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Four Registration Options

Cascadia Poetry Festival 8 is the official launch and celebration of Cascadian Zen Volume II: Bioregional Writings on Cascadia Here & Now.

Cascadia Poetics LAB Founders Circle Members will be given the first opportunity to purchase an all-access Gold Pass

1: WORKSHOP PACKAGE

Includes 1 Gold Pass, All Events Access, attendance to master workshops, and Cascadia Poetry Festival 8 poster (pick up at event).

2: Deluxe Gold Pass

Includes 1 Gold Pass, All Events Access, Cascadian Zen Volume II, and Cascadia Poetry Festival 8 poster (pick up at event).

3: Register for a regular pass

Includes 1 Gold Pass.

4: Student Ticket Discounted

Students will need to show valid student ID at the door.

Volunteers

Individuals donating 4 hours of volunteer time qualify for free entry into the event. Please contact Cascadia Poetics LAB using the contact form here.

Workshops

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Cascadian Zen Volume II

Featuring: Cascadian Zen Volume II Launch

Join us for the publication celebration of the anthology,
Cascadian Zen Volume II: Bioregional Writings on Cascadia Here & Now, Volume II.
Meet the editors and some of the contributing artists and writers; to be followed by the festival keynote reading.

BASKET FOUR
BORDERS WITHOUT BINARIES

BASKET FIVE
WILSON’S BOWL

BASKET SIX
ISSEI ZEN

BASKET 7
STORM CLOUDS

CONTRIBUTING ARTISTS

Deborah Poe
Deborah Woodard
Edward Dorn
Briony Penn
Claudia Castro Luna
Christine Lowther
C.W. Buckley
Jerry Martien
Ursula Vaira
Theresa Whitehill
Koon Woon
Jayne Marek
Fiona Tinwei Lam
Stephen Collis
Gerard Kuperus
Matt Trease
John Olson
Tim Lilburn
Lorin Medley
Bob Rose
Jordan Abel
Fred Wah
John Brandi
Phyllis Webb
Stephen Collis
Wilson Duff
Colin Browne
Paul E Nelson
Barbara Johns
Mike Dillon
Sharon Hashimoto
Briony Penn
Carletta Carrington Wilson
Robert Lashley
Rob Lewis
Maiah Merino
Meredith Quartermain
Barry McKinnon
Sharon Thesen
Joanne Arnott
Susan Kay Anderson
Diana Elser
CAConrad
Zoe Landale
Ann Graham Walker
Lorna Dee Cervantes
Rick Bartow
Cate Gable
Joan Giannecchini
Ramon Kubicek
Elaine Parks
Dennis Parks
Susan Point
Richard Wagener
Nathan Wirth

BASKET FOUR
BORDERS WITHOUT BINARIES

Deborah Poe
Deborah Woodard
Edward Dorn
Briony Penn
Claudia Castro Luna
Christine Lowther
C.W. Buckley
Jerry Martien
Ursula Vaira
Theresa Whitehill
Koon Woon
Jayne Marek
Fiona Tinwei Lam
Stephen Collis
Gerard Kuperus
Matt Trease
John Olson
Tim Lilburn
Lorin Medley
Bob Rose
Jordan Abel
Fred Wah
John Brandi

BASKET FIVE
WILSON’S BOWL

Phyllis Webb
Stephen Collis
Wilson Duff
Colin Browne

BASKET SIX
ISSEI ZEN

Paul E Nelson
Barbara Johns
Mike Dillon
Sharon Hashimoto

BASKET 7
STORM CLOUDS

Briony Penn
Carletta Carrington Wilson
Robert Lashley
Rob Lewis
Maiah Merino
Meredith Quartermain
Barry McKinnon
Sharon Thesen
Joanne Arnott
Susan Kay Anderson
Diana Elser
CAConrad
Zoe Landale
Ann Graham Walker
Lorna Dee Cervantes

CONTRIBUTING ARTISTS

Rick Bartow
Cate Gable
Joan Giannecchini
Ramon Kubicek
Elaine Parks
Dennis Parks
Susan Point
Richard Wagener
Nathan Wirth

“I’ve been to many poetry festivals over the years, and the Cascadia Festival is one of the best at combining literary energy with explorations of environmental, political, historical, and sociological pursuits with a general celebration of poetry. The invited poets offered a wonderful representation of the diversity of our bioregion—as did the poetics of the works shared. There were youth events, Veteran events, “living room readings” (that featured festival poets and anyone from the community could share work in). The WA historical piece embodied by the celebration of Richard Brautigan, the consistent return to thinking about poetry and the environment, the involvement of young poets, older poets: really, I cannot articulate how generous and egalitarian and stimulating the festival is. Truly, The Cascadia Poetry festival is a great thing for Humanities WA and Arts WA to be a sponsor of—to put it simply, The Festival repped well and did both organizations proud! I was glad to be there for it and am eager for the next one.”

– Tod Marshall
Washington Poet Laureate

“The Cascadia Poetry Festival is absolutely unique, offering both attention to local conditions (both social and geographical / ecological), and to general matters of aesthetics (what poetry is up to right now–what matters to poets, and how are they responding to what matters). I know of few communities like this in the world – the other I am familiar with is in the UK: open, focused, exploratory, welcoming, democratic and engaged to its very core. The Cascadia Poetry Festival is a vital necessity.”

– Stephen Collis

Festival Location:

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Spring Street Center logo

Hugo House
1634 11th Ave.
Seattle, WA 98122

Spring Street Center
1101 15th Ave.
Seattle, WA 98122

Festival Sponsors:

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This event is supported in part by Poets & Writers.

National Endowment for the ARTS logo
4 Culture logo
Office of Arts and Culture Seattle logo
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Spring Street Center logo
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