Special Events
2024 ukiaHaiku Festival
Ukiah Civic Center 300 Seminary Ave, Ukiah, CA, United StatesAs the New Year approaches, we hope you might find time to enter the 22nd ukiaHaiku Festival contest. Residents of Mendocino, Lake, Sonoma, and Humboldt counties, from kindergarten age through adult, can enter haiku in ten different categories (two for Spanish). There is also one category open to planet Earth, the Jane Reichhold International Award. Writing haiku, one…
Spirit of Place: call for submissions to new anthology of Mendocino County women poets
Call for Submissions The first Anthology of Women Poets of Mendocino County, Wood, Water, Air and Fire was published in 1999. We are calling for submissions for Volume II, Spirit of Place. Submissions are open March 1st, 2024 to June 1st 2024. We welcome all themes that respond to the Spirit of Place by women…
POSTPONED: Chico event, Felicia Rice & Theresa Whitehill: Heavy Lifting, Listening Tour
1078 Gallery 1710 Park Avenue, Chico, CAThe Heavy Lifting Listening Tour in Chico, originally scheduled at the 1078 Gallery in Chico on Sunday, May 19 at 3 pm has been postponed until October 2024; a new date will be available soon. To check the latest tour dates, see the Moving Parts Press website: https://movingpartspress.com/publications/heavy-lifting-listening-tour/. The Heavy Lifting Listening Tour aspires to…
Devreaux Baker – Poet Laureate Presentation to Mendocino County Board of Supervisors
Supervisors Chambers 501 Low Gap Road, Ukiah, CA, United StatesDevreaux Baker has been announced as Mendocino County's first Poet Laureate. The new Poet Laureate will be formally acknowledged at the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors meeting on Tuesday, June 4, 2024 at 9 am.
Phannarai Inkun
Ad Hoc Mendocino Legal 45160 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United StatesOn Sunday, June 9th at 2 pm, Felicia Rice’s Currents exhibit will host a poetry reading featuring Mendocino Coast Writers Conference Short Fiction Award winner Phannarai Inkun. Currents Exhibit Dates: Saturday, June 8 to Sunday, June 9, 2024 Exhibit Hours: 11 to 4 pm There is also a reception for the exhibit on Saturday, June…
2024 Mendocino Spring Poetry Celebration Reading
Matheson Performing Arts Center, Mendocino High School 45096 Cahto St, Mendocino, CA, United StatesThis year's Mendocino Spring Poetry Celebration, the 49th anniversary and 19th consecutive revival, will take place on Sunday, June 16, 2024 at the Matheson Performing Arts Center at Mendocino High School in Mendocino. Readings will take place at 1 pm and 6 pm. Devreaux Baker has been appointed as Mendocino County's inaugural Poet Laureate and…
Mendocino Coast Writers’ Conference 2024 Conference Registration Deadline
Online EventJune 30 is the deadline for conference registration and contest submissions for MCWC 2024. For more information, visit the Mendocino Coast Writers' Conference website here.
Spirit of Place: submissions close for new anthology of Mendocino County women poets
Last day for submissions! The first Anthology of Women Poets of Mendocino County, Wood, Water, Air and Fire was published in 1999. We are calling for submissions for Volume II, Spirit of Place. Submissions are open March 1st, 2024 to June 30th 2024 (extended from June 1st). We welcome all themes that respond to the…
Tia Ballantine, Mike Edwards, Larry Felson, and Joe Smith
The Bookstore 137 E. Laurel Street, Fort Bragg, CA, United StatesTia Ballantine, Mike Edwards, Larry Felson, and Joe Smith After Independence Poetry on the Street Poetry, Story Bites and Small Tales from new books Come by The Bookstore in Fort Bragg for a glass of wine, appetizers, books and music Contact: Larry Felson, larryfelson325@gmail.com, (510) 684-8270
Mendocino Coast Writers’ Conference 2024
Mendocino, CA Mendocino, CA, United StatesMCWC 2024 will be held Thursday, August 1 through Saturday, August 3. We are thrilled to announce our full schedule of faculty, as well as the morning workshops and afternoon seminars for our 2024 conference taking place August 1–3, 2024. This year, we are happy to welcome MCWC 2024 keynote speaker, Rachel Kushner. We’re working…