Official Site for Eric Witchey and the Fiction Fluency creative writing programs
Watch this space for upcoming fiction, Fiction Fluency programs, and other appearances. Click on Seminars or Contact Eric for more information.
2026 Seminars:
Stories, Recent and Upcoming:
- July 29th-August 2nd 2026: In-person at The Willamette Writers Conference at the Crown Plaza Hotel in Portland, Oregon.
- July 31st: Master Class on Layered Revision
- August 1: Panel Discussion on Revision and Editing Tools.
- July 31st: Master Class on Layered Revision
- Oct. 29th-Nov. 2nd 2025: Scary Story Retreat in Lincoln City on the Oregon Coast
Stories, Recent and Upcoming:
- 2026, July/August: "Victory Garden." Alternative Liberties 2. ed. Bob Brown and Karen Anderson.
- 2025, March: "Three Tales to Heraklion." ed. Andy Brown. Scrawl Place.
- 2024, Aug: "Give a Man a Fish, Feed Him for Eternity." Timberline Review. Aug.
- 2024, April: “Lost Island Story Hour.” April Issue of Nowa Fantastyka. Translated into Polish by Lucasz Sowa.
- Feb. 9th online site version, 2024: “Flirting Implicature in Cooperative Discourse.” Flash Fiction Online, ed. Rebecca Halsey.
In addition to his conference seminars, offerings for writing organizations, and Fiction Fluency Programs, Eric Witchey designs and delivers custom offerings for writing groups, critique groups, and individuals. For more information, click on the Contact tab at the top of this page and email him.
Biography
Eric Witchey holds degrees in Interdisciplinary English (Theoretical Linguistics, Computer Science, and Literature) and English from Colorado State University in Ft. Collins, Colorado. He worked as an independent consultant, teacher, and writer for 35 years. Eric is a graduate of Clarion West and has received creative recognition from Writer's Digest, New Century Writers, Writers of the Future, ralan.com, Short Story America, the Irish Aeon Awards, International Book Awards, Independent Publisher Awards, and other organizations. In addition to the production of hundreds of technical documents and many communication courses for various corporations and agencies, he has sold novels, poetry, and many short stories. His fiction has sold nationally and internationally in 13 genres under a number of names. Eric is active in the writing community as a teacher of seminars in communication skills, business writing, technical writing, composition, fiction, grammar, story analysis, and editing. He has taught writing at many conferences, and he has taught writing classes for Colorado State University, Portland State University, Chemeketa Community College, and other schools. His writing how-to articles have appeared in Northwest Ink, Writers Northwest, The Writer Magazine, Writers Digest Magazine, and other print and online magazines. He feeds his life-long addiction to scribbling by reading and writing daily. He has been active in the Society for Technical Communications, Pacific Northwest Writers Association, Willamette Writers, WordCrafters in Eugene, The Oregon Writer's Colony, the Wordos Professional Criticism Group, the ReFreys, and many other organizations. He has served as a judge for fiction contests, and he has also served on the Board of Directors for the Oregon Writer’s Colony, Creative Development Network, and The Short Story Writers Association. When not writing or teaching, he stomps about in streams flinging small bits of feather and pointy wire at oblivious fish.
Biography
Eric Witchey holds degrees in Interdisciplinary English (Theoretical Linguistics, Computer Science, and Literature) and English from Colorado State University in Ft. Collins, Colorado. He worked as an independent consultant, teacher, and writer for 35 years. Eric is a graduate of Clarion West and has received creative recognition from Writer's Digest, New Century Writers, Writers of the Future, ralan.com, Short Story America, the Irish Aeon Awards, International Book Awards, Independent Publisher Awards, and other organizations. In addition to the production of hundreds of technical documents and many communication courses for various corporations and agencies, he has sold novels, poetry, and many short stories. His fiction has sold nationally and internationally in 13 genres under a number of names. Eric is active in the writing community as a teacher of seminars in communication skills, business writing, technical writing, composition, fiction, grammar, story analysis, and editing. He has taught writing at many conferences, and he has taught writing classes for Colorado State University, Portland State University, Chemeketa Community College, and other schools. His writing how-to articles have appeared in Northwest Ink, Writers Northwest, The Writer Magazine, Writers Digest Magazine, and other print and online magazines. He feeds his life-long addiction to scribbling by reading and writing daily. He has been active in the Society for Technical Communications, Pacific Northwest Writers Association, Willamette Writers, WordCrafters in Eugene, The Oregon Writer's Colony, the Wordos Professional Criticism Group, the ReFreys, and many other organizations. He has served as a judge for fiction contests, and he has also served on the Board of Directors for the Oregon Writer’s Colony, Creative Development Network, and The Short Story Writers Association. When not writing or teaching, he stomps about in streams flinging small bits of feather and pointy wire at oblivious fish.