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!

Submission Deadline: THE LONGEST NIGHT: HOCUS Presents Stories of Darkness

Online N/A, Portland

THE LONGEST NIGHT: STORIES OF DARKNESS will be presented in conjunction with Jolabokaflod PDX. The reading will take place the evening of December 20th (exact time still to be determined). We are currently accepting submissions of fiction, poetry, and creative non-fiction of no more than 1500 words on the theme of darkness. Since HOCUS is a theatrical/quasi ritual event as well as a reading, chosen readers will be asked to take part in a rehearsal tentatively scheduled for the evening of Tuesday, December 16th. Readers need not reside in the Portland area to take part, but do need to be cognizant that we will be operating in the Pacific Time Zone. Find complete info at our website.

Free

Virtual Holiday Book Chat

Online N/A, Portland

One of our favorite activities during the holiday season each year is our Holiday Book Chat. This year, as with all indoor group activities, the pandemic is preventing us from gathering in the store. But no virus can prevent us from telling you all about our favorite gifts for the holidays!! So, gather 'round your computers, your laptops, your iPads, your smart phones, or whatever device you're using and listen once again to Kim and Sally talking as fast as they possibly can about as many books as they can squeeze in. This year's Holiday Book Chat will take place on Zoom at 5:30 pm on Wednesday, December 2nd. It's free to attend; you can register at this link. We will post the video on…

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One Page Wednesday: December

Online N/A, Portland

Here is an opportunity to share or listen to one page of work in progress from talented writers from everywhere. Come with a single page of work and sign up to read – or come to listen and prepare to be inspired! Hosted by Natalie Serber. December’s featured reader is Ellen Michaelson. Ellen is the author of The Care of Strangers. She is a physician in Portland and an MFA graduate from Pacific University. She is currently an assistant professor of Medicine at OHSU and vice president of the board of the NW Narrative Medicine Collaborative. Her work has appeared in Creative Nonfiction, Portland Monthly, Women in Solitude (SUNY Press), and Literature in Medicine. Register in advance for this meeting You do NOT need a…

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