Skagit River Poetry Festival 2024
The 12th Biennial Skagit River Poetry Festival will be held on October 3-5, 2024 in the historic town of La Conner, WA. This three day event is a celebration of poetry and access to internationally famous poets through intimate venues and workshop sessions, discussions, and readings featuring some of the most renowned and diverse names in poetry. Presented by the nonprofit, the Skagit River Poetry Foundation, all proceeds benefit the foundation’s mission to support lifelong literacy and cultural diversity through the writing, reading, performing, and teaching of poetry in Northwest Washington schools and communities. The lineup includes these poets and more: Ellen Bass, Chen Chen, Robert Wrigley, Ilya Kaminsky, Tony Curtis, Arthur Sze, M.L. Smoker, and Elizabeth Bradfield. Top Northwest poets on the bill include former Washington State Poets Laureate, Elizabeth Austin, Claudia Castro Luna and Samuel Green plus Canadian poet Lorna Crozier, Idaho poet CMarie Fuhrman and former Montana State Poet Laureate, M.L. Smoker.
Tickets, Festival Schedule, Full Poet List and more at SkagitRiverPoetry.org. General Inquiries contact Foundation Executive Director, Molly McNulty, directorsrpp@gmail.com, 360-840-1452. The event will occur at Maple Hall and other venues in La Conner, WA.
