portland’s first season of writing workshops in 1999. Liza, who now lives in Boston, is a librarian at a […]