Soapstone
Soapstone provides residencies at its facility in the Oregon Coast Range, allowing women writers a stretch of uninterrupted time for their work and the opportunity to live in semi-solitude close to the natural world.
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Founded:
1992
 
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Phyllis Thompson has just finished the manuscript she began during her Soapstone residency about her seven years living on a sailboat, The Journey: A Philosopher at Sea. She has been a creative nonfiction ...
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WindWaterWords is a production of Soapstone and is edited by Brittney Corrigan-McElroy. She welcomes your comments at brittney@soapstone.org.For more information about Soapstone, visit www.soapstone.org.
Ellen Notbohm
Ellen Notbohm
Anjie's novel is fascinating and unusual, not to mention she was a boffo housemate. :o) Write on, Anj!
December 12 at 3:50pm
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Soapstone Our annual fall fundraising drive is underway! We invite all our fans to make a tax-deductible contribution to Soapstone.

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Soapstone offers writers three rare and precious commodities -- space, time, and solitude. And with these comes the validation and encouragement necessary to embark upon or sustain a long or difficult writing project. ...
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"I arrived expecting to bring my story to conclusion. What happened instead was that I realized the story was not ready to end. Words rushed out like that river roaring in front of my window as the story opened up. I left with sixty pages of new material.
Deborah
Deborah
I would like to like this, but I don't get the blog, just the header. ??
December 9 at 2:37pm
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@Deborah - sometimes the blog doesn't like Internet Explorer. If that's what you use, try a different browser. Or try refreshing your page.
December 10 at 10:49am
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Soapstone The stairs construction project at the Soapstone cabin is complete! http://windwaterwords.blogspot.com/2009/12/whats-happening-at-soapstone-step-right.html

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WindWaterWords is a production of Soapstone and is edited by Brittney Corrigan-McElroy. She welcomes your comments at brittney@soapstone.org.For more information about Soapstone, visit www.soapstone.org.
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Soapstone Treating yourself to a new Mac laptop for the holidays? Do you need a last minute tax deduction before the end of the year? Soapstone is in need of a MacBook (model info in link, or something comparable). Please contact the director at director@soapstone.org if you have a MacBook to donate or if you have any connection...s that could get us one at a discount or as a donation to a worthy non-profit organization. http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/shop_mac/family/macbook?mco=MTM3NDcyODY

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WindWaterWords is a production of Soapstone and is edited by Brittney Corrigan-McElroy. She welcomes your comments at brittney@soapstone.org.For more information about Soapstone, visit www.soapstone.org.
Evelyn Sharenov
Evelyn Sharenov
Ursula Le Guin is the reason I'm a writer. When I told her, she apologized.
October 21 at 6:09pm
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Barbara Sjoholm was in residence at Soapstone for a week in the summer of 2001 and a week during the winter of 2003. She wrote about the first week:
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WindWaterWords is a production of Soapstone and is edited by Brittney Corrigan-McElroy. She welcomes your comments at brittney@soapstone.org.For more information about Soapstone, visit www.soapstone.org.
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“Something happens, I suppose, in any writing residency simply from having, at last, uninterrupted time. But Soapstone has, for me, a special magic. I feel as if I am inside my self—inside ...
M.e. Hope
M.e. Hope
Bette should be required reading.
October 3 at 4:35pm
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WindWaterWords is a production of Soapstone and is edited by Brittney Corrigan-McElroy. She welcomes your comments at brittney@soapstone.org.For more information about Soapstone, visit www.soapstone.org.
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We are pleased to announce that the following writers have been awarded residencies at Soapstone for 2009-2010...
Cheryl
Cheryl
Thanks, Soapstone!
October 2 at 12:06pm
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“I'm grateful, too, that the community Soapstone builds doesn't end with the residencies. The annual work days were always more than just weeding or planting or doing repairs — they were a ...