Wordcrafters In Eugene

Get in touch with your deepest thoughts and feelings at Writing Into Yourself, a seasonal journaling workshop facilitated by author and Wordcrafter Jeaux Bartlett. Here, you’ll gain insight into the things you’ve struggled to name, much less write about, through guided prompts, grounding practices, and quiet support from other writers.

Dates: Sundays | Aug 9, 2026; Nov 8, 2026; Feb 14, 2027; May 2, 2027
Times: 3-5 pm
Location: In-person at the Wordcrafters studio or online
Learn more and sign up: https://wordcrafters.org/writing-into-yourself/

Where is the hardest part of your story to write?

🎙️Wordcrafters is hitting the Artwalk—and the mic is open.

Words Out Loud: Poetry and Prose Open Mic is on Friday, July 3, at the Farmers Market Pavilion as part of the Lane Arts First Friday Artwalk.

Sign up now to perform your poetry, prose, fiction, or whatever words are living in you right now. Five minutes. Free. All ages. All wordcraft welcome.

https://forms.gle/shWgTLniPPo2td966

Writer Matthew Adams shares 8 tips for writing accurate and engaging military history articles. https://www.writersdigest.com/8-tips-for-writing-military-history-articles

Check out this interview with Emerald Literary Guild's own Erica Goss and Joan Dobbie about River Road: The Anthology, which features almost 150 local authors!!!

A river of words: The River Road Anthology collection of local authors On this edition we talk with Joan Dobbie and Erica Goss, two editors and creators of the River Road Anthology which compiles more than 150 local author's works in the state. We also talk with Rebecca Hansen-White about an outbreak of parvo in dogs along the coast.

As a writer, you know writing professionally has its high and low points. Come chat about your writer’s life over lunch with your fellow word nerds at Wordcrafters’ Writer’s Life Lunch. Here, you’ll find camaraderie, friendly advice, and new perspectives to aid in your writing journey.

Date: Friday, June 26, 2026
Time: Noon-1:30 pm
Location: Wordcrafters Studio
Learn more and sign up: https://wordcrafters.org/writers-life-lunch-2/

Community Event Spotlight: Evento con Autor y Grupo de Lectura: Jorge Luis Porrata with Springfield Public Library
June 6, 2026, 1:30-3 pm
More info: https://springfield-or.libcal.com/event/16418191?hs=a

Feeling stuck in your writing? Discover new practices to keep your creative momentum flowing in The Practicing Writer, a workshop by award-winning journalist Susan Palmer. In this class, learn how to identify problems in your story, discover problem-solving strategies for when you are stuck, and gain new methods for entering flow and getting back into your writing. You’ll leave with more confidence, new tools, and renewed inspiration to help you get back to writing your heart out again.

Date: Saturday, June 20, 2026
Time: 1-5 pm
Location: Wordcrafters Studio
Learn more and sign up: https://wordcrafters.org/the-practicing-writer/

Discuss how to make your writer’s life a livable one at the Writer’s Life Lunch, hosted by Wordcrafters’ own Daryll Lynne Evans and Jeaux Bartlett. Bring your lunch and chat about the ups and downs of your writer’s life, connect with other writers, and give and receive encouragement to keep writing, because your words are worth sharing, no matter their genre or audience.

Date: Friday, June 26, 2026
Time: Noon-1:30 pm
Location: Wordcrafters Studio
Learn more and sign up: https://wordcrafters.org/writers-life-lunch-2/