In this generative workshop, we’ll cover essential elements of long and short form reviews, with a special focus on essay-length reviews. We’ll also address practical aspects of finding a home for your review and more! Sign-up: mccormackwritingcenter.org/product/deve...

We'd like to extend a warm welcome to our August Residents, Afabwaje Kurian and Calley Marotta! ⁠ Please help us in supporting them by attending their Constellation reading on Thursday August 13th, 2026 from 7:00-9:00 p.m. at Bishop & Wilde! Livestream link: linktr.ee/constellatio...

Today, we're so delighted to be able to spotlight our marvelous 2026 Oregon Summer Workshop NONFICTION Scholars!!! ⁠ ⁠ We can't wait to see what writing they do next, and are cheering them on as they go forth to other opportunities! ⁠ Learn more here: mccormackwritingcenter.org/mccormack-wr... ⁠

Today, we're so excited to announce our 2026 Oregon Summer Workshop SHORT FICTION Scholars! We're so honored to have been able to support their work, and look forward to seeing their books out in the world (and celebrating those, too). ⁠ ⁠ Learn more here: mccormackwritingcenter.org/mccormack-wr...

Let's celebrate our 2026 Oregon Summer Workshop NOVEL Scholars! We're so glad to have been able to support their work, and want to thank them for helping to make our first OSW such a success! Read more about them here: mccormackwritingcenter.org/mccormack-wr...

Today, we're SO thrilled to announce our 2026 Oregon Summer Workshop POETRY Scholars! We're grateful to be able to support their work, and can't wait to see what they do next. ⁠ ⁠ Please give these folks their flowers, and read more about them here: mccormackwritingcenter.org/mccormack-wr...

APPLICATIONS CLOSE TODAY!!! Each of our residencies includes a $1200 dollar stipend, private accommodation, Lyft credit, a public reading/reception at Bishop & Wilde, and plenty of uninterrupted creative time! ⁠ Applications are due today! Apply here: mccormackwritingcenter.org/residencies/

Just came back from teaching the Oregon Summer Workshop @mccormackwc.bsky.social for a week, where every time you go anywhere, you're running into writers, that's right, we're all writers, so now when I'm walking on the street I still want to say hello to everyone, which is the best space to be in💐🌠

So wonderful to meet fellow AAPI creatives at the @mccormackwc.bsky.social Conference. It was a pleasure to organize our lunch gathering and to hear that so many have parents who support their literary dreams. I like to think of myself as the cool auntie cheering them on.

A story has a way of seeing. In this session, we’ll study how POV can open up new angles on plot—how zooming in and out, skipping ahead or drawing out, can create narrative energy that’s an implicit answer to the question: And then what? Sign-up: mccormackwritingcenter.org/product/seei...

Calling all spellcasters! In this generative writing intensive, we will challenge ourselves to write without metaphor by studying the ordinary and exacting language. In-class prompts and exercises accessible for all genres and levels included! Sign-up: mccormackwritingcenter.org/product/ordi...

My hand + the hands of my @mccormackwc.bsky.social workshop group, who on trivia night named themselves the Memwawas. Yes we literally put our hands together and said 1-2-3 GRIEF! when we first met. One of our participants gave us all the finger fidget that also hits acupressure points? ☺️

Calling all poets! This session will examine closely a sample of poetics that engage in image and text (including work that operate at a 3D level) and curates a particular aural/sonic experience. Includes generative prompts and more! Sign-up: mccormackwritingcenter.org/product/poet...

In this generative workshop, we’ll cover essential elements of long and short form reviews, with a special focus on essay-length reviews. We’ll also address practical aspects of finding a home for your review and more! Sign-up: mccormackwritingcenter.org/product/deve...

In this generative craft intensive, we'll cover all things non-normative storytelling in creative nonfiction. Writers will leave with at least three pieces in varying levels of doneness. Come ready to write! Sign-up: mccormackwritingcenter.org/product/lets...

This intensive is a springboard for writers feeling stuck or seeking fresh inspiration and new ways of seeing. A full reading list with PDFs will be emailed in advance. Students will experiment with short writing prompt bursts and more! Sign-up: mccormackwritingcenter.org/product/the-...

TONIGHT! Please join us to hear four of our amazing faculty members read this Monday in Portland at 7:30pm PST!⁠ ⁠ All readings are free and open to the public + have ASL interpreters. #osw2026

TONIGHT! Please join us to hear three of our wonderful faculty members read tonight in Portland at 7:30pm PST! All readings are free and open to the public + have ASL interpreters. #osw2026

Hello, Portland! As part of the Oregon Summer Writers Workshop @mccormackwc.bsky.social there are outdoor faculty readings/book signings open to the public every night... Yes, I'll be reading from TERRY DACTYL on Thurs, July 16, 7:30 pm, check out that lineup! And, all these fantastic readings💞

Hey Portland, see you next week 🌞

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It’s the most wonderful time of the year again! 2026 Oregon Summer Workshop faculty readings will be held July 12th-18th at the outdoor amphitheater at Reed College. As always, these readings are free and open to the public! We can't wait to see you there! #osw2026

This craft intensive is a space to explore the possibility of entanglement, fragmentation, and reconstruction by engaging in the practice of collage to enhance our work and our understanding of the world around us. Scholarship available! Sign-up: mccormackwritingcenter.org/product/coll...

Create space for your work, words, and springtime at the Debut 40 Residency in PDX! Debut 40: Open to any unpublished author 40 and above working on a full-length manuscript. Apply here: mccormackwritingcenter.org/residencies/

BLOOM your writing at an MWC Residency in the scenic and vibrant PNW! This residency includes a stipend, private accommodation, Lyft credit, a public reading/reception at Bishop & Wilde, and plenty of uninterrupted creative time! Apply here: mccormackwritingcenter.org/residencies/

Spring into creativity at the MWC (formerly Tin House Workshop)'s General Residency! This residency includes a $1200 dollar stipend, private accommodation, Lyft credit, a public reading/reception at Bishop & Wilde, and more! Apply here: mccormackwritingcenter.org/residencies/

Let your art BLOSSOM in Spring 2027 at a MWC Residency in beautiful Portland! ⁠ ⁠ Each of our residencies includes a $1200 stipend, private accommodation, Lyft credit, a public reading/reception at Bishop & Wilde, and plenty of creative time! ⁠ Apply: mccormackwritingcenter.org/residencies/

The third person doesn’t have to be a voice from the wild beyond–it can be intimate, embodied, and stylish. In this generative intensive we will practice entering the minds of our characters from an embedded third person point of view and more! Sign-up: mccormackwritingcenter.org/product/thir...

In memoir, the writer takes the reader on a journey through the past, illuminated by the present. Students will leave this session with a packet of writing exercises and a document tracing the structures of dozens of contemporary memoirs. Sign-up: mccormackwritingcenter.org/product/time...

In this generative workshop, we’ll cover essential elements of long and short form reviews, with a special focus on essay-length reviews. We’ll also address practical aspects of finding a home for your review and more! Sign-up: mccormackwritingcenter.org/product/deve...

A story has a way of seeing. In this session, we’ll study how POV can open up new angles on plot—how zooming in and out, skipping ahead or drawing out, can create narrative energy that’s an implicit answer to the question: And then what? Sign-up: mccormackwritingcenter.org/product/seei...

In this generative craft intensive, we'll cover all things non-normative storytelling in creative nonfiction. Writers will leave with at least three pieces in varying levels of doneness. Come ready to write! Sign-up: mccormackwritingcenter.org/product/lets...