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Hey there.

Writing can feel like a solitary sport, can’t it?

It’s often just you and the voices in your head.

Until now.

PHX Oasis Press is here to help as you walk the brave path of bringing your words and vision to life.

PHX Oasis Press offers low and no-cost programs and services to help Arizona writers:

  • Generate words and ideas

  • Improve your skills

  • Get and give actionable feedback

  • Grow your audience and network

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Programs, resources, and events to smooth your writer’s journey

Author-Centric Event Calendar

An AZ author’s one-stop-shop for events that help you build skills, improve craft, and grow your network! We search for events hosted by all of the state’s fabulous local groups, and put them into one calendar, filterable by area of the valley, and more. Check it out!

Arizona Anthology

Meet the 25 authors featured in our 2025 anthology, “The Weight of Almost Knowing,” here! Anthology sales directly support POP’s programming, enabling us to deliver free programs for authors. Buy your copy here!

Workshops & Events

We help local authors bring new workshops to life, like Networking for Creative Writers, BLK WRDS Creative Writing Workshop, and more. Find POP events and select other AZ events on our event calendar. Send us your event for consideration.

The POP Blog & Resources

AZ authors blog about their advice, adventures, and inspiration, like how to navigate reader feedback, and how to get out of your own way. Also, click the Resources dropdown for free downloads to help you manage writer’s resistance, prep a beta reader for success, and more.

Writers Read Craft Book Club

This in-person book club + writer's craft talk series is ideal for authors of all skill levels. Read fiction, chat about writing craft, all guided by host Eric Boyd. The 2026 events are collaborations with the ASU Author-preneurship team.

POP In & Write - Accountability Group

Thinking about writing doesn't put words on your page. Hold yourself accountable to meeting your weekly writing goals by joining our Wednesday evening virtual writing sessions, hosted by an AZ author. Sign up for free on our Meetup!

View fullsize Join us Friday, April 17 in person in Phoenix at our next Networking Event for Writers! All networking, no big presentation first, no hard sells. Just local hosts, small themed tables, other authors to connect and learn from, and free coffee and snac
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View fullsize Why YES! You CAN find both the print and ebook version of our amazing new anthology on Bookshop.org. They've raised $45,230,895.27 for local bookstores. Let that sink in. All those dollars, flowing back into local communities, enabling local bookstor
View fullsize RSVP for our March Craft Book Club for Authors. Free, fun, and all kinds of entertaining. Held in partnership with @entrepreneurasu and the Author-preneurship team. WHAT IT IS: This in-person book club + writer's craft talk series is ideal for aut
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View fullsize An early holiday gift to you: an author-centric event calendar filled with as many events across the state as we could find! Sometimes, it can feel like you're all alone in this author journey world. And other times, it can feel like there's a mill
View fullsize Get a jumpstart on your 2026 writing goals! Plan to join us at our first of three networking events, happening Friday, Jan. 16, held in partnership with ASU's Author-Preneurship division! ✨ Calling all novelists, poets, and creative writers! ✨ Joi

  • "Progress, not perfection, is what we should be asking of ourselves."

    Julia Cameron

  • “Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.”

    Marcel Proust

  • "Write for yourself first. Then write for them."

    Jason Hellerman

  • "A writer must take risks, defy the odds, be a bit obsessed, and a little mad."

    Robert Cormier