Starting Here: For Young Writers

Starting Here: For Young Readers & Writers

A special week-long writing workshop

Monday, January 16 — Thursday, January 19, 2012

4pm to 5:15pm

A special week of reading & writing games and activities for all ages. As part of Seashore Family Literacy's Afterschool Program, students will explore creative writing through word games, crafts, poetry and prose. This free workshop takes place at the Waldport Community Learning Center in Waldport, Oregon.

No writing experience is necessary. Just a love (or even tepid interest with potential for love) of reading, writing, and the magic that happens when you put pen to page.

To culminate the week, students will be invited to read their work at Starting Here: A Stafford Celebration on Saturday, January 21 from 2 to 4pm, at the Waldport Community Center.

For more information, contact: Senitila McKinley, Seashore director, 541-563-7323, or Drew Myron, instructor, dcm@drewmyron.com.

South Coast Writers Conference

Please join me at the South Coast Writers Conference.

Set on the edge of the beautiful and rugged Pacific Ocean, the annual gathering brings together a variety of Northwest writers to offer workshops, readings and talks that explore and celebrate the many facets of writing.

This year's conference features songwriters, poets, novelists, editors, publishers, political writers and more. In just one weekend, you can learn how to:

write stronger dialogue,
submit to literary magazines,
love young adult literature,
catch songs,
write flash fiction,
expand your poem possibilities,
get published,
write a graphic novel,
and more.

For a full schedule, go here.

The South Coast Writers Conference is one of Oregon's most affordable writing workshops, and scholarships are available. Learn more here.

Happy Hour for Young Readers & Writers

Seashore Family Literacy and I have teamed up to offer lively writing activities for kids of all ages. No writing experience necessary. Just a love (or even tepid interest with potential for love) of reading, writing, and the magic that happens when you put pen to page.

• Happy Hour for Young Readers & Writers
A special weeklong writing workshop
Monday, November 14 — Friday, November 18, 2011
4 to 5:15pm

A special week of fun reading & writing games and activities for all ages. As part of Sesahore's Afterschool Program, students will explore creative writing through word games, crafts, poetry and prose. Happy Hour takes place at the Waldport Community Learning Center, home to Seashore Family Literacy.

For more information, contact: Drew Myron, instructor, dcm@drewmyron.com.

Writing Adventure Camp

Seashore Family Literacy invites middle school students to take part in a different kind of summer fun: Creative writing combined with high-energy explorations.

The fifth annual Writing Adventure Camp runs Tuesday, July 5 through Friday, July 8, from 1pm to 4pm. The camp is free.

The program is open to students in 6th, 7th and 8th grades. To inspire writing, students will hike Cape Perpetua, walk the historic Alsea Bay Bridge, explore Newport’s Bayfront, and kayak the Alsea Bay. The workshop is led by writer Drew Myron and adult mentor-volunteers. Parents are encouraged, but not required, to join in the fun.

Students meet at the Waldport Community Learning Center, located at Hwy 34 and Bay St., and enjoy writing experiences and adventures throughout the area. Students will write and explore a variety of poetry and prose forms. All writing levels and experience are welcome.

The camp is limited to 12 students and pre-registration is required. To register, call Senitila McKinley, director of Seashore Family Literacy, 563-7323; or Drew Myron, writing instructor, 547-3757.

Now in its fifth year, the Writing Adventure Camp is offered by Seashore Family Literacy, a nonprofit organization, and funded by Trust Management Services and KOHO - Yachats.

Off the Page, On the Coast

Off the Page, On the Coast 

A one-day writing workshop in Yachats, Oregon
Saturday, August 6, 2011 from 10am to 4pm

A workshop for writers of all levels, experience & interests. From poetry to prose, fact to fiction, the focus is on fresh writing with prompts and practices designed to inspire and energize. Participants will generate new work in an encouraging and serene coastal setting.

The workshop takes place at the Overleaf Lodge Event Center, a warm and inviting space nestled steps from crashing ocean waves, minutes from a shoreline trail, and in the beauty of Yachats, a tranquil beach town of just 650 people on the central Oregon Coast.

Cost is $65, and includes lunch.

To maintain a supportive, intimate experience, workshop is limited to 12, and is open to ages 18 and older.

About the Instructor
Drew Myron is a former newspaper reporter and editor, who has covered news, arts, entertainment and travel for AOL’s CityGuide, Northwest Best Places and other publications. She heads DCM, a marketing communications company — working with large and small corporations and numerous nonprofit clients — that creates media releases, websites, brochures, and radio, video and social media content. Her poems appear in a variety of print and online journals. She placed first in the 2010 Spirit First Meditation Poetry Contest, and in the 2009 Tallahassee Writers Association's Penumbra contest. She lives on the central Oregon Coast, where she leads writing workshops for youth and adults, and hosts Off the Page, an annual reading event promoting Oregon writers.

Register Now
- Register online

- Register by mail
Send check, and contact info (name, address, phone, email) to: 

Drew Myron
Off the Page, On the Coast
Box 914, Yachats, Oregon 97498

Questions? Call 541-547-3757, or email dcm@drewmyron.com