by Ryukan | Mar 8, 2014 | Blog
From: Stacy Lasner slasner@poets.org via yahoo.com Hi Paul, I am the Publicity & Outreach Coordinator for the Academy of American Poets. I’m writing with the hope that you will help us spread the word about an educational project that the Academy has...
by Ryukan | Feb 20, 2014 | Blog
There are three, count ’em THREE off-site readings happening this week as part of the fiesta of writers that is known as the annual AWP Conference, which is in Seattle this year. Events will be held at Spring Street Center, in Seattle, a lovely facility 1.1...
by Ryukan | Feb 14, 2014 | Blog
Registration continues for the Cascadia Poetry Festival Small Press Fair, May 2-4, 2014, in the Paccar Atrium of Seattle University. For $100, participating organizations (not limited to small presses) will receive: Small Press Fair table, 4 feet. 4 Gold Passes...
by Ryukan | Feb 13, 2014 | Blog
From Jenny Penberthy: WORKSHOP Date: Sunday, March 16, 12:00-5:00pm Cost: $50 Location: The Apartment Gallery, Vancouver, BC: Poetry Looking Out: http://www.thecapilanoreview.ca/poetry-workshop-with-cole-swensen/ This workshop, engaging both generative and...
by Ryukan | Feb 8, 2014 | Blog
From Judith Roche: Dear Friends and Colleagues, You are invited to a reception/informal poetry reading event on the Thursday of AWP, February 27th, 7:00PM- 11:PM. The event is sponsored by Black Earth Institute and we are inviting writers who have had work in About...
by Ryukan | Feb 5, 2014 | Blog
Floating Bridge Press is now accepting submissions for its 19th annual Poetry Chapbook Award! Who is eligible: Washington State poets How to submit: Electronic submissions only (seewww.floatingbridgepress.org) Reading fee: $12.00 Page limit: 24 pages Deadline:...
by Ryukan | Feb 2, 2014 | Blog
To dwell with conifers. Eaves drip, echo cedar’s arm shedding water down Spray scales waxy (cover you lost. -Daphne Marlatt from the poem Under published in Liquidities: Vancouver Poems Then and Now My cultural investigation of the bioregion known as Cascadia...
by Ryukan | Jan 27, 2014 | Blog
Part of the reason SPLAB started the Cascadia Poetry Festival was to build better connections between all poets of the bioregion, with an emphasis on innovators. Today begins a series of posts leading up to Cascadia II on some of the poets participating in the...
by Ryukan | Jan 24, 2014 | Blog
Registration is now open for the Cascadia Poetry Festival Small Press Fair, May 2-4, 2014, in the Paccar Atrium of Seattle University. Load-in is 4pm, Friday, May 2, 2014. For $100, each participating organization (not limited to small presses) will receive: Small...
by Ryukan | Jan 21, 2014 | Blog
The Common Acre has stepped up to join the Sightline Institute, Mother Tongue Publishing, 4 Culture and Cascadia Now as a sponsor of the 2nd Cascadia Poetry Festival. The list is here: Sponsor The Common Acre produces public programs at the intersection of earth and...
by Ryukan | Jan 19, 2014 | Blog
The second Cascadia Poetry Festival happens May 1-4, 2014, at Seattle University’s Pigott Auditorium and Spring Street Center. The following schedule is subject to change. A Gold Pass is $25 for the whole weekend and you can get your Gold Pass here by using...
by Ryukan | Jan 18, 2014 | Blog
Contact: Paul Nelson FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tel: 206-422-5002 E-mail: pen@splab.org CASCADIA POETRY FESTIVAL TO BE HELD MAY 1-4 IN SEATTLE Event Includes Workshops, Readings, and...
by Ryukan | Jan 18, 2014 | Blog
We’re pleased to announce legendary Canadian poet Daphne Marlatt will be part of a reading at the Cascadia Poetry Fest and will be conducting a workshop at Spring Street Center, Friday, May 1, 2014, 9a-1p. Cost: $80. Email Paul Nelson at pen@splab.org, or do it...
by Ryukan | Jan 4, 2014 | Blog
Contact: Paul Nelson FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tel: 206-422-5002 E-mail: pen@splab.org SPLAB TO CELEBRATE 20Th ANNIVERSARY JANUARY 18th IN SEATTLE (Event Includes Announcement of Cascadia...
by Ryukan | Dec 4, 2013 | Blog
It was December 13, 1993, when It Plays in Peoria Productions was formed in Auburn, Washington. A 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to, among other things: Injecting a Little Wisdom into the Information Age. We were started as an organization that existed to...
