Thursday, February 16, 2012

Conversations With Writers

Don Colburn, newspaper reporter turned poet, to speak on Monday, 27 Feb, at 7pm at Influence Music Hall, 135 SW Third Ave, Hillsboro.

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Member Adds Blog

Westside Writers member April Aasheim now has a blog. Check out Pieces of April.

Westside Writers February 2012 Challenge

Westside Writers, a writing critique group that meets in the Reedville area of Hillsboro, issues the following challenge to other Washington County writers. Create a piece of short fiction, post it on your blog or ours, and read some other local writers' work. Don't forget to leave the author a comment letting him know you read the piece and what you thought of it. Here is an easy way to view challenge submissions: just click here.

UPDATE: Due to popular demand, we've extended the deadline on this challenge until 11:59pm (Pacific Time) on Wednesday 14 March 2012.

Here are the details:

What: Create a piece of short fiction with based on the following prompt:

It's a dark and stormy night...but the weather report (on TV, radio, internet, subspace news-links, whatever) says it's nice outside. Ahh...what's happening?


When: The deadline will be 11:59pm (Pacific Time) on Wednesday 29 Feb 2012 14 March 2012

Who: Any resident of Washington County, Oregon or participant of a writers group that meets in Washington County, Oregon

Why: To have a bit of fun and share some of your writing with other Washington County writers and visitors to our blog (westside-writers.blogspot.com)

How: Submissions can be made either by: 1) adding your story to your blog or website, then sending a link to that post or page to WestsideWriters503@gmail.com. Please include a statement that you either live in Washington Co or attend a writers group in Washington Co, Oregon. OR 2) Email your submission to WestsideWriters503@gmail.com with a statement that it may be included on our blog (westside-writers.blogspot.com), include any identifying and copyright information you wish to have included on the blog post with your submission (name, web address or Twitter/Facebook/etc profile/name).

NOTE: Westside Writers may decide not to include your link or story if it doesn't meet any criteria listed in this post or if it violates our Taboo Topics as discussed on http://westside-writers.blogspot.com/p/about-us.html.

If you have any questions, please comment or email WestsideWriters503@gmail.com.

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

New Creative Non-fiction Group

From Insomnia Coffee Co's Facebook post:

For all you creative non-fiction writers out there, we are accommodating a new writers group on THURSDAY nights, 7-8:30pm, at our Baseline location...for more info, check out our Community Board at Baseline. Now be creative and WRITE!


Insomnia Coffee Co
5389 W. Baseline Rd
Hillsboro, OR 97123
503.601.4314