Soapstone: Celebrating Women Writers

The 2025 winner of the Bread and Roses Award is:

ELLEN GOLDBERG 

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.

WINTER / SPRING 2027 Study Groups

Reading Wislawa Szymborska
Led by John Morrison
Six Saturday mornings: February 20 through March 27
10 am to 12 pm PST
via Zoom (recorded and available to participants for three weeks)
$75 / Limited to 16 participants  

Reading Literary Memoir
Led by Judith Barrington
Six Saturday mornings: April 3 through May 8
11 am to 1 pm PST
via Zoom (recorded and available to participants for three weeks)
$75 / 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.