#seattle lit

Hello, Tumblr! We are here.

Who is we? We are Moss, a (mostly) online journal of the Northwest established in 2014 by Alex Davis-Lawrence and Connor Guy. Moss has published four online issues and one print compendium, and is dedicated to supporting the emerging, established, and experimental voices of the Northwest.

Me, I’m the new-ish manager of outreach for Moss. My name is Amy Wilson and I’m a poet originally from Oregon. (Being a poet is why I tell myself I can get away with constructions like “Who is we?”.)

Here on Tumblr, I hope to meet and talk with more of you out there who are from, living in, or connected to the Pacific Northwest -- and those of you who are simply interested in the vibrant, green, soft, and slightly springy literary culture of the region.

To start on a celebratory note, I’d like to introduce the first of what I hope will be many posts rounding up recent good news and announcements for PNW writers and organizations. 

Looking forward to getting to know you,

Amy Wilson

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February/March 2016 Pacific Northwest Literary News Round-Up

@aprilfestseattle starts a week from today, Tuesday March 15. See the full festival line-up and details here. Watch out for Moss co-founder Alex Davis-Lawrence who will be attending APRIL this year!

Poet Danez Smith of Portland-based press @yesyesbooks is the 2016 recipient of the Kate Tufts Discovery Award, given annually for a first book “by a poet of genuine promise”.  Smith received the award for their book [insert] boy. Congrats to Danez and YesYes Books!

Seattle press @sasquatchbooks was named one of seven fast-growing independent publishers by @publishersweekly.

If you’re in Portland this Friday, March 11, consider joining @publicationstudio for a celebration of Jon Raymond's The Community: Writings About Art In and Around Portland 1997-2016. Find more details and RSVP here. 

And for those of us who are NYC-based, Portland writer Mitchell S. Jackson will be appearing at the @penamerican Breakout: Voices from the Inside event honoring PEN America’s Prison Writing Program. The event is Monday, March 28. Learn more and buy a ticket here. 

Deadline is March 31 to apply for the @hugohouse 2016-17 Writer-in-Residence program. 

The Seattle Review of Books has the scoop: Seattle poetry bookstore Open Books is for sale. Someone’s about to make their own quirky indie-romantic-dramedy dreams come TRUE! 

Northwest super-star Carrie Brownstein -- of Sleater-Kinney, “Portlandia”, and “Transparent” -- is a finalist for a Lambda Literary Award for her memoir Hunger Makes Me A Modern Girl, published by @riverheadbooks. Winners to be announced at a ceremony in New York City in June. 

And lastly, if you have a literary-podcast-shaped hole in your current life, you may enjoy this wonderful ongoing collaboration between @literaryarts and Oregon Public Broadcasting: The Archive Project. Enjoy!