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Saturday, May 2, 2026 (9am-5 pm)

Join us on May 2, 2026, for the 14th 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, with sessions on fiction, poetry and nonfiction and a panel on self-publishing. 


Daniel Pollack-Pelzner, author of the biography Lin-Manuel Miranda: The Education of an Artist, will give the morning keynote address, titled “What I Learned About Writing from Lin-Manuel Miranda.”

Click here to register online

To pay by check, download registration form

2026 TCWF Early Registration Form (pdf)Download

More about the Festival

The aim of the festival is to build a stronger literary community in our area by encouraging and spotlighting local writers while making connections with the larger writing and publishing community. 


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 14 and up. 

2026 Session Descriptions and Speaker Bios

Session Descriptions and Speaker Bios 2026 (pdf)Download
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Our 2026 Community Supporters

Stoller Family Estate, Effloro Pilates and Wellness Studio; Provender Press; Imprint Media Lab; Angela Grace Custom Publications; Stantec Consulting; Tributary Hotel, Delphian School, Dr. Adam Diesburg, DDS; Luminaire Press; and Big Box Returns of McMinnville.

Grants and Funding Partners

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, Omar Al Akkad, Ellen Waterston, Judith Barrington, 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

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