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Local Trailsman to Teach Outdoor Journaling at The Nature of Words
Local trailsman Kolby Kirk will teach a two-part workshop on outdoor journaling as part of The Nature of Words’ adult workshop series on April 12 and 26.
Local Nature-Inspired Artist to Celebrate Earth Day with Talks on Creative Inspiration
Irene Hardwicke Olivieri will discuss her nature-inspired process in three Earth Day talks at Tin Pan Theater in Bend. Presentations for adults start at 12 noon and 7:00 p.m.; young adults' presentation starts at 4:00 p.m.
The Nature of Words Announces Spring Workshops
Adult writing classes include a poetry broadside project, personal storytelling, getting freelance magazine article gigs and travel writing for fun and profit. Enroll today!
Creative Writing Competition Issues Call for Submissions from Writers in Pacific Northwest
The 2014 Rising Star Creative Writing Competition is open for submissions, which are due June 1, 2014.The competition is open to commercially unpublished writers in three genres, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction and Poetry, and three age categories, 15-18, 19-25 and 25+.
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The Nature of Words offers the following year-round creative writing programs for youth and adults:
Rising Star Creative Writing Competition
Annual Anthologies Now Available for Purchase Online!
Each year, The Nature of Words publishes student work from its year-round educational programs in the Annual Anthology of Student Writing. This year's edition, titled "Lost and Found," features the winners of the Rising Star Creative Writing Competition, and writing from Words Without Walls and The Storefront Project. Copies are for sale at The Nature of Words or by clicking the Buy Now Button below, at $15 for the newest edition and $10 for past editions that are still in stock.
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