Our role

In September 2018 we founded Springfield/Eugene-area Editors (SEE), a monthly networking, educational, and mentoring group. We grew it from the half-dozen local members of the Northwest Editors Guild to its current 55+ members, many with 20 or more years of editorial experience.

The group currently meets for lunch on the second Tuesday of each month. We have a featured guest each month, who speaks for about 20 minutes, offering a compelling reason for new members to attend as well as guaranteeing a fresh educational component to keep longtime members returning for new information and experiences.

Our featured guests in our first nine months:

• September 2018: Initial gathering, no guest or notes (13 attendees)
• October 2018: Julie Winsel, editor of Eugene Magazine
• November 2018: Bill Sullivan, Oregon best-selling author of hiking guides and organizer of three annual local Authors and Artists Fairs in Eugene
• December 2018: Alan Contreras, co-editor of the 750-page guidebook Birds of Oregon and editor of the then-forthcoming Edge of Awe: Experiences of the Malheur-Steens Country (OSU Press, 2019)
• January 2019: Local author Valerie Brooks on the Oregon Writers Colony
• February 2019: Daryll Lynne Evans, executive director of Wordcrafters in Eugene
• March 2019: Brenna Crotty, senior editor of Calyx Press in Corvallis
• April 2019: Kelly Schaub of Springfield, independent editor with Book Editing Associates and Reedsy
• May 2019: Dorothy Zemach of Eugene, editor, teacher trainer, and globe-trotter
• June 2019: Eugene poet Erica Goss on the River Road Reading Series

For more of our events, see our Meetup page. Notes from some of our lunch hours are here.

The current membership includes editors who are affiliated with the Northwest Editors Guild, Editorial Freelancers Association (EFA), and ACES: The Society for Editing as well as many who are unaffiliated. Most are independent (freelancers), work remotely, or are semi-retired, so they particularly value the opportunity for professional and social connection.

A milestone in the first six months has been the development of the Springfield/Eugene-area Editors Directory (SEED), an online resource for writers, businesses, and others seeking local editors.