LITERARY ARTSANNUAL REPORT

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WORDS FROM THE DIRECTOR

Andrew Proctor, Executive Director andrew@literary-arts.org

WHO WE ARE

Literary Arts StaffAndrew Proctor, Executive

DirectorMaggie AllenAmanda BullockJae ChoiLydah DeBinMegan GexJennifer GurneyIndia HamiltonHunt HolmanRamiza KoyaMarshall MillerSusan MooreAlex NeyDenver OlmsteadLiz OlufsonChelsea QuernerMary RechnerJoanna RoseDao StromMel WellsKyle WhiteLiterary Arts Board of DirectorsJacqueline Willingham, Chair Jill Abere Betsy Amster Mike Barr Amy Carlsen Kohnstamm Ginnie Cooper Alice Cuprill-Comas Rebecca DeCesaro Amy Donohue Theo Downes-Le Guin Marie Eckert Betsy Henning Karen Karbo Deidra Miner Katherine O’Neil Ramón Pagán Amy Prosenjak Jon Raymond James Reinhart Bob Speltz Amy Wayson Thomas WoodStrunk & White SocietyAn honorary society of distinguished advisorsGwyneth Gamble BoothBart EberweinBrian GardDiana GerdingMolly GlossCarrie HoopsCecelia HuntingtonUrsula K. Le GuinBarry LopezJulie ManciniBrenda MeltebekeDiane PontiMichael PowellHalle SadleSteven TaylorSteve WynneDevelopment CouncilJacqueline Willingham, Chair Amy Carlsen Kohnstamm Joan CirilloGinnie Cooper Amy Donohue Bob GeddesBetsy Henning Jessica MozeicoJan OlivaAndrew ProctorJon Raymond

Bob Speltz Thomas WoodPatron Advisory CouncilSusan Hathaway-Marxer,

Co-chairJames Reinhart, Co-chairSeth AlleyNancy BragdonMarian CreamerAnn EmmersonSara GuestPhillip M. Margolin Carolyn McKinneyVanessa McLaughlinDeidra MinerKatherine O’NeilCorrine OishiNancy PonziDru RosenthalBarbara SepenukRoslyn SutherlandKristi Wallace KnightCarl WilsonMort ZalutskyOregon Book Awards & Fellowships Advisory CouncilJon Raymond, ChairTom BoothNancy BoutinKaryle ButcherJulie DixonRhonda HughesCecelia HuntingtonLinda LeslieMeghan MoranTony PerezDennis SteinmanSonja ThomasArmin TolentinoYouth Programs Advisory CouncilGinnie Cooper, ChairCarmen Bernier-GrandJacque DixonJoan FondellDiana GerdingAndre GoodlowJonathan HillSusheela JayapalJoaquín LopezManuel MateoNancy SullivanCatherine TheriaultKristin WalrodTracey WyattSharon WyndeWordstock Advisory CouncilKaren Karbo, ChairNeil AitkenSarah CarlbergLiz CrainRachel FershleiserJennifer Abel KovitzB. Frayn MastersJ.S. MaySusan MooreOlivia OliviaSteph OpitzSarah RothenfluchHeidi SchulzRob SpillmanDao StromAlicia TateAshley Toliver

The stories we tell about ourselves define who we are. The stories we read or listen to help to define our worldview. When people are given the time and the resources to tell their own stories, they are empowered. When they are given an audience, we strengthen our community through shared experience.

Tens of thousands of people take part in our programming each year. They are of all ages and come from all over the state. Their large numbers remind us that we live in a place in which literature makes a difference every day. It deepens our understanding of the world and the people around us—not just locally, but with people from all over the country and the globe.

At a time of great—and sometimes dangerous—upheaval, our goal is to build a stronger community with the power of literature. Literary Arts has important work before us. Thank you for being a partner in our mission, and for finding your story here.

With appreciation,

OUR MISSION IS TO ENGAGE READERS, SUPPORT WRITERS, AND INSPIRE THE NEXT GENERATION WITH GREAT LITERATURE.

At Literary Arts, we seek to foster a lifelong love of literature, as well as to strengthen our community of artists who make it.

Together with our staff, volunteers, partners, and donors, Literary Arts served more than 20,000 Oregonians last year. Readers engaged in rich literary experiences at the concert hall, in our community space, and on the radio. Students were inspired by teaching artists, visiting authors, and volunteer mentors. Local writers received support through grants, awards, and residencies.

IN THIS REPORT

From the Director 3

Who We Are 3

Introduction to Our Programs 5

Engage Readers 6• Portland Arts & Lectures• Wordstock: Portland’s Book Festival• The Archive Project• Everybody Reads• Delve Readers Seminars

Support Writers 8• Oregon Book Awards• Oregon Literary Fellowships• Oregon Book Awards Author Tour• Writing Classes• @LiteraryArts Events

Inspire the Next Generation 10• Writers in the Schools Residencies• Student Readings• Students to the Schnitz• College Essay Mentoring Project• Verselandia!

Development & Financial Activities 12

Our Supporters 14

A Look Ahead 18

Find Your Story 19

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“Literary Arts is the best of the best. Such a deep commitment to individual readers and entire communities is exactly the kind of medicine our divided America desperately needs.”

—Tracy K. Smith, United States Poet Laureate, 2016/2017 Portland Arts & Lectures Author

EACH YEAR, THE PROGRAMS OF LITERARY ARTS INSPIRE MORE THAN 20,000 OREGONIANS.Over the past five years, we have expanded the breadth of our programming to better serve a wider and more diverse audience. We build community around literature, books, and storytelling, and the essential ideas and issues they raise. Our programs are designed to work together, creating a crossroads for readers and writers of all ages both locally and nationally. The range of our programs offers a multitude of access points—from intimate @LiteraryArts events to large concert halls, and from highly participatory classes and workshops to online content that is available anywhere.

Oregon Literary Fellowship Recipient Stephanie Adams-Santos performed before a Portland Arts & Lectures event.

Our literary lecture events brought readers of all ages to the concert hall, including 1,816 students who received tickets, transportation, and books from our Youth Programs.

Volunteer mentors met with local students during a College Essay Mentoring Project session at Franklin High School.

20,000 READERS ENGAGED

2,000 WRITERS SUPPORTED

4,000 YOUTH INSPIRED

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Literary Arts brought some of the world’s most celebrated authors to engage with our local community. Our season of events featured more than 200 authors whose lectures, readings, and discussions inspired more than 20,000 readers of all ages.

“Literary Arts is a model of community responsiveness that generates true intellectual excitement.”

—Louise Erdrich, National Book Award Winner

“It’s a wonderful reminder of the long and special relationship that Portland has with the written word.”

—Glen Brown, The Archive Project Listener “I loved this seminar. I like

the diverse opinions and perspectives and experiences. And everyone was kind and generous with each view.”

—Rukaiyah Adams, Toni Morrison’s Beloved Delve Participant

EVERYBODY READS 2017In March, Literary Arts hosted Pulitzer Prize–winning author and MacArthur “Genius” Matthew Desmond, author of Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City, for the culminating event of Multnomah County Library’s Everybody Reads. Desmond presented a lecture on homelessness and the housing crisis to an audience of over 2,000, and visited with students at Gresham and Franklin high schools.

1,700 attendees.

600 students attended lecture and school visits.

DELVE READERS SEMINARSEach year, we continue to experiment with the subject matter and format of our Delve Readers Seminars to engage a community of passionate readers and seminar guides. This year, we hosted 19 seminars where students read powerful books that inspired lively conversations on important social topics. In September, Béalleka guided a seminar that discussed Toni Morrison’s Beloved and contemporary representations of slavery with an intimate group of eight participants.

224 registrants.

“Wordstock feels like coming ‘home’—to your tribe, to writers, readers, and book people. It’s a glorious, daylong reminder that books really matter.”

—Diana Abu-Jaber, 2016 Wordstock Author, Life Without a Recipe

THE ARCHIVE PROJECT

During our third season of The Archive Project, we expanded our content to include other facets of our programming, including the Verselandia! City-wide Youth Poetry Slam and the reading series Liars’ League PDX. Listenership doubled over the past year, including our online audience and podcast subscribers on iTunes.

15,000 monthly listeners on the radio and online.

100+ episodes available for free.

WORDSTOCK: PORTLAND’S BOOK FESTIVAL Wordstock: Portland’s Book Festival expanded to include six new partner venues, doubling the seating capacity. The author lineup featured a mix of more than 175 local and national writers such as Sherman Alexie, P.C. Cast, Alice Hoffman, Margaret Malone, Anders Nilsen, Gina Ochsner, Richard Russo, Solmaz Sharif, Colson Whitehead, and Kevin Young.

More than 7,000 attendees.

780 students received free admission.

PORTLAND ARTS & LECTURES In addition to presenting to a sold-out audience at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, our visiting authors engaged with local writers and students in the community. For example, award-winning writer Louise Erdrich, an enrolled member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians, visited the Native American Youth and Family Center. Erdrich spoke with students, teachers, and elders about her vision, writing process, and novels, many of which explore themes of justice.

More than 2,500 annual subscribers.

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Literary Arts connects with hundreds of local writers and publishers throughout the year. We celebrate and recognize the remarkable work being created right here in our community through awards and fellowships. We also hire writers to teach classes, and we partner with artists and organizations to host free events in our space and in the community.

OREGON LITERARY FELLOWSHIPSOut-of-state judges selected this year’s diverse group of 11 recipients from more than 450 applicants. In 2017, for the second year, Literary Arts awarded a Fellowship for Writers of Color. Our goal is to represent the diversity of our growing community and to give a voice to those who have historically been excluded.

9 Writers and 2 Publishers awarded fellowships of $3,500 each.

WRITING CLASSESStudents from all levels of experience and backgrounds came to our classes this year to start their memoirs, finish their novels, revise their poems, and join a community of inspired writers. Many of our instructors are Oregon Book Awards authors and Literary Fellowship recipients, and all of them are experienced teachers. Earned income from the classes contributes to the sustainability of our awards program.

12 local writers taught 26 classes for

254 students.

“I was strongly encouraged by the teacher’s dedication. She challenged me to explore my writing more deeply and thoughtfully.”

—Writing Student

@LITERARYARTS EVENTSOur community center downtown is not only a space to showcase the work and talent of local and national organizations, but a chance for our partners to program the types of activities they want to see offered. @LiteraryArts events are open to the public and are free or low-cost. This year we welcomed Unchaste Readers series, Ooligan Press, Portland State University, Oregon Symphony, PDX Jazz, Los Porteños, and many others.

39 free events with 18 community partners.

1,800 total audience.

“To be awarded the Oregon Literary Fellowship from Literary Arts—who has long been an inspiration—is one of the greatest votes of confidence and encouragement a writer could hope for.”

—Santi Elijah Holley, fellowship recipient

OREGON BOOK AWARDS AUTHOR TOURNine Oregon Book Awards authors participated in this year’s tour and visited public high schools, libraries, community centers, and theaters across Oregon. Events included readings, free workshops, classroom visits, and a staged reading of Ithaka, an Oregon Book Award-winning play by Andrea Stolowitz.

8 towns visited across Oregon.

259 people engaged.

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OREGON BOOK AWARDSIn January, 32 writers were announced as the 2017 Oregon Book Awards finalists. An audience of more than 500 came to cheer on local authors during the live annual Oregon Book Awards Ceremony on April 24, 2017.

205 books submitted.

32 finalists recognized and celebrated.

“What’s it like to look at the long, illustrious list of previous winners—from Primus St. John to Mary Szybist? It’s to know that your work and your words are now part of the literary heritage of Oregon and the Northwest.”

—Joe Wilkins, 2017 winner of the Stafford/Hall Award in Poetry

620 books by Oregon Book Awards finalists were donated from publishers and distributed by Literary Arts to 25 libraries in 16 counties across the state.

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Our Youth Programs inspired more than 4,000 students with a variety of literary opportunities in the classroom and concert hall. By bringing professional writers and award-winning national authors to local high schools, we offer students first-hand experiences that underscore the role literature can play in their lives.

STUDENT READINGSSharing work with friends, family, and community members helps students grow as writers. Students shared their poems, prose, and comics alongside teachers and WITS writers during 11 end-of-residency readings. Twelve students performed their work on stage at Wordstock: Portland’s Book festival.

161 students shared work in front of

625 attendees.

“[My daughter] has been pushed a little more than normal and enjoyed the challenge.”

—Parent of Franklin High School Student

COLLEGE ESSAY MENTORING PROJECTAt Benson, Franklin, Madison, and Roosevelt high schools, we paired volunteer mentors with students working on their essays for college and scholarship applications. Over half of these students reported that they will be the first generation in their family to attend college.

233 students served by

82 volunteer mentors.

“There was such great feedback, being able to connect and share stories, and help getting them onto the paper was such a good experience.”

—Roosevelt High School Student

AUTHOR VISITS AND STUDENTS TO THE SCHNITZHundreds of students engaged with seven award-winning authors in the concert hall and classrooms throughout the year. For example, in February, Irish writer and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Colum McCann visited Madison High School. More than 100 students participated in a Q&A where he spoke about his philosophy of radical empathy.

1,193 attended lecture events.

635 participated in Q&A sessions.

“We need stories to inspire empathy, and we need empathy so badly right now. His [McCann’s] outlook on stories is so accurate and interesting and important.”

—Cleveland High School Student

VERSELANDIA!The annual Verselandia! City-wide Youth Poetry Slam found a new home at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, where students from 12 high schools performed original work in front of Verselandia!’s largest audience yet to compete for the grand slam title.

21 students performed in front of

1,378 peers, parents, and poetry fans.

“I only recently got into slam poetry, but I have been so inspired by the other poets. Now I feel better equipped and ready to tackle new topics and mediums with my writing.”

—Verselandia! finalist

WRITERS IN THE SCHOOLS RESIDENCIESWe partnered with 31 educators at 11 public high schools throughout the year. Grant High School teacher Courtney Palmer hosted author, poet, and performer Turiya Autry, who taught in two classes: African American Literature and Latin American Literature.

23 professional writers hired.

1,085 students served.

“Students don’t get a lot of time to write creatively and express themselves. And especially with these subjects I wanted students to have a writer in the classroom who reflected the material and could provide a perspective that I, as a white person, couldn’t provide.”

—Courtney Palmer, Teacher at Grant High School

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“After working with a professional writer, I am able to write like never before... It changed my life.”–Benson High School student

“WITS definitely inspired me to write more on my own and has encouraged me to dig deeper in all parts of writing!”–Madison High School student

The core of the Youth Programs of Literary Arts is Writers in the Schools (WITS) a program of semester-long residencies taught by local professional poets, graphic novelists, and fiction and nonfiction writers who model and share their disciplined creative writing practices with high school students. Each residency is uniquely designed to support, deepen, and extend existing curriculum.

In 2015-16, WITS placed 25 local, professional writers in 43 classrooms at Portland public high schools and alternative programs. These writers worked with 1,101 students who wrote, revised, edited, and performed their own creative writing. This anthology is a showcase of their poems, fiction, creative nonfiction, and comics.

WITS is a program of Literary Arts, a statewide nonprofit organization whose mission is to engage readers, support writers, and inspire the next generation with great literature. For more information about WITS and the other programs of Literary Arts, visit Literary-arts.org or stop by our center at 925 SW Washington.

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A PERMANENT ENDOWMENT FOR THE OREGON BOOK AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS PROGRAM.

UNDERSTAND HOW YOUR CONTRIBUTION IMPACTS OREGON’S READERS & WRITERS

THE BRIAN BOOTH WRITERS’ FUND

Since 1984, the Oregon Book Awards & Fellowships program has provided financial support and recognition to hundreds of authors, including Cheryl Strayed, Ursula K. Le Guin, Barry Lopez, Ken Kesey, Gina Oscher, and Molly Gloss.

THANK YOU! The following donors have pledged gifts of $3,000 or more to the Brian Booth Writers’ Fund as of June 1, 2017.

Anonymous, Ray & Jean Auel, Gwyneth Gamble Booth, Tom Booth & Megan Holden, Nancy & Roderick Boutin, Charles & Lyn Cameron, Joan Cirillo & Roger Cooke, Rick Comandich, The Concordia Foundation, Sybilla Cook, Ginnie Cooper, Rocky & Julie Strasser Dixon, Bart & Jill Eberwein, Carol Edelman, Gale Family Trust, Brian Gard, Bob Geddes, Gray Family Fund, The Estate of Dorothy D. Hirsch, In memory of Dorothy D. Hirsch, Mary E. Hirsch & Yoshiaki Shimizu, Bob & Ceil Huntington, Susheela Jayapal, Keller Foundation, Phil & Penny Knight, Laurell Swails Trust, Ursula & Charles Le Guin, Literary Arts Board of Directors, Christopher Lord, The Mancini Family, Phillip M. Margolin, Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund, Anne Mendel & Mark Henry, Lora & Jim Meyer, The Neuner Fund of The Oregon Community Foundation, Katherine O’Neil & Toby Graff, Corrine Oishi & Lindley Morton, Jan & Steve Oliva, PGE Foundation, Diane Ponti & Ward Greene, Amy Prosenjak & Steven Guy, Halle M. Sadle, Robert D. Scanlan, Arlene Schnitzer, Spark Fund of the Oregon Community Foundation, Storms Family Foundation, Tonkon Torp LLP, U.S. Bank, Wheeler Foundation, William & Helen Jo Whitsell, Dan Wieden & Priscilla Bernard Wieden, Wyss Foundation.

Interested in making a future or legacy gift?Reach our Director of Development & Marketing, Lydah DeBin, at 503.227.2583 x106.

For more information about planned giving, including retirement fund assets and bequests, please visit literary-arts.org/legacy-gifts.

RAISED TO DATE: $1,691,125

DEVELOPMENT & FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES

Wednesday, October 25, 2017 Portland Art MuseumJoin us for our inaugural fundraiser benefiting all of our literary programs that inspire Oregon’s readers and writers.

For more information about purchasing a table or becoming a sponsor, please contact us at 503.227.2583 x106.

EXPENSES■ Programming

■ Fundraising

■ Overhead and administration24%

66%

10%

SEE YOU AT BOOKMARK: A Benefit for Literary ArtsThe power of story. The strength of community.

Presented by

INCOMEEarned income■ Ticket sales

■ Classes, seminars, residences, application fees and booths

Contributed income■ Individual

■ Corporate

■ Foundation

■ In kind

■ Government

38%

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1,312 people contributed $338,643 in gifts and pledges.

THANK YOU!

20,429 individuals enjoyed Literary Arts

programming.

2017 Oregon Literary Fellowship Recipients: Santi Elijah Holley, Rebecca Owen, Stephanie Adams-Santos, Shayla Lawson, Aja Gabel, Josha Jay Nathan, Kathleen Lane, Amber Keller, and Tamar Shai Bolkvadze.

GOAL

$2,000,000

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Support for Literary Arts is provided by:

Jane & Robert LightellJan LindstromLinda MaletisBarbara & Michael MaloneyVicci MartinazziJulie MarquardRobert MathesonMelinda McCoyPete McDowellMary McGloneBrad & Julie McMurchieBrenda L. Meltebeke &

Scott K. StuartSandra I. MenasheViolet & Robert MetzlerLora & Jim MeyerJames & Elizabeth MohrClint & Donna MoranMarjory MorfordDouglas & Candace MorganDavid MorgansternPaul W. MorrisJohn MurphyEliza & Alex NelsonGrace NielsenRay & Carol NorthPaul NourigatWendy Beth OliverAmy O’Neill & Larry StaverAlfred & Eileen OnoIrja OravMilo & Beverly OrmsethJo Ellen OsterlindJohn O’TooleTerry PancoastKaren & Marvin PembertonPam & James PhillipsSandy PolishukDavid & Shirley PollockNancy & Dick PonziJohn & Maradee PotterKatelyn RandallBonnie & Pete ReaganLeslie Rennie-Hill & Ken HillBarbara & M. Burke RiceJudy RiceMartha & David RichardsRobin Roberts & John L. BackesRosemarie F. RosenfeldGraham & Robyn SalisburyRobert ScanlanLois SchnitzerDr. Jennifer Schuberth &

Dr. John Urang

Elizabeth ScottElizabeth R. ScullyNatalie & Joel SerberCindy SharekNell & William SimkoffAlyson SinclairAnnelisa SmithCarole SmithLeonie & Richard SmithMarjorie M. SmithBonnie SternMicah D. Stolowitz &

Shauna KriegerDavid F. StoutJean & Milan StoyanovJustin TaylorBeverly TerryGeorge & Nancy ThornMichael TingleyVera H. VacekMary VanderWeeleStephanie Vardavas &

Mike RadwayLinda & Larry VeltmanStephanie & John VolkmanJulia & Bill WayneClif & Patty WhiteJoyce WhiteBrad WilsonChristina WilsonLynn & Paulette WittwerWendy & Carter WrayJohn WylderPaul & Jennifer Xochihua

Businesses$10,000 +Baker Ellis Asset ManagementCole HaanFirst Tech Federal Credit UnionKell, Alterman & Runstein LLPLewis & Clark CollegeMarylhurst UniversityMcMenaminsNW NaturalOHSU Foundation &

Doernbecher Children’s Hospital Foundation

Powell’s BooksThe StandardStoel Rives LLPUniversity of OregonWieden + Kennedy

$5,000 +A to Z WineworksChubb Group of Insurance

CompaniesFirst Republic BankHoffman ConstructionMiller Nash Graham & Dunn LLPPomegranateZGF Architects

$1,000 +AHA!The Boeing CompanyBora ArchitectsBroadway BooksKeyBankLennar HomesPreg O’Donnell & GillettSkelligs, Inc.True West, LLCTooFar Media

Foundations and Government Agencies$50,000 +Laurell Swails TrustJames F. & Marion L. Miller

FoundationMeyer Memorial TrustJan and Steve Oliva Charitable

Fund, a charitable fund of the Community Foundation for Southwest Washington

The Regional Arts & Culture Council, including support from the City of Portland, Multnomah County and the Arts Education & Access Fund

$10,000 +Bank of AmericaThe Collins FoundationHenry L. Hillman, Jr. FoundationThe Kinsman FoundationEdwards Lienhart Family

FoundationM. J. Murdock Charitable TrustNational Endowment for the ArtsOregon Arts CommissionOregon Cultural TrustPGE FoundationThe Poetry FoundationHerbert A. Templeton FoundationTravel Portland

Trust Management Services, LLC

$5,000 +The Bill Healy FoundationThe Jackson FoundationKinder Morgan FoundationMaybelle Clark Macdonald FundThe Phi Beta Kappa SocietyHarold & Arlene Schnitzer CARE

FoundationWyss Foundation

Up to $5,000Autzen FoundationW. Bruce and Mary Louise Cook

FoundationErath Family FoundationJane and Bill Gilpin Fund of

The Oregon Community Foundation

Edna L. Holmes Literary Arts Fund of The Oregon Community Foundation

Neilsen Family Fund of The Oregon Community Foundation

The Oregon Community Foundation

Carol Schnitzer Lewis Fund of The Oregon Community Foundation

Storms Family FoundationRose E. Tucker Charitable TrustU.S. Bancorp FoundationWeMake

Individuals$10,000 +Joan Cirillo & Roger CookeGinnie CooperJan & Steve OlivaRocky & Julie Strasser DixonDiane Ponti & Ward GreeneDan Wieden & Priscilla Bernard

Wieden

$5,000 +Jill AberePhyllis CastBart & Jill EberweinAnn & Mark Edlen FamilyJackie & William Willingham

$2,500 +Betsy Amster & Barry GlassnerRay & Jean AuelRick ComandichRebecca & Michael DeCesaroAmy Donohue & Paul McKeanTheodore & Nancy

Downes-Le GuinBob GeddesBetsy & Tom HenningDavid JohnsonPhillip M. MargolinCarolyn & Larry McKinneyJosie G. Mendoza & Hugh

MackworthDeidra MinerAndrew & Veronica ProctorAmy Prosenjak & Steven GuyAmy Wayson & Ken MoranTom & Marcia Wood

$1,000 +Angela Allen & Jan van SantenAnonymousMike R. BarrPaul & Nancy BragdonAmy Carlsen Kohnstamm &

Kevin KohnstammAlice M. Cuprill-Comas &

Richard M. ShortPenny & Ken DurantMarie EckertEdward & Marilyn EpsteinWayne & Sandy EricksenJoan FondellLinda & Ronald GreenmanGretchen Grey-Hatton and

Grant HattonSara & Andrew GuestLawrence W. Harris III & Peggy

HarrisSusan Hathaway-Marxer &

Larry MarxerBob & Ceil HuntingtonKaren KarboBarbara & Jock KimberleyCarol Mayer-Reed & Michael ReedAnne Mendel & Mark Henry

Philip Miller & Colleen CainMeghan Moran & Kirk MastersonJessica MozeicoMona MozeicoKatherine O’Neil & Toby GraffTami Parr & Anna JoyceMrs. Robert H. PylesAnna S. RamanJon RaymondJim & Natasha ReinhartHalle & Rick SadleJan SassanoArlene SchnitzerNorm & Barbara SepenukMiriam Sontz & Joseph WalshBob SpeltzDonald & Roslyn SutherlandKristi Wallace Knight &

Eric WallaceHarry WilsonSteven & Deborah WynneMorton & Audrey Zalutsky

$500 +Rukaiyah AdamsRobert & Julia BallMary BishopKim & Daniel BissellJean BottcherJennifer BurlingameSusan & Michael

Burmeister-BrownKaryle ButcherChristine CarrKristin CastHeather CavanaughBrent & Barbara ChalmersJan ChristensenPatricia Cliff & Karl Von FrielingRachel & Thomas CodyCarol Collier & Greg MoullietBetsy CramerMarian CreamerCatherine CrookerMarian Davis & Peter LibrizzoShelley DevineSue & Ed EinowskiEllen FaderJinx Faulkner & Paul KoehlerCaroline Fenn & Mark BohnMiriam FeuerleNancy FishmanStephanie FowlerGentlemen’s Book & Cigar ClubKelli GrinichWilliam & Martha HallAnne HootDavid & Apricot IrvingBecky JacksonSusheela JayapalJeff Jones & Donna WaxWendie Kellington & Jeffery BrattUrsula & Charles Le GuinChristopher LordCarol & Max Lyons

Lois & Joe MalangoCarol McConnell & Robert HattMichael & Sylvia McGregorCarolyn McMurchieSally McPherson & Melinda HelmsRichard H. Meeker & Ellen F.

RosenblumSusan MersereauMelissa Mills & Doug TunnellSusan MorganPaul MuellerJon Naviaux & Anne KilkennyBarry NewmanPatrick & Dorris NielsonCorrine OishiPhil OttumWilliam & Sharon PlaceJanet PlummerCarol Schnitzer LewisRichard & Marcy SchwartzJohn ShipleyShirley A. Skidmore & Ronald E.

QuantRachael SpavinsCheryl StrayedBarbara SummersJeanne TobeyVictor TrelawnyDebra Turner HatcherDennie Wendt & Meagan TuhyJoshua Wolf ShenkDavid & Sharon Wynde

$200 +Geri & Ken Abere, Sr.Cynthia & Steven AddamsBeverly Aldinger & Kirk GibsonDonald AndersenKris AndersonLouise Anderson-DanaKim & Rosie BatchellerJohn & Susan BatesBill Bagnall & Clayton LloydMarcia Bechtold & Brian CarrollRobert BentleyCarmen Bernier-Grand & Jeremy

GrandDick BinnsEileen & Miroslav BobekKim & Randy BoehmLaura Bolster & Oliver KuehneDiane BolyAnne M. BoothNancy & Roderick BoutinKay BristowDeborah BurkeKelley Burkett & Nicholas KuhnJudy ButlerEllyn ByeRamona CahnPatricia CainElizabeth CarnesBecky ChinnFrances ClevelandJohn & Kathryn Cochran

Howard & Rosemary CohenKirsten Collins & Cody HoeslyLiana ColomboJoan CorcoranDavid & Denise CoreyAnne & Martin DavidsonMichael Davidson & Patricia

JohnsonJoseph & Lydah DeBinStephanie Debner &

Kevin JohnsonSusan DenmanDiane DickeyTerrence Dolan &

Catherine BlosserPaul Duden & Francesca StevensonJustin Dune & Carol SandersTina Edlund & Sydney

Edlund-JermainAnn & Ron EmmersonKathie England & Robert KnoppShauna EnsmingerMargianne & Arthur EricksonPamela Fairchild & Ted LambLaura Fallon-BurnsMyron D. FileneDeborah Flynn-Hanrahan &

Timothy HanrahanTeri FreemanGwyneth Gamble BoothDiana GerdingElaine GilbertSuzanne GoddynElinor GollayNancy & Ronald GronowskiCecelia Hagen & Craig SpilmanJon M. HanifinPat & Kelley HarringtonTom & Jan HarveySarah & Kyle HaverlyKathy & Tony HarwoodRobert HillMolly HiroMary E. Hirsch &

Yoshiaki ShimizuRobin & Brad HolmgrenGeorgia HooverTerri and Robert HopkinsJoan Hunt RobinsonMary & Jim HurleyPaul & Jane JacobsenDianne & Alan JohnsonKaren & Dennis JohnsonBarb & Chris JonesLaura Jones & David LivermoreMarjorie KafouryBritney KalbererMary L KingKatie Kodat & Alex HusbandMolly KohnstammEva KripalaniJan KurtzFrank Langfitt & Mary Janet SteenSusan J. Lienhart &

Campbell Richardson

Thank you to our supporters

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We are grateful for the generous in-kind support provided by local businesses:

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Baker Ellis

Dennis Uniforms, Elephants Delicatessen, First Congregational United Church of Christ, Litquake Foundation, María Lisa Johnson Consulting, The Old

Church, Oregon Historical Society, Party Pros, Poster Garden, Provenance Hotels, Trimet, Triumph Expo & Events Inc., Portland Monthly Magazine

Thank you to our generous event sponsors:

Community Partners Albany Public Library, Annie Bloom’s Books, Back Fence PDX, BiPartisan Café, Broadway Books, Black Parent Initiative, Burnside Review, Caldera, Cathedral Coffee, Center for Advanced Learning, Centennial High School, Clackamas Community College, David Douglas High School, Eastern Oregon University (La Grande), Fishtrap, Four Way Books, Glimmertrain, Grass Roots Books, Green Bean Bookstore, HarperCollins, Hollywood Theatre, Hood River High School, Independent Publishing Resource Center, Klamath County Library (Klamath Falls), Lake County Library District, Lane Literary Guild, Liar’s League PDX, The Library Foundation, Linfield College, Live Wire Radio, Londer Learning Center, Los Porteños, McSweeney’s, Milagro Theater, Miss Zumstein Bakery & Coffee Shop, The Moth, Multnomah County Library, Multnomah County Youth Commission, The New York Times, Oregon Historical Society, Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education, Oregon Public Broadcasting, Oregon State University, Oregon Symphony, Oregon Writers Colony, Ooligan Press, Origins Cafe, Penguin Random House, PDX Youth Poet Laureates, Playa Artists Residency, Poetry Press Week, Portland Adventist Academy, Portland Art Museum, Portland Center Stage, Portland Community College, Portland Jazz Festival, Portland State University MFA Program, Portland Story Theater, Portland’5 Centers for the Arts, Powell’s Books, Profile Theatre, Reynolds High School, Reynolds Learning Academy, Sam Barlow High School, Self Enhancement Inc., SE Works Dahl Youth Center, St. Mary’s Academy, Southridge High School, Tavern Books, Tin House, Trillium Charter School, Umpqua Valley Arts Association, Unchaste Readers, Write Around Portland, Writers on the Edge (Newport)

Public School Principals Petra Callin, Margaret Calvert, Carol Campbell, Peyton Chapman, Brian Chatard, Lorna Fast Buffalo Horse, Filip Hristic, Pam Joyner, Tammy O’Neill, Molly Ouche, Michael Schaefer, Juanita Valder, Curtis Wilson

Public School LibrariansPaige Battle, Linda Campillo, Sandra Childs, Kiva Liljequist, Leigh Morlock, Bryan Smith, Ann Stinson, Nancy Sullivan, Stephanie Thomas, Betsy Tighe

Public School Teachers Zandra Ah Choy-Agusen, Amy Ambrosio, Jenifer Bird, Scott Blevins, Teresa Brandt, Susie Brighouse, Ilsa Bruer, Gene Brunak, Kristine Bryan, Deanna Delgado, Mykhiel Deych, Jacque Dixon, Amanda-Jane Elliot, Maria Fleming, Giovanna Gioffre, Kelly Gomes, Alex Gordin, Jordan Gutlerner, Ben Grosscup, Crystal Hanson, Henry Hooper, Jamie Incorvia, Susan Iverson, Doug Jenkins, Crystel Kinnee, Eric Levine, William Lynch, Andrea Marquez, Anne Meadows, Shannon McCarl, Drechelle McCray, Sarah Meek, Dave Mylet, Jennifer Newton, Mike Nolan, Jennifer Owen, Courtney Palmer, Gary Pearlz, Charelle Pennington, Nathan Pier, Eric Pohl, Mariniah Prendergast, Cesar Ramirez, Rita Ramstead, Tina Roberts, Mary Rodeback, Tory Rodgers, Clair Roix, Mona Schraer, Jeanne Sheets Sagoo, Norman Stremming, Shawn Swanson, Amy Taramasso, Ashley Thirstrup, Trisha Todd, Dana Vigner, Catherine Volponi, Kim Wagner, Kristin Wallace Knight, Deb Wheelbarger, Rachel Wilczewski, Alethea Work

InternsAlexandria Baker, John Bonoff, Natalie Myers Buzman, Kathryn Carroll, Mark Gotelli, Kate Jayroe, Christina Kavehrad, Stephanie Kim, Hannah Licht, Molly MacGilbert, Frances Mahoney, Pilar Martinez, Michael Shareshian

VolunteersBonnie Acker, Jacqueline Adair Jones, Suzanne Ahn, Mariam Al-Shawaf, Amy Alpaugh, Jennifer Amundson, Joshua Andersen, Kelli Anderson, Sheri Anderson, Jen Andres, Joyce Anicker, Gabrielle Appert, Beth Appert, Linda Arata, Sue Armitage, Mohamed Asem, Callie Attanasio, Lisa Baldasar, Mary Ann Barham, Paige Battle, Heidi Bazille, Ellen Beier, Michele Beier, Elyse Berkovitch, Carmen Bernier Grand, Jenn Bildersee, Jessica Blackman, David Blanchard, Meghan Blood, Shevaun Boatright, Jen Bodendorfer, Kristin Bork, Lukas Borsten, Jane Braunger, Jim Breithaupt, Terence Brierly, Annie Brinich, David Brooks, Lucy Brush, Allison Bunnhoeun, Chad Burge, Anna Burnette, Julia Burns, Cecily Caceu, Daniel Caicedo, AJ Caldeira, Richard Camp, Liza Cardinal Hand, Rustica Carlos, Chelsea Carpenter, Nancy Carter, Georgia Cary, Santha Cassell, Ian Caton, Kenia Chavez, Donna Childs, Jenny Chu, Sue Clark, Susan Climo, Carrie Clore, Jean Coberly, Sue Collins-Larson, Liana Colombo, Eve Connell, Marie Conner, Sheralee Connors, Kim Conolly, Amy Conroy, Anne Conway, Gail Coombs, Charlotte Cordray, Stephanie Grace Cowherd, Emily Creamer, Gina Cumming, Rachel Curnes, Kim Curzi, Tracy Cutts, Melissa Dalluhn, Michelle David, Jennifer de Thomas, Ava Dean, Brownwynn Dean, Iain Decker, Eileen Deerdock, Natasha Digges, Amy Doan, Mellisa Dodson, Alyssa Doerfler, Kellie Doherty, Terry Dolan, Cynthia Doran, Grace Dotson, Unity Drain, Selah Drain, Catie Draney, Veronica Duczek, Xenia Dylag, Deborah Edward, Candia Elliott, Diane Englert, Grant Engrav, Lelah Erb-Bashaw, Emma Ervin, Darcie Esch, Tammy Espinosa, Hannah Fattor, Jinx Faulkner, Leah Faure, Sara Fitzpatrick, Joan Fondell, Karla Forsythe, Irene Foster, Gabrielle Foulkes, Tyler Francis, Tracey Franco, Nancy Friedland, Meridian Ganz-Ratzat, Karol Gardner, Kathryn Gearheard, Amanda Gersh, Alicia Gesner, Shay Glass, Pam Glenn, Marialicia Gonzalez, Eve Goodman, Elizabeth Goss, Haili Graff, Kamron Graham, Robert Greene, Anne Greenfield, Heidi Greenwald, Carol Greist, Troy Griffith, Ross Gulko, Barbara Gustafson, Audrey Gutierrez, Sandy Haechrel, Jen Hagan, Brett Hagar, Chris Haight, Courtenay Hameister, Kirsty Hamilton, Susan Hanson, Sarah Harian, Joanna Hartvickson, Sue Harvey, Susan Hathaway-Marxer, Maggie Hatt, Anne Heimlich, Lisa Hein, Sharon Helms, Barbara Hendricks, Caroline Henry, Kathleen Herbert, Callie Herron, Alyssa Herzinger, Chloe Highberger, Pamela Hill, Christine Hippeli, Mary Hirsch, Deborah Hobbie, C. Renee Hoffman, Hunt Holman, Kirsten Hope, Lene Hopson, Alyson Horan, Robbin Isaacs DeWeese, Anna Jackson, Rivers Janssen, Nanya Jhingran, Kjerstin Johnson, Lonnie Johnson, Marniy Jones, Andrea Jordan, Morgan Josef, Allison Julander, Gabrielle Kahana, Joanne Kahn, Patricia Kalidonis, Donna Kaplan, Lisa Kaskan, Kate Kaufmann, Shaune Kelly, Michelle Kerin, Abigail Kindall, Chelsea King, Rob King, Martha Kinsella, Dan Kitrosser, Brooke Klein, Ed Kline, Christie Kline, Krystyna Klucznik, Jenn Knudsen, Amy Kohnstamm, Suzanne Kosanke,

Lyra Kuhn, Jane Kyle, Amy Lachenmeier, Karen Laird, Mary Ellen LaRose, Lee LaTour, Chris Lawson, Pamela Ledbetter, Lydia Ledgerwood-Eberlein, Sandi Lefebvre, Andrew Lemieux, Anita Lesser, Monique Levesque, Lori Lieberman, Barbara Liles, Ruth Lizotte, Luna Loganayagam, Connor Lucey, Rebecca MacGregor, Jane Manchee, Eleanor Manning, Amanda Mather, Molly Matthews, Kimberly Maun, Kalah McCaffrey, Kayla McClanahan, Carol McConnell, Chris McDonald, Marcia McDonald, Jane McDowell, Rachel McMinn, Audra McNamee, Maya McOmie, Virginia McPartland, Katie McRae, Joni McSpadden, Amy Meabe, JD Meacham, Lisa Meech, Sarah Meilinger, Anne Meixner, Nicole Metildi, Frances Meyers, Anastasia Mickelson, Leah Middleton, Amy Minato, Tara Miner, Simone Molitor, Mary-Lynne Monroe, Konane Mookini, Bill Moorhead, Aliera Morasch, Melissa Morgan, Susan Myers, Sarah Nealon, Paulina Nelson, Mindy Nettifee, Sara Newton, Briana Nicholson-Klingerman, Carolyn Niehaus, Lori Noack, Kaya Noteboom, Diane Nowicki, Cara O’Neil, Julie Ocken, Nancy Orr, John Ostgarden, Tiffany Owens, Lyn Palmer, Claudine Paris, Brenda Parrish, John Pasikowski, Sheila Pastore, Katie Pate, Judith Pearson, Cynthia Peele, Rosanne Petersen, Rebecca Pham, Tanja Pick, Liz Pilcher, Margaret Pinard, Angie Plitch, Cathryn Poff, Lena Puterbaugh, Courtney Rae, Leontine Rawson, Shelley Reece, Grace E. Reed, Sharron Reichle, Caroline Reul, June Reyes, LaVie Rhone, Jennie Rice, Rae (Sharon) Richen, Renee Ripley, Niko Rivas, Bonnie Robb, Jennifer Rojas, Pema Rojas-Echenique, Kate Rood, Maddy Rose, Amy Rosen, Kyna Rubin, Melissa Rush, Mariam Said, Matt Sailor, Zaira Sanchez, Liz Sandoval, Gabrielle Sasse, Brandi Schaper, Kristin Schlotterbeck, Michael Schmidtke, Susan Schwartz, Liz Scott, Carrie Seidl, Allia Service, Devora Shamah, Jonathan Shapiro, Katie Shaw, Alyssa Shelton, Susan Shepard, Courtney Sherwood, Kessa Shipley, Laurie Ann Silberman, Nina Silberstein, Bob Silverman, Laila Simon, Joshua Smith, Samuel Snoek-Brown, Julie Snyder, Joe Soldati, Alan Soles, Sophie Soprani, Leah Sottile Preston, Amy Souza, Terra Spurgeon, Shannon St. Hilaire, Kari Stanley, Connor Stava, Ellen Stearns, Beth Stewart, Kevin Stokes, Kristen Stowell, Cheryl Stratton, Sydney Strauss, Sarah Studenmund, Thomas Sullivan, Roz Sutherland, Diane Swenson, Nancy Taylor, Nannette Taylor, Diane Terrett, Debbie Thomas, Greg Thomas, Kylie Todd, Augustin Torres, Jess Vacek, Steven Van, Maria Vargas, Julie Veltman, Sophia Vigeant, Debra Vinikour, Claudia von Hammerstein, Jessica Wadleigh, Jan Waldman, Kate Walker, Annie Walsh, Bridget Walsh, Judy Ward, Bob Watkins, Tiffany Watson, Wendy Webb, Jane Webster, Amanda Wendelbo, Sarah Wexler, Kim Weyler, Joan Whitcher, Bill White, Michelle Williams, Gwen Williams, V.A. Williams, Sara Winston Frojen, Eileen Wong, Stephanie Wong Ken, Connie Wood, David Wood, Anne Woodbury, Coren Woodhead, Kaethe Worcester, Joe Worth, Debra Wostmann, Tracey Wyatt, Sharon Yee, Sophie Zinda, Gail Zuro

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As the memories poured out into stories

The snowflakes create patterns like galaxies on the ground

Fir trees of green and white-capped waves

Moving along a blue water artery

Thing is a normal color

There are no bodies, just a sea of ever-editing souls

The side that hides from the sun

OUR MISSION IS TO ENGAGE READERS, SUPPORT WRITERS, AND INSPIRE THE NEXT GENERATION WITH GREAT LITERATURE.

Water [a collective poem]

The students in Room 134 Wilson High School

WITS Writer: Bettina de León Barrera

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