Join us for our next workshop: a socially-engaged painting workshop! Located in The Whitney at the UWT campus, we’ll spend time visualizing a personal or community experience with a social issue. This may include incidents of discrimination, ethnic cleansing, environmental racism, etc. After brainstorming imagery, metaphors, and emotions associated with Read more…
Welcome to the updated TAHOMA WEST website! We have so many exciting changes happening this year, from a new staff team to updated submissions guidelines to an out-of-the-box event schedule! First and foremost, some introductions. My name is Maxine Metzger, and I am the new TAHOMA WEST Editor-in-Chief this year. Read more…
Thank you to everyone who has submitted their work for the 2018-2019 edition of Tahoma West. We are closed for submissions at this time. We will make an announcement when the issue launches, the launch party and when the 2019-2020 submission period is open. Thank you again and keep on Read more…
Tahoma West has decided to extend the submission deadline for their upcoming issue to TONIGHT! Submitters now have until midnight tonight to submit their work. Happy Submitting!
Tahoma West’s Logo Contest, originally ended on March 1st. However, Tahoma West is extending the deadline to April 26th, 2019. Along with the extension, it has come to our attention that a few more guidelines need to be added. SUBMISSION DEADLINE: APRIL 26TH, 11:59 PM RULES: The image must be Read more…
Tahoma West is proud to partner with Wordlings, University of Washington Tacoma’s Creative Writing Club, and the Student Activities Board to host a SLAM Poetry night with Ebony Stewart. It will be held in WPH Building on the UWT campus at 5:30pm.
Hello everyone! With Winter Quarter starting at the University of Washington Tacoma starting up on January 7th, 2019, we wanted to let you know what Tahoma West has planned (so far) for the upcoming quarter! On January 9th, we will have our own booth at the Winter Quarter Involvement Fair Read more…
Tahoma West is hosting an Association of Writers and Writing Programs Tag-along Contest! Send in your creative works for a chance to travel to Portland Oregon for the AWP Conference! What is AWP? AWP, Association of Writers and Writing Programs, is the largest writing conference held annually in the United Read more…
Tahoma West is hosting a Logo Design Contest! You have a chance to design a new logo for Tahoma West! The winner’s design will be featured in our new issue that will be released in May 2019 and on the future merchandise and flyers for the following year! Submission Deadline: Read more…
Tahoma West is happy to announce that The Swiss has booked us for monthly open mic nights! We are booked for the next few months to see how it goes. So far, we have December 5th, January 7th, February 6th, and March 6th from 5:30-8:00PM. We hope to see you Read more…