The annual Rainforest Writers Village retreat, hosted by Patrick Swenson and Fairwood Press, was held at Lake Quinault WA in three sessions: Feb 21-25, Feb 28-March 4, and March 7-11, 2018. For more information, see the Rainforest Writers website.
Session One (l to r): back: Manny Frishberg, Patrick Swenson, James Van Pelt, Vickie Saunders, Louise Marley, Di Francis, John Pitts, Charles Walbridge, Lee Hallison, Devon Monk, Bob Brown, Julie McGalliard, Che Gilson, Jacob Weisman; front: Kayt Huggans, Elizabeth Stephan, Debora Reinert, Fonda Lee, Honna Swenson, Barb Galler-Smith, Jayne Fury, David Levine, Julianna Hinckley, Barbara Ferrer; not pictured: Kathy Klein, Alexandra Tillson, Uwanna Thomas, Camille Hansen, Laura Staley, Jennifer Brozek. Photo by Patrick Swenson
Session Two (l to r): back: Patrick Swenson, Ted Kosmatka, Christopher East, Daryl Gregory, Andy Romine, Tod McCoy, Kristene Perron, Charles Walbridge, Sydney Drinkwater, Emily Skaftun, Remy Nakamura, Mark Teppo, Kelli Stasi, Jeff Soesbe, Erica Sage; front: Pattie Beaven, Stephanie Herman, Barbara Ferrer, Sandra Wickham, Kara Dalkey, Debora Reinert, Janka Hobbs, Laura Anne Gilman, Evelyn Nicholas, Brenda Cooper, Jack Skillingstead; not pictured: Nancy Kress, Maura Glynn-Thami, Sara Mueller, Kelly Lagor, Fran Wilde, Ariadne Rooney, Sheila Capps, Lauren Dixon, Mimi Welch. Photo by Patrick SwensonSession Three (l to r): back: Marit Hanson, Brent Kellmer, Andrew Rosenberg, Maggie Nowakowska, Luke Elliott, Rachel Rowland, Genevieve Williams, Art Boulton, Amanda Clark, Colleen Anderson, Minerva Zimmerman, Chuck Walbridge, Nancy Bell, Tod McCoy, Tessa Floreano, Ian Brown, Alaina Ewing, Patrick Swenson, Tucker McKinnon; front: Coral Moore, Kelly Frodel, Jaime O. Mayer, Sara Benfit, Deeann Partlow, G.G. Silverman, Susan Matthews, Debora Reinert, Denise Ivie, Amy Thomson; not pictured: Molly Tanzer, Andrew Fuller, Dallas Taylor, Todd Lockwood, Leslie Howle, Mark Niemann-Ross, Brenda Carre. Photo by Patrick Swenson
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