Art Harvest Studio Tour

The 2010 studio tour will take place on October 1,2,3 and 8,9,10.
It is a self-guided tour of Artists’ Studios all over the county.
For details:
http://www.artharveststudiotour.org

Terroir Creative Writing Festival

The first Terroir Creative Writing Festival was an overwhelming success, drawing nearly 200 attendees. The full day began with an opening talk by author Ursula K. Le Guin, followed by a large assortment of literary workshops and presentations, and ended with a wine-tasting reception where several participants read from their work. Feedback from presenters and attendees was very positive.
Planning is already under way for a repeat event in 2011.

17th Annual
Paper Gardens Literary Contest

The Paper Gardens Celebration was held on Tuesday May 18th at the Oregon Olive Mill at Red Ridge. Over 100 people were in attendance; it was a wonderful gathering and the perfect capstone to the 2010 competition. The winners were invited to read their work, we heard some encouraging words from the judge Lex Runciman, and it was a beautiful evening of literary festivity. Thank you to everyone who submitted literary work to the 2010 Paper Gardens competition! We had an overwhelming turnout this year totaling 424 submissions! We were thrilled to have McMinnville, Newberg, Dundee, Dayton, Amity, Yamhill, and Carlton residents represented in this year’s competition.

Following is a list of the first place winners: From the Children’s submissions: Traditional Poetry, Cat by Katie Coy from Duniway Middle School; Free Verse – a tie, Gossip by Hayley Sparrow and Your Addiction by Ali Redl, both from Patton Middle School; Free Verse, Poetry of Place, Up My Tree by Emily Tognazzini from Amity Middle School; Prose, My Dad by Nancy Macias from Memorial Elementary School. Youth winners were: Traditional Poetry, I AM by Kourtney Amstutz from Chehalem Valley Middle School; Free Verse, Faulty Vision by Deanna Griffin from McMinnville High; Prose, Noodling by Braeden Blanger from McMinnville High. Adult winners were: Traditional Poetry, When Boys Can’t Fly by Jeffrey Pete Strobel from McMinnville; Free Verse, Spring Cleaning by David Hallett from McMinnville; Poetry of Place, Preserving a Yamhill Summer by Margaret McGovern from Yamhill; and Prose, A Flight of Geese by Loren Willbur from McMinnville.

All winners were given a hand bound Chapbook, by Marilyn Worrix, containing their work. Chapbooks were also sold at the event and a few are still available from Arts Alliance.

Once again, thank you to everyone who submitted work to Paper Gardens. We are always thrilled to see so much literary talent in Yamhill County.