Wordcrafters In Eugene

05/31/2026

Discuss how to make your writer’s life a livable one at the Writer’s Life Lunch, hosted by Wordcrafters’ own Daryll Lynne Evans and Jeaux Bartlett. Bring your lunch and chat about the ups and downs of your writer’s life, connect with other writers, and give and receive encouragement to keep writing, because your words are worth sharing, no matter their genre or audience.

Date: Friday, June 26, 2026
Time: Noon-1:30 pm
Location: Wordcrafters Studio
Learn more and sign up: https://wordcrafters.org/writers-life-lunch-2/

05/30/2026

As a writer, it’s inevitable that sometimes life gets in the way of doing what you’re meant to do: just write!

You tried carving out time to write, but then your cat throws up on the carpet and you get a call from your kid asking if you could give them a ride to the other side of town. And your smoke alarm starts chirping. These things happen.

So what’s the solution? Write Your Way Forward, a four-week co-working writing group hosted by writer and Wordcrafter Daryll Lynne Evans. At Write Your Way Forward, there are no puking cats, no children, and no chirping smoke alarms (unless something goes terribly wrong—things happen).

Here, you’ll find structure, peer encouragement, and a quiet place to make progress on your writing goals, whatever they may be.

Date: Wednesdays | June cohort: June 3, 10, 17, 24, 2026
Time: 3-4:30 pm
Location: Wordcrafters Studio
Learn more and sign up: https://wordcrafters.org/write-your-way-forward/

05/29/2026

What's one thing thing you've witnessed and/or been a part of in your community that you're proud of? And what's one thing you want to do to help your community?

05/29/2026

We're looking for volunteer Exuberant Greeters to welcome folks to Wordcrafters events: handing out nametags, making sure folks have parking passes, and being the warm presence that makes someone feel like they're in the right place.

It sounds small. It isn't.

If you've got good people skills and a few hours to spare at events like Word Open Mic and our workshops, we'd love to have you on the team.

👉Apply: https://wordcrafters.app.neoncrm.com/forms/beavolunteer

05/28/2026

Author and professor Jill Christman uses sailing as a metaphor to describe the challenges writers face when writing about difficult material, and to give advice about how to confront difficult material. https://www.writersdigest.com/tacking-a-sailors-guide-to-writing-against-the-wind

05/27/2026

Need a fun writing challenge for June?! Wanna play in a new art form? Or finally finish that musical you've been noodling on?

Make a pledge to finish a new draft of a play or musical by the end of June 30. Pens up on June 01 and pens down on June 30!

Presented by Dramatists Guild

Ready to embark on a fearless creative journey? End of Play.® starts June 01, 2026!

05/27/2026

Discover new writing practices to help you get unstuck. In this workshop taught by award-winning journalist Susan Palmer, you’ll learn new writing exercises that push back against perfectionism, strengthen your craft skills and analytical abilities, and help you get back into a flow state so you can pick up your story again.

Date: Saturday, June 20, 2026
Time: 1-5 pm
Location: Wordcrafters Studio
Learn more and sign up: https://wordcrafters.org/the-practicing-writer/

05/27/2026

One of the many weird and wonderful things we get to do at Wordcrafters is school presentations.

Here's Jeaux Bartlett getting psyched to talk to 6th graders at Madison Middle School about being a writer, how their career unfolded, and how students can prepare themselves for something in the writerly fields.

05/26/2026

Community Event Spotlight: Willamalibrary Book Club with Springfield Public Library
June 2, 2026, 10:30-11:30 am
More info: https://springfield-or.libcal.com/event/16263742?hs=a

05/25/2026

New this year: Writing Into Yourself, a quarterly journaling series

There’s a part of you that doesn’t speak in conversations or rise to the surface in ordinary thought. It knows things before you’ve figured them out—holds feelings you haven’t named yet, carries answers to questions you’ve been circling. Most of the time, daily life keeps you too busy to hear it.

Writing Into Yourself, a new quarterly journaling series, is designed around something that’s always available: the season outside your window. Each two-hour gathering—which you can join in person or online—opens with a grounding practice and moves into writing prompts that meet you wherever you are. You'll write alongside a small community of fellow writers, share as much or as little as you like, and leave with new nuggets of knowledge and insights.

Four sessions. One for each turning of the year.

-Sunday, August 9, 3-5 pm–Late summer: what's ripening
-Sunday, November 8, 3-5 pm–Fall: what's letting go
-Sunday, February 14, 3-5 pm–Midwinter: what your heart is asking for
-Sunday, May 2, 3-5 pm–Spring: what's ready to become

Led by Wordcrafters' Jeaux Bartlett, who has been keeping a journal since they were nearly twelve and is currently on number thirty-three.

Learn more and sign up for Writing Into Yourself: https://wordcrafters.app.neoncrm.com/nx/portal/neonevents/events?path=%2Fportal%2Fevents%2F45577