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Submission Deadline: Global Grasshopper: Portland Travel Blogger Competition

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Love Portland, Oregon, and want to share some of its best spots with the rest of the world? Well to celebrate being able to get out and about again we’re launching a competition for you to be a travel blogging superstar for the weekend! We’re aiming to find someone who knows the city of Portland in Oregon well to report back on all their favorite recommendations for unique and under-the-radar destinations in Portland you can visit all year round – so both in winter and summer, hence our hashtag #PortlandBlogger365 In return for the weekend’s blogging, we’ll be paying the lucky winner $1000 as well as $300 expenses. The competition is currently open and due to popular demand, the competition has been extended to 5pm…

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Submission Deadline: Ooligan Press: YA, Fiction, Nonfiction

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Your story is unique! Ooligan Press would like to help you share your perspective with the world. We are currently taking submissions for #YAfiction, #Fiction, #Nonfiction, and #PNWwriters. Aspiring authors and BIPOC voices are strongly encouraged to submit.

Free

Submission Deadline: Portland Review

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Great news: there is still time to play Truth or Dare with us this fall! We want to see work that deals with truth – uncovering it, hiding it, coming to a personal truth, living your truth, or work that delivers us the truths you’ve discovered about life. We dare you to send us writing that pushes boundaries. Something that might be adventurous in form, content, subject, or execution. If you’re willing to take the plunge, we’re willing to come with. As with any game, we ask that you follow just a couple of rules. Poetry submissions must be limited to three poems, and fiction or creative nonfiction submissions must be under 5,000 words. The deadline to submit is Sunday, October 31st 2021 at 11:59pm PST.…

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Tech Support Group

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

This workshop will take place on zoom. Register here. In this four-part workshop meets peer support group, participants will gather to cultivate community and creative consciousness around the complex presence that smartphones have in our lives. Each meeting will include space for sharing, inquiring, exploring creative prompts and developing ideas for a cumulative collaborative Tech Support zine. The zine may include drawings, writings, poems, prompts, experiments, photos, etc which reflect the unique experiences participants have with their phones. Participants can expect weekly email offerings with questions, prompts and themes to support their processes, to be used if desired. About the facilitator: Erika Dedini (she/her) holds a Bachelor of Science in Art Practices from Portland State University. She has completed a two-year training program in mindful somatic therapy from Mindful…

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Free

The Moth: StorySLAM: Fortune

The Old Church Concert Hall 1422 SW 11th Ave, Portland, OR, United States

FORTUNE: Prepare a five-minute story about Lady Luck. The unexpected discoveries or a peek into the future. A one in a million chance, the flip of a coin or the spin of a wheel. Wishing well wins or four leaf clover fails. The tea leaves say the next one will be THE ONE, so when opportunity knocks, open the door. *PLEASE NOTE THAT PROOF OF VACCINATION WILL BE REQUIRED FOR ENTRY.* Your last dose must be administered at least 14 days prior to date of arrival. Proof of a negative COVID test taken within 48 hours of the event will also be accepted in lieu of proof of vaccination.  We will not be selling any tickets at the door. This venue is 16+ *Seating is not guaranteed and is available…

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$15

Kathryn Kolbert & Julie F. Kay in Conversation With Dr. Jennifer Lincoln

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Reproductive freedom has never been in more dire straits. Roe v. Wade protected abortion rights and Planned Parenthood v. Casey unexpectedly preserved them. Yet in the following decades these rights have been gutted by restrictive state legislation, the appointment of hundreds of anti-abortion judges, and violence against abortion providers. Today, the ultra-conservative majority at the Supreme Court has activists, medical providers, and everyday Americans worry that we are about to lose our most fundamental reproductive protections. When Roe is toppled, abortion may quickly become a criminal offense in nearly one-third of the United States. At least six states have enacted bans on abortion as early as six weeks of pregnancy – before many women are even aware they are pregnant. Today, 89% of U.S. counties…

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Fall | Zoom | Flash Nonfiction II Workshop w Brian Benson | Nov 2 – Nov 30

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Flash nonfiction, simply put, is true-to-life writing defined by extreme compression. It's saying what you've got to say using as few words, and as much beauty, as possible. An endlessly accessible, playful, potent form, flash nonfiction is evermore popular; from Brevity to Barren, The Forge to The Sun, legions of journals are eager to publish great flash. This class is designed for writers who have taken the Attic's Intro to Flash Nonfiction course, but it's open to all writers. Over five weeks, students will read some stellar flash nonfiction, generate new writing, workshop works-in-progress, and move toward submitting their work for publication. | Maximum: 12 writers Register for this workshop NOTE: Click to sign up for a free Zoom account. Teacher: Brian Benson Time: Tuesdays, Nov 2 to…

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$215 – $244

Shea Serrano / Ticketed Event

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Don't call it a comeback: bestselling author Shea Serrano’s latest book, Hip-Hop (And Other Things) (Twelve), combines the smooth hipness of A Tribe Called Quest, the hellfire of DMX, the quirky brilliance of Missy Elliot, and the sheer, unstoppable flow of Jay-Z into one enlightened compendium of hip-hop greatness. It's a smart, fun, funny, insightful book that spends the entirety of its time celebrating what has become the most dominant form of music these past two and a half decades. Some of the chapters are serious, and some of the chapters are silly, and some of the chapters are a combination of both things. All of them, though, are treated with the care and respect that they deserve. Please note: This is a ticketed event.…

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$27

Virtual Writers Group

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Join fellow writers the first Wednesday of the month for a friendly critique. The goal is to support one another with constructive feedback and participate in writing exercises. All experience levels welcome! Books Around the Corner is inviting you to participate in Writers Group by phone or email until further notice. The Meeting ID will not change monthly for the Writers Group. Join Online https://zoom.us/j/230496085 Meeting ID: 230 496 085 Join by Phone HERE +1 301 715 8592 US Meeting ID: 230 496 085

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Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz in Conversation With Reece Jones

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Whether in political debates or discussions about immigration around the kitchen table, many Americans, regardless of party affiliation, will say proudly that we are a nation of immigrants. In her bold new book, Not "A Nation of Immigrants" (Beacon), historian Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz asserts this ideology is harmful and dishonest because it serves to mask and diminish the U.S.’s history of settler colonialism, genocide, white supremacy, slavery, and structural inequality, all of which we still grapple with today. She explains that the idea that we are living in a land of opportunity — founded and built by immigrants — was a convenient response by the ruling class and its brain trust to the 1960s demands for decolonialization, justice, reparations, and social equality. Moreover, Dunbar-Ortiz charges that…

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