Soapstone's Bread and Roses Award

Ellen Goldberg will be given the Soapstone Bread and Roses Award on International Women’s Day, March 8, 2026. A private event will be held March 15. 

The Soapstone Bread and Roses Award honors a woman whose work has helped to sustain the Oregon writing community. Ellen is being honored as a feminist trailblazer who created possibilities for, and recognition of, women poets in Portland and for her lifetime dedication to poetry, community, and political activism. Ellen will receive a bouquet of roses and a check for $2000.

You can download a PDF with full information about Ellen Goldberg

Interview with Ellen Goldberg, Artswatch, TBA

Previous recipients

2025: Thalia Zepatos
PDF with full information about the 2025 awardee.
Interview with Thalia Zepatos, Artswatch, March 8, 2025 

2024: Ellen Waterston
PDF with full information about the 2024 awardee.
Interview with Ellen Waterston, Artswatch, March 22, 2024

2023: Eleanor Berry
PDF with full information about the 2023 awardee.
Interview with Eleanor Berry by Amy Leona Havin, Artswatch, March 22, 2023

2022: Carla Perry
PDF with full information about the 2022 awardee.
Interview with Carla Perry by Amy Leona Havin, Artswatch, March 9, 2022

One Woman, One Vote and Maureen Michelson
PDF with full information about the 2021 awardee.
Interview with Maureen Michelson by Amy Leona Havin, Artswatch, March 4, 2021

2020: Leanne Grabel
PDF with full information about the 2020 awardee.
Interview with Leanne Grabel with Bob Hicks, Artswatch, February 20, 2020

2019: Barbara LaMorticella
PDF with full information about the 2019 awardee.
Interview with Barbara LaMorticella by Bob Hicks, Artswatch, March 2, 2019