Check out our *NEW* Calendar and Artist Opportunities

AAYC
  • Sign In
  • Create Account

  • Orders
  • My Account
  • Signed in as:

  • filler@godaddy.com


  • Orders
  • My Account
  • Sign out

  • Home
  • AAYC Board
    • Board Members
    • Feb 2025 Annual Meeting
    • Board Meeting Minutes
    • Board Newsletters
  • Programs
    • Art Harvest Studio Tour
    • Arts Alive
    • Educational Grants
    • Make Music McMinnville
    • Paper Gardens
    • Scholarships
    • Terroir Writing Festival
    • Valley Artist Residency
    • The Writing Life
  • Join AAYC
    • Membership
    • Donations
    • Volunteer
  • Calendar
  • Artist Opportunities
    • Open Call for Volunteers
    • Call for Musicians
    • Arts Alive Producer
    • Writing Life Studio Dir
    • Gallery Theater Auditions
  • Friends of AAYC
    • Our Partners
    • Our Social Connection
  • Contact
    • Contact Us
    • Subscribe
  • More
    • Home
    • AAYC Board
      • Board Members
      • Feb 2025 Annual Meeting
      • Board Meeting Minutes
      • Board Newsletters
    • Programs
      • Art Harvest Studio Tour
      • Arts Alive
      • Educational Grants
      • Make Music McMinnville
      • Paper Gardens
      • Scholarships
      • Terroir Writing Festival
      • Valley Artist Residency
      • The Writing Life
    • Join AAYC
      • Membership
      • Donations
      • Volunteer
    • Calendar
    • Artist Opportunities
      • Open Call for Volunteers
      • Call for Musicians
      • Arts Alive Producer
      • Writing Life Studio Dir
      • Gallery Theater Auditions
    • Friends of AAYC
      • Our Partners
      • Our Social Connection
    • Contact
      • Contact Us
      • Subscribe
AAYC

Signed in as:

filler@godaddy.com

  • Home
  • AAYC Board
    • Board Members
    • Feb 2025 Annual Meeting
    • Board Meeting Minutes
    • Board Newsletters
  • Programs
    • Art Harvest Studio Tour
    • Arts Alive
    • Educational Grants
    • Make Music McMinnville
    • Paper Gardens
    • Scholarships
    • Terroir Writing Festival
    • Valley Artist Residency
    • The Writing Life
  • Join AAYC
    • Membership
    • Donations
    • Volunteer
  • Calendar
  • Artist Opportunities
    • Open Call for Volunteers
    • Call for Musicians
    • Arts Alive Producer
    • Writing Life Studio Dir
    • Gallery Theater Auditions
  • Friends of AAYC
    • Our Partners
    • Our Social Connection
  • Contact
    • Contact Us
    • Subscribe

Account


  • Orders
  • My Account
  • Sign out


  • Sign In
  • Orders
  • My Account

May 3, 2025 (9-5 pm)

Join us on May 3, 2025 (9-5 pm) for the 13th Terroir Creative Writing Festival at the Stoller Family Estate Experience Center, located at 16161 NE McDougall Road in Dayton. It will be a day of inspirational talks and workshops on craft and the writing life, led by regional authors and publishing professionals. There will be sessions on fiction, poetry and nonfiction and a panel on finding an outlet for publishing. Oregon’s Poet Laureate Ellen Waterston will give the morning keynote address.

Available only in person for purchases

Raffle Ticket

Broadside Ursula K. Le Guin

Broadside Ursula K. Le Guin

Your donation helps support our organization's mission to make a positive impact in the community. We appreciate your generosity and support!

Pay now

Broadside Ursula K. Le Guin

Broadside Ursula K. Le Guin

Broadside Ursula K. Le Guin

Commemorative Broadside with original art 

and a poem by Ursula K. Le Guin

Pay now

List of Speakers

List of speaker bios and session descriptions ------> (pdf)Download
Click here for more information about this year's festival

The aim of the festival is to build a stronger literary community in our area by encouraging and spotlighting local writers while also making connections with the writing and publishing community beyond Yamhill County, but you don’t have to be a writer to attend. Anyone interested in writing, reading, and the literary life will find something to enjoy. The festival is open to anyone age 12 and up. 

The 2025 festival is supported by:

Past speakers

Since the first Terroir Creative Writing Festival in 2010, we have hosted both emerging and established writers from across the region. 


These include Ursula K. LeGuin, Molly Gloss, Jean Auel, Tracy Daugherty, Kim Stafford, Paulann Petersen, Henry Hughes, Fonda Lee, Chelsea Cain, Willy Vlautin, C. Morgan Kennedy, Andrea Stolowitz, Steve Duin, Laura Stanfill, Emily Grosvenor, Joe Wilkins, Barbara Drake, and many more. 


With 10 to 15 speakers each year, many outstanding authors have shared the secrets of their craft, offered encouragement, and read their work.

Arts Alliance of Yamhill County

PO Box 898 McMinnville OR 97128

eMail info: info@aaycor.org

A 501(C)3 non-profit organization

Copyright © 1991-2025 - All Rights Reserved.

  • Home
  • Membership
  • Donations
  • Volunteer
  • Calendar
  • Contact Us
  • Subscribe

This website uses cookies.

We use cookies to analyze website traffic and optimize your website experience. By accepting our use of cookies, your data will be aggregated with all other user data.

DeclineAccept