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Poetry Postcard Fest Update

Poetry Postcard Fest Update

Our Poetry Postcard Fest project is one of many happening in our world right now that understands the need to document the historic nature of this global pandemic and its effect on daily life. That most state governments in the U.S., some more quickly than others,...
Artist Trust COVID-19 Artist Relief Fund

Artist Trust COVID-19 Artist Relief Fund

I feel so blessed to live in a state that has stepped up to the COVID-19 pandemic medically, as Washington is now TENTH on the list of reported COVID-19 infections, down from #1 as this whole thing started HERE on February 28 with the first U.S. death. (NBC News.) I...

SPLAB ISSUES CALL FOR 14TH AUGUST POETRY POSTCARD FEST

Seattle, WA, March 19, 2020—Seattle Poetics LAB (SPLAB), a literary arts-oriented nonprofit organization and organizing entity of the Cascadia Poetry Festival, is now registering writers for the 14th August Poetry Postcard Fest.  We understand the global seriousness...

Young Authors Summer Program

Exciting news! This summer is the launch of the Young Authors Summer Program…please spread the word to interested high school writers as we continue to build communities around the arts. This new creative writing program is for high school students who want to...

2020 Fest Postponed ‘Til 2021

This went out today: Dear Cascadia Poetry Festival Participant, I am sending out an email to participants, volunteers, patrons and organizers. The SPLAB Board voted unanimously last night to POSTPONE the 2020 fest until 2021. The COVID-19 virus is the main factor. My...

Poets at Carrowholly

Poets! If you’ve ever dreamed of spending a week in Ireland with a dozen poets, now’s your chance. Join Irish poets Sean Lysaght and Ness O’Mahony in September for a six-day poetry workshop and retreat on the rugged west coast of Ireland in...

Cascadian Zen

Organized loosely around exploring the relationship between the Cascadian bioregion as it intersects with Zen ideas, practices, and aesthetics, Shin Yu Pai, Jason Wirth and Paul E Nelson are hosting a diverse group of writers who are interested in broadly exploring...

PoPo Interviews

I am looking to interview at least ten postcard participants in the next few weeks to create some videos for a new PoPo website that will replace the current page on my cluttered personal site. Interviews will be (mostly) uniform, with standard questions and conducted...