This coffee chat centers people who work as editors and are living with disability and/or chronic illness. It is open to everyone. The idea was partly inspired by an active peer group currently hosted by the Society of Authors.

This event is free and open to all editors. To receive the Zoom information required to attend this meeting, please register for free at the event page, or (members only) go to this page.

If you copyedit or proofread fiction or want to learn more about doing so, join host Erin Cusick for an informal discussion about the joys and challenges associated with editing fiction. Come prepared to share insights and experiences, ask questions, or just listen to learn from others. Though the event is open to all editors, the discussion will stick closely to copyediting and proofreading.

This event is free to attend and open to all editors, guests, and/or members of related fields. Please register for free on the event page, or logged-in members can find the Zoom details here.

Are you an Editor of Color? Would you like to meet up with your fellow Editors of Color in a welcoming, intimate, online setting? 

Jesi Vega, former president of the Northwest Editors Guild and a Puerto Rican Jew from the Bronx, holds a monthly Zoom coffee hour for editors who identify as Black, Indigenous, or Person of Color.

This event is open to both Guild members and non-members. Please spread the word to any Editors of Color you know. You can register for free on the event page, or logged in members can find the login details here. If you have any questions, please email info@edsguild.org for information or to be put in touch with the host.

Join us for our "Editors Helping Editors" meeting. Bring your problems, big and small, as well as your thinking caps. We'll work together to solve event-goers quandaries and questions, which could range from common questions like how to find clients in a particular field (say academic editing) to more situation-specific issues like why a particular macro isn't working in Word.

This event is open to all editors, and will not be recorded.

To receive the Zoom information required to attend this meeting, please register for free at the event page, or (members only) go to this page.

If you have any questions about this event or questions you would like to send the group ahead of the meeting, please email info@edsguild.org to be put in touch with the hosts, Melissa Haskin and Beth Hutchason.

Come meet up with fellow scholarly (and academic) editors in the humanities! We will be sharing a virtual happy hour from 5 to 6:30 p.m., sharing insights and discussing relevant topics. Bring your burning questions and your collaborative spirit.

This event is open to members only. To receive the Zoom information required to attend this meeting, please register for free at the event page, or (members only) go to this page.

If you have any questions about this event, please email info@edsguild.org to be put in touch with the host, Elena Abbott.

The Far North Editors meet every second Wednesday from 11:15am to 12:45pm.

If you are interested in joining them online, please register for free on the event page. Logged in members can find the invitation here.

The Near North Editors normally meet on the first Tuesday of every month (except months where the first Tuesday is a holiday). This month's meeting will be held on Zoom.

This event is free and open to all editors. To receive the Zoom information required to attend this meeting, please register for free at the event page, or (members only) go to this page.

If you have any questions, please email info@edsguild.org to be put in touch with the host.

Join us for a small in-person coffee hour at Petit Pierre Bakery in Phinney Ridge in Seattle, WA. Outdoor seating is available at this location on a first-come first-serve basis. No cost to attend; attendees pay for any food or beverage they wish to enjoy. All interested editors are welcome! Please email info@edsguild.org with any questions about this event.

Registration is not required, but it helps us plan ahead. This is a small venue, so please register if you plan to attend; if we get significant interest we may look at moving the event to a larger space.

Join us at 6:30 p.m. PT for our March member meeting: The Mainstreaming of Antisemitism in America with Bob Horenstein. 

A recent survey of American adults revealed that over one-third did not know what antisemitism is, and one out of six said they had never heard of the word. This workshop will explore what antisemitism is (and what it is not), how it has evolved over time, and how it is being normalized in America. It will dispel misconceptions about Jewish identity and also delve into the reasons why antisemitism is often overlooked or even dismissed by those working in the area of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). 

This event is free and open to all editors. To receive the Zoom information required to attend this meeting, please register for free at the event page, or (members only) go to this page. If you have any questions, please email info@edsguild.org.

Please join us for our traditional beginning-of-the-year genre roundtable meeting, featuring virtual tables (breakout rooms) where editors can discuss their work in literary fiction, genre fiction (including mystery, SFF, etc.), memoir/biography/poetry, self-help and health/fitness, expositional nonfiction (business, journalism, academic, technical, science), and cookbooks.

This event is free to attend and open to all editors, guests, and/or members of related fields. It will not be recorded.

To receive the Zoom information required to attend this meeting, please register for free at the event page, or (members only) go to this page.

Interested in serving on the Northwest Editors Guild's volunteer board of directors? Want to sit in on a meeting and see how things work? 

Monday, December 11 is an open board meeting, where the NW Editors Guild board of directors invites you to attend, meet the board members, see what happens at a board meeting, ask questions about board service, and potentially sign up to be part of the 2024 Guild board. 

Register here at the event page, or or (members only) go to this page.

We welcome you all, and hope to see you there!

Many freelance editors create multifaceted businesses that delve into teaching, coaching, and writing as well as straight editing. And we create business materials—websites, newsletters, social media posts, presentations—to share our brand and hopefully generate business. But do we know how to create these business assets so they are accessible to everyone, including people with disabilities?

There are so many resources out there to help us build a business or a branding/marketing strategy, but few of these resources talk about accessibility. Our presenter, Mary-Colleen Jenkins, will define accessibility and offer a starting point for building accessible practices and design into your small business content. We'll cover some easy best practices to start employing now, and share resources for further exploration.

This event is free and open to all editors. For more information and to receive the Zoom details required to attend this meeting, please register for free at the event page, or (members only) go to this page.

If you have any questions, please email info@edsguild.org to be put in touch with the host.

The Guild board of directors needs you! The NW Editors Guild board of directors is seeking candidates for the 2024 board of directors, and we’re in critical need for volunteers to keep our Guild running.

You don’t need to have previous board service experience, and you’re not required to be a seasoned editor. Please join for an informal, virtual gathering, where we can converse about volunteer service for the board.

Check the calendar for other dates, marked in light blue.

This event is free and open to members only. Learn more and register at the event page, or logged in members can find the login details here.

Get wordy with a Word Games Chat! Your veteran Capitol Hill Coffee Hour hosts, Dana A and Roberta K, would love to play word games with you online on Monday, October 2, noon to 1 p.m. PT. This event is free, and open only to Guild members.

This time, we’ll be playiinfo@edsguild.orgng collaborative crosswords using the in-browser Planet Crossword game on the hovercats.gg website (we might try other games in the future). Feel free to check out the website beforehand (go to https://hovercats.gg/about to watch a video), but you can easily join in on the day with a link we’ll provide during the chat. 

Note: You will need a computer to participate. The crossword app won’t work well on a phone. 

To receive the Zoom information required to attend this meeting, please register for free at the event page, or (logged-in members only) go to this page. If you have any questions about this event please email Dana A at dana@lastpassediting.com. 

The Guild board of directors needs you! The NW Editors Guild board of directors is seeking candidates for the 2024 board of directors, and we’re in critical need for volunteers to keep our Guild running.

You don’t need to have previous board service experience, and you’re not required to be a seasoned editor. Please join for an informal, virtual gathering, where we can converse about volunteer service for the board.

Check the calendar for other dates, marked in light blue.

This event is free and open to members only. Learn more and register at the event page, or logged in members can find the login details here.

In the spirit of many retail stores that are displaying Halloween items already (and because we don't have an October member meeting), let’s talk about the creepy side of editing and share a few scary stories! Join us for a discussion of the worst typos and misspellings, the scariest unintended meanings, and the wildest awkward phrasings that you’ve ever run into as an editor. We look forward to seeing you there!

This event is open to all editors and will not be recorded. Please register at the event page to receive the Zoom details for the event, or visit this page (logged-in members only).

If you have any questions about this event, please email info@edsguild.org.

The Northwest Editors Guild’s Mentoring Program is a popular Guild benefit. It supports new editors just getting started as well as mid-career editors looking to pivot to a new niche. In the past year alone, 19 mentor-mentee pairs were matched through the program.

Maybe you also have considered applying to the program, and wondered what the experience would be like? Join us on Wednesday, Aug 30, from 1:00–2:00 p.m., for a panel discussion with three program alumni to hear about the mentoring experience from the mentee perspective.

This event is open to members only and will not be recorded. For full details and to receive the Zoom information required to attend this meeting, please register for free at the event page, or (members only) go to this page.

Copyeditors are often shy, reserved folks, so having to deal with high-strung clients can be challenging. Let’s talk about it!

This event is open to all editors, and will not be recorded.

To receive the Zoom information required to attend this meeting, please register for free at the event page, or (members only) go to this page.

If you have any questions about this event or questions you would like to send the group ahead of the meeting, please email info@edsguild.org to be put in touch with the host, Elizabeth Flynn.

Join us for an in-person meet up at Washington Park in Portland, OR, right off the freeway. This location has plenty of parking and restrooms. Exact location will be near the Veterans Memorial on SW Knights Blvd. Please register for free on the event page to RSVP and have any updates about the event (specific location, etc.) emailed to you.

BYO chair, snack, challenges, jokes... whatever makes you happy!

This event is open to all editors, guests, and/or members of related fields and free of charge. Note: Registration will close at 8 p.m. PST on the day before the meeting.

If you have any questions about the event, please contact the host, Stephanie Chizik, at stephanie.chizik@gmail.com.

After a four-year hiatus, the Red Pencil conference is back, with a new spring date, a new location offering more sessions and attendees, and, for the first time, options for virtual attendance of some sessions and watching recorded sessions after the event. The 2023 theme, Seasons of an Editing Career, highlights the conference’s focus on providing engaging, useful content for editors at all stages of their professional journeys. Red Pencil offers a rare and valuable opportunity to learn from peers, socialize with colleagues, and engage with exhibitors, so please make plans to join us.

Learn all about the conference here. Registration is now closed.

Come one, come all, to Giant Pencil's Pre–Red Pencil Virtual Trivia Night!*

Guild mascot Giant Pencil (a well-dressed oversized No. 2) invites you to attend a delightfully brain-bending virtual trivia night on May 5, the evening before the Red Pencil Conference. Test how sharp you are with questions about editing, publishing, reference books, and—of course—writing implements. Answers will not be graded, so prepare for some real eraser-busters and lots of laughs. Win prizes, learn some truly random trivia, and smirk at plenty of pencil puns along with GP and other editors!

This event is open to all editors, whether or not you are registered for the Red Pencil Conference in-person or virtually. Registrants must be present to win prizes.

For more details and to register, please see the event page.

*Bonus points for you if you spotted that en dash in the title! Giant Pencil thinks you'll be great at trivia, so be sure to register right now!

Have you bought a piece of clothing from a store, and, when you took it to the cashier, had the person checking you out say, "this color will look great on you!" This is a sales strategy, a subtle but still manipulative attempt to build brand loyalty—it's a way for the retailer to assure you that you made a good decision when you chose to buy with them.

How might freelance editors use similar strategies in our own business? What are our options for applying sales psychology ethically, without manipulating our clients? In this short presentation, Letitia Henville will describe how she captures and shares quantifiable measures of the difference her editing makes with her clients. As a group, we'll then discuss other freelance-appropriate sales strategies, as well as the ethics of applying tricks from consumer psychology and behavioral insights to our business practices.

Letitia Henville (she/her), PhD, is an award-winning instructor and editor who helps researchers to articulate their goals to an audience of their peers. She lives and works on the unceded, stolen territory of the Səl̓ílwətaʔ and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm people on the land now called the Dunbar region in Vancouver. She writes the monthly advice column “Ask Dr. Editor” for University Affairs, and can be found online at shortishard.com and writingwellishard.com.

This event is free and open to all editors. To receive the Zoom information required to attend this meeting, please register for free at the event page, or (members only) go to this page.

We are delighted to offer a new workshop from Jenny MacLeod. Some of you may have attended part 1 of this series in September. Members are welcome to attend part 2 whether you attended part 1 or not. This workshop is free to all Guild members as a perk of membership. Please register by 8 p.m. on Wednesday, March 1.

Jenny has previously presented for the Guild on IRS taxes for self-employed folks. She was also at the 2019 Red Pencil conference and will be presenting at the upcoming one in May. We hope that this friendly and down-to-earth workshop and all the discussion it sparks will help you find the work/life balance and success you crave!

For more details and to register for this member only event, please visit the event page. Details will also be available to logged in members here. If you have any questions about this event, please email info@edsguild.org to be put in touch with the host, Erica Akiko Howard.

Our now-traditional beginning-of-the-year genre roundtable meeting, featuring virtual tables (breakout rooms) where editors can discuss their work in literary fiction, genre fiction (including mystery, SFF, etc.), memoir/biography/poetry, self-help and health/fitness, expositional nonfiction (business, journalism, academic, technical, science), and cookbooks.

This event is free to attend and open to all editors, guests, and/or members of related fields.

This event is free and open to all editors. Learn more and register at the event page, or logged in members can find the login details here.

The Guild board of directors needs you!

The NW Editors Guild board of directors is seeking a few more candidates for the 2023 board of directors, and we’re in need of volunteers to keep our Guild running.

You don’t need to have previous board service experience, and you’re not required to be a seasoned editor. The only requirement is that you’ve been a member of the Guild for one year and that you enjoy being a member of this excellent organization.

Moreover, you can pick the role that you want and decide your own time commitment - this is a volunteer role.

Please join for an informal, virtual gathering, where we can converse about volunteer service for the board. If you are not able to attend this date, other sessions are available at the following dates:

Tuesday, December 13 at 12:00 noon

Hope to see you there!

The Guild's volunteer board of directors meets on the second Monday of even-numbered months from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Monday, December 12 is an open board meeting, where the NW Editors Guild board of directors invites you to attend, meet the board members, see what happens at a board meeting, ask questions about board service, and potentially sign up to be part of the 2023 Guild board.

We welcome you all, and hope to see you there!

Note: This meeting is open to anyone who is interested, but in order to keep the meeting running safely and smoothly registration on the event page is open only to logged-in members. Members can also find the Zoom details on this page.

If you are not a member and want to attend, please email info@edsguild.org before 12 p.m. on Monday, October 10, with the subject line "October Board Meeting," your name, your experience (or lack thereof!) in editing, and why you are interested in board service, and our administrator will get you registered.

Are you new (or new-ish) to the Guild? If so, please join us for an informal discussion about all the awesomeness that the Guild has to offer, how to navigate the website, and how to make your experience as a member personalized, interactive, and fun. Moreover, come to meet your fellow editors and members!

This event is open to members only. To receive the Zoom information required to attend this meeting, please register for free at the event page, or (members only) go to this page.

Patricia Collins hosts the December Mentor Chat. If you have an editing question, come and learn from fellow editors. Or, if you lack an editing question, come to see if you can answer any questions. Current mentors and mentees are welcome to attend as well as people not associated with the current mentoring session. If you have questions about becoming a mentor or mentee, this is a great time to ask them.

This event is free to attend and open members only. Please register for free on the event page, or if you are a logged in member you can find the Zoom information on this page.

We’re brainstorming and planning for the 2022 Red Pencil event. Join us and bring your great ideas!

This meeting is open to members only. See the event page for registration, or logged-in members can find the Zoom details for the meeting here.

The Northwest Editors Guild generally uses the September member meeting to do something fun. In pre-pandemic times, many of us near Seattle came together in Septembers for our annual potluck. But this year, we’re inviting you to an online, participatory EDITORS’ GAME SHOW.

In the tradition of Family Feud, on the Editors’ Game Show, the answers that win the most points aren’t necessarily what’s most correct (sorry, prescriptivists!) but what’s most popular … and maybe what’s funniest.

This event is free and open to all editors. To receive the Zoom information required to attend this meeting, please register for free on the event page, or (members only) go to this page.