A writers’ conference can’t be everything to everybody. What it can be, when doing its job well, is in-person; invested in providing personal attention and vital information that aspiring authors need to publish well in an increasingly fickle marketplace, full of travails, trap doors,[Click For The Rest...]

Unity. Community. Being an essential part of something greater than one’s self is a tenet that the conference has nurtured for some 40 years in Southern California. Being a kid from Newberg, and longtime resident of Central Oregon myself, I’ve wanted to establish that same ethos[Click For The Rest...]