Near North Editors Meeting
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.
Western Oregon Editors In-Person Meeting 1
If you are in the area of Eugene, OR, please join us for a "working meeting," where participants bring any and all questions, announcements, and editing puzzles. This month's meeting will be held at Perugino, a coffee shop in the Smeede Hotel at 767 Willamette St #102, Eugene, OR 97401.
This meeting is open to all editors, guests, and/or members of related fields. There is no cost to attend.
Registration and more details available at the event page.
If you have any questions or concerns about this event, please email the host, Elizabeth Lyon, at elyon123@comcast.net.
Memoir Editing Group
Join members Lee Hornbrook and Norma (Rosie) Wigutoff for a discussion of the ins and outs of memoir editing!
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.
Editors of Color Coffee Hour
Are you an Editor of Color? Would you like to meet up with your fellow Editors of Color in a welcoming, intimate, online setting?
Join this monthly Zoom coffee hour for editors who identify as Black, Indigenous, or Person of Color (BIPOC, bitches!), now hosted by member Elizabeth Flynn.
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.
Portland Editors Meetup
If you’re in or around Portland, OR, please join us for an in-person happy hour at Steeplejack Brewing, 2400 NE Broadway, Portland, OR 97232. Seating is available at this location on a first-come, first-served basis. There is no cost to attend; attendees pay for any food or beverage they wish to enjoy. There is no cost to book a room at Steeplejack, but a 22% gratuity is automatically applied on all tabs.
All interested editors are welcome! Registration is not required, but it helps us plan ahead.
Far North Editors Meeting
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.
Scholarly Editing in the Humanities Happy Hour
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.
Editors Helping Editors
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.
Editing with Disability/Illness/Neurodivergence (P.M.)
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 Monday's online coffee chat will be a social event with no set agenda.
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.
Developmental Editing Happy Hour
Are you a developmental editor, or interested in developmental editing? Join us for an informal chat about this fun and fascinating variety of editing.
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.
Western Oregon Editors In-Person Meeting 2
If you are in the area of Eugene, OR, please join us for a "working meeting," where participants bring any and all questions, announcements, and editing puzzles. This month's meeting will be held at Perugino, a coffee shop in the Smeede Hotel at 767 Willamette St #102, Eugene, OR 97401.
This meeting is open to all editors, guests, and/or members of related fields. There is no cost to attend.
Registration and more details available at the event page.
If you have any questions or concerns about this event, please email the host, Elizabeth Lyon, at elyon123@comcast.net.
EdsGuild Reedsy Colleagues Connection
Are you a current Reedsy editor?
Would you like to chat with other Reedsy editors?
Then join in this informal get-together to discuss insights, highlights, and anything about your efforts and experiences on this platform.
This event is open to members only. If you have any questions about this event, please email info@edsguild.org to be put in touch with the host, Sandra Herner.
Register for free on the event page to have the Zoom info for this meeting emailed to you, or logged-in members can find it on this page.
Book Coaching Group Meeting
Just a place for book coaches or editors interested in book coaching to come together and find ways to collaborate, support each other, and overall simply stay connected. This group meets monthly on the fourth Wednesday.
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.
Book Design Group Meeting
Let's talk design! Bring your curiosity about covers, layout, typography, and more. Each month, we host a casual, virtual conversation to explore how editors and designers can collaborate and learn from one another. This group meets on the last Wednesday of every month.
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.
New Parent Editors
This meeting is for editors who are also parents of young children. This is our first meeting, so we will add more details later.
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.
Happy Hour Discussion: Copyediting and Proofreading Fiction
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.
Editing with Disability/Illness/Neurodivergence (A.M.)
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.
Technical Editing Meetup
Are you a technical editor, or interested in learning about technical editing? Join a friendly discussion of editing in technical fields.
This event is free event paged 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 about this event, please email info@edsguild.org to be connected with the hosts.
July Member Meeting: Workshop with Rosilynn Yoon
This is a follow-up to Rosilynn's Get Clients workshop—this time, we're getting hands-on. We'll dig into your LinkedIn and Guild profiles, website, and brand messaging architecture. Bring your most current messaging. Not sure where to start? Rosilynn will send a pre-questionnaire to help you prep. This session will focus on questions and actual working time, so you can leave with marketing assets to use right away.
This event is free to attend and open to all editors, guests, and/or members of related fields. It will be recorded. The recording will be available to the public for two months after posting, and then available only to Northwest Editors Guild members.
This event is free to attend and open to all editors, guests, and/or members of related fields. It will be recorded.
For more 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.
Benefits of Wildcards for Editors
Join an informal discussion on the benefits of using wildcards in your editing practice. This session is designed for newer wildcard users but experienced users are welcome to join us. Bring your questions and favorite tips. We’ll share a few short demos and facilitate a group conversation about time-saving wildcards available in Word.
Recommended reading: Chapters 1-2 in Brave New Word, a free downloadable resource from PerfectIt, or another basic wildcard overview. (You will be added to PerfectIt’s newsletter, but can easily unsubscribe. You do not need to have PerfectIt to use wildcards.)
This event is open to members only. If you have any questions about this event, please email info@edsguild.org to be put in touch with the hosts Marjory Hamann and Michael Schuler.
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.
North Seattle In-Person Coffee Hour
If you're in or around the North Seattle area, please join us on Friday, May 15, from 4 to 5:30 p.m. for an in-person happy hour on the Halcyon Brewery patio in Greenwood (map / website). Seating is available at this location on a first-come, first-served basis. There is no cost to attend; attendees pay for any food or beverage they wish to enjoy.
All interested editors are welcome! Registration is not required, but it helps us plan ahead.
If you have any questions about this event, please email the host, Michael Schuler, at michael@bergerplusschuler.com.
Scholarly Editors DE Book Club Session 3
Join member Rudy Leon for a group discussion of Laura Portwood Stacer's Make Your Manuscript Work. This group will meet to discuss this book on December 1, 15, and 29, and January 12.
December 1: Phase 1, intro through p. 46
December 15: Phase 2 pp. 47-114
December 29: Phase 3, pp. 115-end, including Appendices
January 12: Laura Portwood-Stacer will be joining us for questions and discussion—please note that this meeting will be from 3 to 4:30 p.m. PT, to accommodate her schedule.
This event is free and open to all editors and members of related fields. 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.
Genre Roundtable Meeting 2025
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.