Upcoming Poetry Events

Oh yeah, April is National Poetry Month, I almost forgot. For those who live lives dedicated to poetry, it’s more like the month when people besides poets pay attention to the art of the written and spoken word. That being said, in addition to the events in the...

Make It True meets Medusario Anthology

Make It True meets Medusario is a bilingual anthology was spawned by two previous anthologies and combined into one to initiate a dialog between Spanish language poets of the neo-barroco school, as organized by José Kozer and poets from the Cascadia bioregion, as...

Slametan for Sam Hamill

Though he may not have been excited about the notion of a Javanese ritual event centered around his life, there will be a slametan for Sam Hamill, Monday, July 23, at the Wedgwood Ale House. From Wikipedia: The ceremony takes its name from the Javanese word slamet,...

CPF4 (Seattle 2016) Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (pdf) CASCADIA POETRY FESTIVAL TO BE HELD NOVEMBER 3-6 IN SEATTLE Schedule includes Public Readings, Workshops and a Tribute to Denise Levertov. Seattle, WA, October 15, 2016— The Cascadia Poetry Festival is an international event which gathers...

Give Big – Seattle Foundation, Cascadia Poetry Festival

For the first year SPLAB is participating in the Seattle Foundation’s Give Big program. The Seattle Foundation was a supporter of SPLAB from back in our Auburn days (1997-2004), and our 2016 goal is modest, $3,500. We want to guarantee a sold-out house for the...