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  • Open Workshop with Sands Hall
    Open Workshop  A special workshop led by Sands Hall. August 13  –  September 17 Every Thursday from 4 – 5:15 PM (Pacific). Six 75-minute sessions: $90 Register by Noon on August 13 Sands Hall leads the Open Workshop, which provides… Read more

  • Film Adaptation Seminar
    Film Adaptation Seminar for Writers August 17-21, 2020 Open to all!  $350 – Register by August 10 Monday-Friday, 9:00 AM – Noon (Pacific) Led by screenwriter Laura Harrington, this film adaptation workshop will consist of five three-hour online seminars.… Read more

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  • Film Adaptation Seminar
    Film Adaptation Seminar for Writers August 17-21, 2020 Open to all!  $350 – Register by August 10 Monday-Friday, 9:00 AM – Noon (Pacific) Led by screenwriter Laura Harrington, this film adaptation workshop will consist of five three-hour online seminars.… Read more

  • Fiction First Aid Private Consultations
    This Friday, join us for private consultations: Fiction First Aid* July 31, 2020, between 10 am and 5 p.m (Pacific) View as a list Private 15-Minute Appointments     $25 First-come first-served: appointments are limited. Quick fifteen-minute consultations will be offered on… Read more

  • “Short Takes” Fiction Staff Readings in the Virtual Valley
    The Community of Writers Fiction Workshop in the Virtual Valley is proud to present “Short Takes” Fiction Readings These readings are presented to the public as part of our first-ever Fiction workshop held entirely online. These readings are free to… Read more

Featured Alumni News

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  • Lori Tobias
    Her memoir, Storm Beat: A Journalist Reports from the Oregon Coast, is due out in September 2020 from Oregon State University.… Read more

  • Khadijah Queen
    Her new book of poetry, Anodyne, will be published by Tin House Books in August, 2020.… Read more

  • Lori Tobias
    Her memoir, Storm Beat, A Journalist Reports from the Oregon Coast, will be published by Oregon State University in August, 2020.… Read more

  • Joanna Solfrian
    Her second book of poems, The Mud Room, was released by MadHat press in April, 2020.… Read more

  • Judy Batalion
    Her new book, The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler’s Ghettos, will be published by HarperCollins in June, 2020.… Read more

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