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Expand your writing community and resources by checking the other links in this section. Click here to e-mail Field’s End your suggestions for additional listings.

Field’s End hosts monthly Writers’ Roundtables, open to all and free of charge. At these events, writers of varied experience and interests learn from a guest author/moderator and exchange ideas on writing. These informal, yet structured, meetings also offer opportunities for writers to socialize and network.

Roundtables have addressed a broad range of topics. Guest authors Kathleen Alcalá, Greg Atkinson, Kristin Hannah, Kris Henshaw, Ann Lovejoy, George Shannon, Jack Swanson, Joe Upton, Kristin von Kreisler, Susan Wiggs, Barbara Winther, and others have led the Roundtables by introducing each month’s question or theme and guiding group discussion.

Writers’ Roundtables are held on the third Tuesday of each month from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. at the Bainbridge Public Library. To see what’s coming, click here.

Writers’ Roundtables are supported, in part, by the City of Bainbridge Island Arts and Humanities Fund, administered by the Bainbridge Island Arts and Humanities Council.

Centrum,
Fort Worden, WA
Centrum sponsors many visual, literary, and performing arts programs. Writer residencies at Fort Worden are also available through Centrum.

Espy Foundation,
Oysterville, WA
The Foundation serves the needs of both emerging and established writers and artists. Core literary programs include The Writers’ Residency Program and the Espy Award.

Hedgebrook,
Whidbey Island, WA
A writers’ retreat for women, Hedgebrook describes itself as an artists’ community for women writers, offering “a place, a time, a chance to create.”

Kitsap Literary Scene
This site lists writing and reading groups, writing classes, and author appearances in Kitsap County.

Live Girls Theater
Pioneer Square, Seattle
Live Girls Theater supports new and under-produced works by women.

NorthwestWriters.com
A website for new and self-published authors of the Pacific Northwest.

Oregon Writers Colony,
Portland, OR
OWC is a nonprofit organization, representing and nurturing professional and novice writers. They offer a variety of services for writers, including conferences, workshops, retreats and short story contests.

Pacific Northwest Writers’ Association (PNWA),
Edmonds, WA
A resource organization for connecting with other writers, publishers, agents, and editors, PNWA’s website includes a short story library where members can post their work for others to critique.

PEN NW,
Seattle, WA
The Northwest branch of PEN-USA is part of an international fellowship of writers working to advance literature and defend free expression. It sponsors forums, grants, and awards.

Peninsula Writer’s Association,
Gig Harbor, WA
The Peninsula Writer’s Association offers a one-day spring conference each year.

PoetsWest,
Seattle, WA
An organization that provides a network for poets and poetry, coordinates reading venues, and produces public performances of poetry.

Portland State University Haystack Summer Program in the Arts,
Portland, OR
The Haystack Summer Program in the Arts offers week long and weekend writing workshops on the north Oregon coast.

Puget Sound Writers Guild
Olympia, WA
Dedicated to providing instruction in writing fiction.

Richard Hugo House,
Seattle, WA
Founded to honor poet Richard Hugo, this literary center offers writing classes and programs of interest to writers and readers of all ages.

Seattle Arts and Lectures,
Seattle, WA
Founded to raise the understanding, appreciation, and visibility of the literary arts in the Puget Sound region, Seattle Arts and Lectures provides literary lecture and poetry series, as well as humanities education.

Seattle Writergrrls,
Seattle, WA
Started in 1999, Seattle Writergrrls is a professional network with 750+ members for women writing and working in current and emerging media.

Sitka Center,
Otis, OR
Sitka offers one- to five-day workshops in writing and other arts, focusing on the intersection between art and ecology.

Soapstone, a Writing Retreat for Women,
Oregon Coast Range near Nehalem and Manzanita
Soapstone offers one- to four-week residencies at no charge to women writers working on fiction, poetry, drama, screenwriting, and other literary writing.

UW Extension,
Seattle, WA
The University of Washington UW Extension offers adult education in a variety of fields, including arts and humanities. UW Extension classes are also available via distance learning.

Wordstock Annual Festival of the Book,
Portland, OR

Write In Ireland
An opportunity to travel to and write in beautiful Ireland.

Raven Chronicles
This literary magazine reflects the cultural diversity of the Pacific Northwest and other areas of America.

The Seattle Review
A regional literary magazine, The Seattle Review is committed to publishing high-quality work by a diverse range of individuals and to expanding its focus to include issues of national and international concern.

Eagle Harbor Book Company (Bainbridge Island)
Elliott Bay Book Company (Seattle)
King County Library
Kitsap Regional Library
Open Books: A Poem Emporium (Seattle)
Seattle Public Library

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