Dawn Thompson holds an M.A. in Creation Spirituality from Naropa University and a B.A. in Journalism from the University of Oregon. She has worked as a staff member for
Write Around Portland, facilitating workshops for adults in drug and alcohol recovery and for individuals experiencing homelessness, living with disabilities, metastatic cancer, breast cancer, and HIV/AIDS.
Dawn has been published in
VoiceCatcher and
Thresholds and has self-published a collection of short stories and a chapbook of poetry with her father. Three of her poems are featured in the 2012 edition of
We'Moon "Chrysalis" and her poem "Last Days" is included in the 2012 edition of Perceptions Magazine of the Arts published by Mount Hood Community College. Dawn is also the writer for
Divine Eros, a photography narrative about women mystics. Dawn believes writing our stories, whether they originate from our life experience or our imagination, is a sacred act that heals and transforms us.
Dawn currently holds writing workshops for women with a cancer diagnosis at OHSU and for family caregivers through Clackamas County's Respite Caregiver Program. She also holds workshops for elders in assisted living, hospice and other groups. Please contact her at the below e-mail or phone number if you are interested in setting up a workshops for a specific community.
Dawn is also available for individual writing coaching sessions, writing project support and manuscript editing. Contact Dawn dawn@pdxwomenwriters.com 503-568-6145
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Sidra Quinn's (formerly Traci Schatz) poems and short stories have been published most recently in Cirque Literary Journal, Wordstock 10, and a variety of others. Sidra is a freelance writer, editor, and business consultant; she also gets paid to write other people's blogs (but refuses to have her own). She holds an MBA as well as an undergraduate degree in English Literature. Sidra facilitates writing workshops for a variety of communities and was an associate editor for a local women’s anthology.
She lives in Portland with her partner and their small petting zoo of animals. With years of teaching and training experience, Sidra is excited for each new opportunity to explore the power of writing in a group.
Sidra is available for writing coaching sessions, writing project support, and manuscript editing. She can also assist those who are trying to start their own writing critique groups.
Contact Sidra sidra@pdxwomenwriters.com 503-317-5148
