Soapstone: Celebrating Women Writers

The 2024 winner of the Bread and Roses Award is:

ELLEN WATERSTON

Each year on March 8, International Women's Day, Soapstone honors a woman from Oregon whose work has helped to sustain the writing community. Go to Bread and Roses Award for more information.

Summer/Fall 2024 Study Groups

Reading Contemporary Poetry
Led by Dorianne Laux and Joseph Millar 
Four sessions, 3 hours each, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. PST
Saturday, August 3: Dorianne Laux on Belle Waring, Anne Marie Macari and Deborah Digges
Saturday, August 10: Joseph Millar on Ruth Stone and Sharon Olds
Saturday, August 17: Joseph Millar on Ruth Stone and Sharon Olds
Saturday, August 24: Dorianne Laux on Susanne Cleary, Mary Campbell, Phillils Levin
via Zoom
$75, scholarships available
Limited to 16 participants

Ellen Waterston will lead a group focusing on a writer to be announced
six sessions, 2 hours each, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. PST
Saturdays, September 7, 14, 21, 28, October 5 and 19
10 a.m.- 12 p.m. PST
via Zoom
$75, scholarships available
Limited to 16 participants

Reading Marie Howe, led by Andrea Hollander
Five Saturday mornings: 9:30 am to noon (PST)
November 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
via Zoom
$75, scholarships available
Limited to 16 participants

For full details about the study groups go to Study Goups.

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To be notified about these programs and those of many other literary organizations, sign up for our bi-weekly community email announcements. They contain information about readings, workshops and opportunities for readers and writers in Oregon and Southwest Washington. If you only want to receive emails about the study groups, sign up as above and send us an email letting us know, to soapstonewriting@gmail.com.

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Soapstone provides grants to support ad hoc events that celebrate women writers. Go to Events for more information.