Register now for Cascadia Poetry Festival 8!

The 8th Cascadia Poetry Festival will be held November 1-3, 2024 at the Richard Hugo House, Spring Street Center and Newkam Vivarium at the Olympic Sculpture Park. The festival will be a celebration of the release of Cascadian Zen Vol. II, published by Watershed Press! REGISTER HERE!

Featured poets of the festival include Daphne Marlatt, Claudia Castro Luna, Robert Lashley, Carletta Carrington Wilson, CA Conrad and many, many more! The full list of poets can be viewed HERE. Featured workshops include “Writing and Meditative Openness: How They Interact” with Daphne Marlatt and Fred Wah and “Poetry as Walking and Mapping” with Meredith Quartermain and Jami Macarty. Full descriptions of the workshops are available HERE. The full festival schedule is available HERE.

This year, we have three registration options for the Cascadia Poetry Festival: the regular Gold Pass; the Deluxe Gold Pass including a copy of Cascadian Zen Vol. II and a festival poster; the workshop package including a Gold Pass, access to both workshops, and a Festival Poster. All three registration options are available HERE. We are incredibly excited for another weekend of Cascadian poetry and community. We sincerely hope you will join us!