Congratulations Tess Gallagher! The Port Townsend Writers Conference is honored to have you leading one of our Morning Intensive Workshops this year. Read all about Tess’s award and her remarkable life in the Peninsula Daily News. Tess Gallagher to receive international lifetime achievement award
Free Daily Literary Readings: July 17-22
Above: Terrance Hayes All events are at the Joseph F. Wheeler Theater on the campus of Fort Worden State Parks. Proof of up-to-date vaccine status and masks are required. Click here to watch tonight’s reading. Sunday, July 17, 2022 – 7:00 p.m. (Wheeler Theater) Matthew Olzmann Matthew Olzmann is the author of Constellation…
Gary Copeland Lilley Named New Artistic Curator for Writers Conference
Centrum is thrilled to announce that Gary Copeland Lilley will be the 2022 Artistic Curator for the Port Townsend Writers Conference. Gary has a long tenure with Centrum, having first come to the Writers Conference in 2008 and returning to reside here in Port Townsend shortly thereafter. He is also a regular contributor to Centrum’s…
Port Townsend Writers Conference: Summer Reading Series
JULY 13th, 14th and 16th at 7:PM PST This week, we’re trying something necessary and new: online workshops and online readings. But we’re also offering a return to what we’ve always tried to cultivate: a chance to disconnect from daily life and reconnect with the written word. We know that this is a far…
Summer Writing Workshops Now Online
While the Port Townsend Writers Conference has been postponed until 2021, we have an alternative. We’re offering six online workshops this summer, giving us all the opportunity reconnect and reaffirm our commitment to our craft and our community. Faculty includes Paisley Rekdal, Alexandra Teague, Robert Lopez, Sam Ligon, Debra Gwartney and Rebecca Brown. Workshops are…
Centrum Suspends 2020 Summer Season Until 2021
Programs Through August 2, 2020 Rescheduled to 2021. Centrum Executive Director, Robert Birman, announced today that the organization’s traditional summer programming for 2020 is being postponed and rescheduled to 2021. This decision affects all Centrum workshops up to and including the Port Townsend Acoustic Blues festival which was due to end on August 2, 2020.…