A Haven for Writers
 Since 1999



The Attic Institute is the Birthplace o f Portland's Literary Renaissance


"The best place  to study creative writing in Portland."
~  Willamette Week 


Come on up! New workshops start THIS WEEK!

STARTS TONIGHT
Ashley Toliver's Poetry Workshop | Jan 14 - Feb 11
Whitney Otto's Observation and Locating the Telling Detail Workshop | Jan 14 - Feb 11 FULL -- WAIT LIST ONLY

STARTS TUESDAY
Brian Benson's Afternoon Antidote Generative Writing Workshop | Jan 15 - Feb 12
Brian Benson's Craft of Creative Nonfiction Workshop | Jan 15 - Feb 12
Emily Whitman's Writing Middle-Grade and Young Adult Novels | Jan 15 - Feb 26 FULL -- WAIT LIST ONLY
Patrick Dundon's Time To Write Workshop | Jan 15 - Feb 12
Attic Writers' League | Jan 15 - Feb 12

STARTS WEDNESDAY
Edward Derby's Beginning Poetry Workshop: Writing the Sonnet and Other Short Poems | Jan 16 - Feb 13
Lee Montgomery's Art of Story Workshop | A Morning Workshop for Women | Jan 16 - Feb 13
Liz Lampman's Beginning Personal Essay Workshop | Jan 16 - Feb 13

STARTS THURSDAY
David Ciminello's Building Character Fiction Workshop | Jan 17 - Feb 14
John Morrison's Monthly Poetry Gathering and Workshop | Jan 19 - May 18

WEEKEND WORKSHOP: Wendy Willis's Radical Revision Workshop | Jan 26-27
SPECIAL WORKSHOP: Matthew Dickman's The Last Workshop | Jan 26 FULL -- WAIT LIST ONLY

SESSION II
NEW: Ashley Toliver's Poetry as Practice Workshop | Feb 18 - Mar 18
NEW: Brian Benson's Afternoon Antidote Generative Writing Workshop | Feb 19 - Mar 19
NEW: Edward Derby's Time to Write Workshop | Feb 19 - Mar 19
NEW: Patrick Dundon's Poetry Workshop | Feb 19 - Mar 19
NEW: David Ciminello's Radical Generations: The Writing Workout Workshop | Feb 21 - Mar 21

WEEKEND WORKSHOP: Karen Karbo's Write Better Right NOW | Feb 22-24




CELEBRATE! 
Book Launches in February

Mon Feb 11, 7:30pm, Powell's Books on Hawthorne
These Are Strange Times, My Dear: Field Notes from the Republic
By Wendy Willis
"A compassionate, measured voice that serves as an antidote to strident pontificating." ~ Kirkus

Mon Feb 18, 7:30pm, Powell's Books on Hawthorne
Republic Café
By David Biespiel
"David Biespiel meditates on love during a time of violence, tallying what appears and disappears from moment to moment." ~ Publishers Weekly

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SINCE 1999
Attic Institute of Arts and Letters
A HAVEN FOR WRITERS

Founded in 1999

4232 SE Hawthorne Boulevard  | Portland, Oregon 97215
"A thriving and important part of Portland's literary landscape."
~ Literary Hub

"The Attic Institute's courses are famous for their quality and their power to motivate independent writers."

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