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    STORES FOR SALE

    MANZANITA, OR. Ekanhi Books. We carry both new and used books and focus on local authors and local history. Our asking price is $25,000, including inventory, fixtures and training. Email Franz for more information.

    ASHLAND, OR. Popular bookstore in downtown Ashland, Oregon, a vibrant tourist town known for its Shakespearean theatres. Thirty years operated by same owners, this successful bookstore is the mainstay of downtown Ashland. Gross sales of $1,125,000 in 2009 and approximately $200,000 in net profits per year. Excellent long-term lease on 4,000 square foot historic building, which includes a coffee house. Contact Sheila Burns or Karen Chapman: 541-488-0029

    OPPORTUNITIES FOR BOOKSELLERS

    AMELIA ISLAND, FL. The bookstore training and consulting group Paz & Associates’ will offer a workshop retreat called Owning a Bookstore: The Business Essentials March 19-23 on Amelia Island (near Jacksonville, FL). The week will include key topics including strategies for making a profit in retail bookselling, best practices for driving sales, achieving efficiencies with a computerized management system, creating a magical sense of place with store design and merchandising, buying and managing inventory, and much more. More than twelve trainers, including an ABA officer and a regional Small Business Administration loan officer, provide in-depth training.

    Co-sponsored by the American Booksellers Association, the workshop is offered in March and September of each year and is facilitated by Donna Paz Kaufman and Mark Kaufman of The Bookstore Training Group of Paz & Associates. ABA members are eligible for up to a $200 discount on tuition. For details, visit PazBookBiz.com or call 800-260-8605.

    AUTHOR EVENTS

    MANZANITA, ASTORIA, OR. As part of the Oregon Book Awards Author Tour, Marjorie Sandor will appear as part of the Manzanita Writers Series at Hoffman Center on Saturday, March 10. Carl Adamshick, Vanessa Vaselka and Lidia Yuknavitch will appear at the Cannery Pier Hotel (No. 10 Basin Street) in Astoria on Sunday, March 11th at 7 pm.

    In addition, Sandor will offer a free workshop on Saturday, March 10 from 3 to 5 p.m. at the Hoffman Center for the Arts in Manzanita (594 Laneda Ave). The workshop will focus on memoir and explore the power—both haunting and restorative—of our most ordinary and familiar domestic spaces. The workshop is free but space is limited, and participants are asked to register by emailing Susan Denning at susan@literary-arts.org.

    There will be two free workshops offered on Sunday, March 11 at the Cannery Pier Hotel: Vanessa Vaselka will offer a workshop on crafting plots in fiction from 1 to 3 pm, and Lidia Yuknavitch will offer a workshop on writing the memoir from 3 to 5 pm. The workshops are free but space is limited and participants are asked to register by emailing Susan Denning at susan@literary-arts.org.

    OPPORTUNITIES FOR WRITERS: RESIDENCIES, WORKSHOPS, GROUPS

    FISHTRAP. Fishtrap is now accepting applications for Yearlong Workshops with Kim Stafford and Jane Vandenburgh. These workshops are 13-month intensive writing programs modeled after low-residency MFA programs, with short, intense group sessions framing a year of long-distance instruction. The year begins and ends with attendance at Summer Fishtrap, where students and faculty meet for five mornings as a group. A mid-year meeting in the Portland metro area brings the group back together in January. In between these face-to-face meetings, participants work closely with their instructor, exchanging monthly packets of writing. With each packet the writer moves toward the development of a full-length manuscript with a goal of having a complete draft by the end of the course. For more information and to apply go here.

    ROGUE RIVER, OR. The Margery Davis Boyden Wilderness Writing Residency for 2013 and 2014. The Margery Davis Boyden Wilderness Writing Residency is a unique opportunity for a writer or pair of writers seeking a lengthy spell of unparalleled solitude for work and personal refreshment. In exchange for an hour a day of routine caretaking, the resident receives use of a remote, small but comfortable house in the Rogue River backcountry of southwestern Oregon and the support of a $5,000 stipend. The residency runs from the beginning of April through the end of October, entrance and exit dates varying with weather conditions. With proper planning, the resident may extend the residency through the winter if he or she chooses. The program is administered by PEN Northwest, the Northwest branch of PEN American Center, in cooperation with Frank and Bradley Boyden, program founders and owners of the property. Go here for more information and application instructions.

    UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON. On April 21, 2012, the Burke Museum will bring together a trio of outstanding writers to present a one-day workshop on writing about the environment. Award-winning authors William Dietrich, Thor Hanson, and Judith Roche will lead classroom and field-based sessions, all taking place at the Burke Museum. They bring years of experience as writers, journalists, bloggers, and teachers. Each is an attentive observer who weaves together history, science, and field time into well-crafted, thought-provoking writing about the natural and cultural world. Cost is $100, which includes lunch. Scholarships are available for students. For more information, please email burked@uw.edu or call 206-543-5591 or visit here.

    PORTLAND, OR: Join Indigo Editing every third Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. for creativity-inspiring exercises and biz-savvy tips. Learn more and register here. Indigo Editing also offers monthly Brown Bag seminars on the last Tuesday of every month from 5:45-6:45 pm. Email Kristin for details.

    OPPORTUNITIES FOR WRITERS: CONTESTS/CALLS FOR SUBMISSIONS


    The Nature of Words announces the call for entries to the seventh annual Rising Star Creative Writing Competition for emerging writers. Entries for the 2012 competition are due by March 10, 2012 in three genres—fiction, literary nonfiction and poetry—and in three age categories: 15-18, 19-25 and 25+. The competition is open to writers in Oregon, Washington and Idaho. All entries must be submitted to The Nature of Words via this entry link, where you’ll also find more guidelines. No submissions will be accepted through mail or email.

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