Northwest Writing Institute (NWI)

The Northwest Writing Institute gathers a community of writers for reflective experiences in the practice of writing. As part of the Lewis & Clark Graduate School, the Institute offers courses for teachers and adult writers on campus and in the community.

What part does writing play in your life? What part would you like it to play? What does the world need that only your stories, your poems, your voice and vision could provide?

The Northwest Writing Institute is a place to explore these questions in good company. We are a community of teachers, writers, counselors, and other citizens intent on helping each other write the story of our calling, the resume of our delicious failures, whisper the secrets we are ready to tell, jot the manifesto, proclaim and sing what we don't know to say until we sit down together to write.

There was a time when art was but a decoration, when music in the background was the rule. This is a time to bring the power of creation to the foreground - in your life, and in our world.

Please join us for the class, symposium, retreat or experimental gathering for writing we have listed here. We can't tell the whole story for our time without your voice.

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Founded in 1986, the NWI has a long history of providing courses in writing and cultural inquiry to students at the Graduate School, and to writers in the community.

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NWI Courses and Workshops

Current courses listings can be found below or here. More courses on writing and literacy can be found on the Continuing Education website.

The Northwest Writing Institute approaches writing as an imaginative act at the heart of cultural awareness and professional life. The Workshops in Writing and Critical Thinking include seminars designed for faculty and professional development in writing and critical thinking.

The Personal Voice in Professional Writing workshop convenes Lewis & Clark graduate students and working professionals to explore the power of writing to engage the boundary between curiosity and of knowledge, between personal insight and professional practice. The Workshops in Imaginative Writing draw together a community of writers for seminars in fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction and other forms of lively discourse. The collaborative nature of these courses serves the needs of the teacher who has a personal interest in writing or who is seeking professional advancement; the active professional in the wide variety of fields to which writing is integral; and writers who seek to establish a serious arena of writing in their lives and to publish.

Connect with Us

Please join our email list to receive information on upcoming courses, workshops, events and the current e-newsletter.

Learn more about Kim Stafford, Director of the Northwest Writing Institute. Read the NWI blog. Read archives from the Director's Notes. Connect with us via Facebook.

Contact Information

Northwest Writing Institute Lewis & Clark Graduate School MSC 100 0615 SW Palatine Hill Road Portland, OR 97219 Location: Rogers 407 Phone: 503-768-6160 Fax: 503-768-6165 E-mail: cce@lclark.edu Kim Stafford, Director Rogers 407 Phone: 503-768-6163 Email: krs@lclark.edu Web: http://www.lclark. edu/~krs/ For information on the Certificate in Documentary Studies, please contact: Joanne Mulcahy Rogers 407 Phone: 503-768-6167 Email: mulcahy@lclark.edu Web: http://www.lclark.edu/graduate/faculty/members/joanne_mulcahy/