LitPDX seeks to amplify marginalized voices, and welcomes all, their ideas, their events, and their words.

For details regarding specific events please contact the organizers or venues. If you are an organizer or venue and would like to reach out to us please feel free to contact us or submit an event using our submission form. We’d love to hear from you!

Ongoing

Used Non-Fiction Book Sale

Books Around the Corner 40 NW 2nd Street, Gresham

ALL USED NON-FICTION will be 50% off!

Free

Submission Deadline: The Gravity of the Thing

The Internet 001 SE Cyberspace Lane, Portland

Our Fall 2019 reading period is open until October 31st. The Gravity of the Thing accepts defamiliarized works in the following general categories: Short: tell us a story in 3,000 words or less; we are interested in fiction, creative nonfiction, self-contained excerpts, and genre-bending forms. Flash: a fiction, creative nonfiction, or genre-bending story under 500 words. Poetry: share up to three poems, prose poems, or multimedia works for a combined count of 500 words or less. Six Words: a story in six words; you may share up to five stories per submission, but only one will be chosen. Baring the Device: brief essays for our Baring the Device column; click here to learn more.

Free

Learn Make Share: Buttons & Zines

IPRC (Independent Publishing Resource Center) 318 SE Main Street #175, Portland

Learn to make 1″ buttons and a 1-page zine in this easy, beginner’s class. All participants will leave with buttons and a 1-page zine to share with friends. Bring your favorite spooky images and stories! *Free for IPRC members taking the workshop as one of 3 annual Learn Make Shares *$5-15 sliding scale for nonmembers, or for members who have already taken their 3 annual workshop Register here

$5 – $15