The group has produced winners of the Galaxy Press international Writers of the Future contest six years in a row.
[1] The group promotes itself as a means to help writers produce fiction of salable quality, and to continually improve their writing abilities.
Founded in 1987, "The Wordos" was originally called "The Eugene Professional Writers Workshops, Inc." The name was changed in 1995, to make it "shorter and friendlier."
Deborah Layne, a long-time member, is also the founder of Wheatland Press, the award-winning[3] publisher of the Polyphony anthology.
[2] Members also report on news over the previous week, including accepted stories, rejections, and re-write requests from publishers.