Attic Institute

Phone:

(503) 236-0615

Type: Writers Space, Writing Center

Website:

Established in 1999, the Attic Institute offers writing workshops; five-month fellowships that provide guidance in both craft and publishing; and the Attic Atheneum, an annual certificate program that is an alternative to the MFA program. The Attic also rents out writers studios.

Address: 4232 SE Hawthorne Boulevard

Portland, OR 97215

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City Guide

Portland, Oregon

by Lee Montgomery

City Guides

Lee Montgomery, associate publisher and editorial director of Tin House Books, moved to Portland, Oregon, twelve years ago but never meant to stay. It was a charming Victorian house, the rain and clouds, and the energy of the places featured in this guide that compelled the writer in her to hunker down and take advantage of a city brimming with literary offerings.

Conferences & Residencies

Caldera

Residency

Sisters, Oregon

Attic Institute Creative Renewal Weekend

Conference

Dufur, Oregon United States

Tin House Summer Writers Workshop

Conference

Portland, Oregon

MFA Programs

University of Oregon, Eugene

MFA

Portland State University

MFA

Writing Contests

Literary Arts

Oregon Literary Fellowships

Magazine Articles

A Pair of Presses Join Poetic Forces

by Alex Dimitrov

News and Trends

May/June 2013

Portland, Oregon-based Octopus Books and Tin House Books join forces to collaborate on a new poetry series that carves out a space for a new audience and invigorates the city's poetry community.

3 for Free

by Staff

News and Trends

January/February 2012

In this regular feature, we offer a few suggestions for podcasts, apps, web tools, newsletters, museum shows, and gallery openings: a medley of literary curiosities for readers and writers on a budget.

Portland's Literary Arts Names New Director

by Staff

Daily News

Andrew Proctor was recently named executive director of Literary Arts, the twenty-five-year-old nonprofit organization in Portland, Oregon. He will succeed Elizabeth Burnett, who resigned from the post in September 2008.

Directory of Writers

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Poet

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Derek Mong

Poet

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Robyn Parnell

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