Thanks in large part to the dedication of the List Goddesses, Megan Durham and Saga Sundström, & to Poetry Postcard Fest committee member Zach Charles, the 20th Poetry Postcard Fest featured the largest participation, 623 registrants total with 46 different U.S. states, 4 different Canadian provinces and 6 different countries.
Top U.S. States w/ One Canadian Province:
1. WA 149
2. CA 71
3. OR 59
4. NY 27
5. BC 21
6. TX 20
7. CO 18
8. WI 17
9. IL 13
9. OH 13
Registration for 2027 begins September 1, 2026 and the Earlybird registration remains $15 with an option to pay the credit card fees and also an option to contribute to the organization that makes this all happen, the Cascadia Poetics Lab, founded in 1993.
& join us on Tuesday, September 1, from 5 to 6:30 PDT for a Poetry Postcard Fest Zoom Open Mic: https:// us02web . zoom . us /j/ 2064225002 take out the spaces to make the url work! Please come to listen or read a poem or two that you wrote in 2026. Do not read poems you received, but showing the images is ok. We hope to see you!
Oh Darn I will be away from internet on Sept first- I really like being an early bidr (no worms,please)
o, well, have to register when i get back on the 19th-
I am assuming you meant to write the 20th Poetry Postcard Fest featured the largest participation?
2026 is my very first Poetry Postcard Fest & you bet I’ll be back. I’m having so much fun. I ‘spect to be first in line on September 1.
I vow to raise my state’s poor showing (didn’t make the top 10) for 2027. Florida Poets, start hoarding postcards. We need you.
This was my second year, your 20th, and it was better than my first. So much joy in the sending, so much joy in receiving, such resonance and connectivity. Thank you to all who make this possible.
I am a first-timer as well and had never written anything like this! I enjoyed the writing and will def be back for PPF27. Thank-you to my friend P.C. for letting me know about this! I will also spread the word here in Maryland and with friends across the country. Reuniting America one postcard at a time!!
Happy to be back. Paul Nelson, it’s truly amazing what you’ve created. May my muse be up to the challenge. Here we go!
I deeply love the POPO fest! It’s also been a great joy to let friends know about this wonderful poetry fest. Thanks to Paul and all the folks at Cascadia that make this happen. What a beautiful community we have created here. Hand in hand the power of art and poetry make the world go round!
Thanks to everyone for participating and fine tuning…Word of mouth is a great way to spread the gospel of writing and mailbox love.
I’m enjoying the Fest, creating my postcards!
I’m loving my first Fest. Nothing like a deadline to help get things done. Got me back into writing and the discovery that goes with it.
Thank you, Paul, for creating this wonderful way to write poems, exercise our brain neurons, and interact with our national and international poetic community! How wonderful life is with poetry. My heartfelt thanks!
When it’s all over, I’d like to put together a small book of my postcard poems and share them with everyone online. Any rules and/or restrictions about that?
None. We encourage that and there have been several such collections in 20 years. God speed.
Thank you!
Despite having done this at least ten times, I find my record keeping regarding cards I’ve sent is worse than ever. So some of you on List 6 may have received two cards from me, and some of you – none! (gasp, horror). Creative people are messy, right?
The child I was
uncovered
before I put on the armor
searching among rubbish for
decent shoes to wear
I do not mean this literally
it was a dream