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2024 FisherPoets Gathering: February 23, 24 and 25
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Fisherpoets are schooling up again and our venues are looking forward to hosting us. Here below is a list of fisherpoets so far who'll join us in Astoria the last weekend of February, like always.
Information on attending and purchasing event buttons is here. This year's list of participants is below, and we'll keep it updated as the currents shift. Have a look at this year's Evening Reading Schedule and the Special Events Schedule . Keep an eye on it for updates and changes. Parts of this year's event will be streamed live: Coast Community Radio KMUN broadcasts fisherpoetry live audio both nights from the Liberty Theatre at 91.9 FM and on line at www.coastradio.org. And we'll have a video stream from the Liberty Theatre both nights, too: Friday night at the Liberty Theatre Saturday night at the Liberty Theatre Would you like to help us put the event on? We always appreciate volunteers. Authentic, creative voices from the commercial fishing industry are always welcome. Want to participate? Duncan Berry offers a Gyotaku print-making workshop, Deep Blue Sea: Creating Art from Creatures of the Pacific, at the Columbia River Maritime Museum's Barbey Maritime Center, Friday afternoon, February 23. All proceeds benefit the FisherPoets Gathering's fund to encourage young writers.
Tickets have sold out, sorry. Though the FisherPoets Gathering is primarily a spoken-word, or sung, event we've enjoyed the participation of many visual artists over the years. Corey Arnold and Duncan Berry have shows at Imogen and RiverSea galleries respectively this year. And Sarah Campen brings Salmon Dance to us from Icy Strait.
Find work by other visual artists on our Past FisherPoets Gatherings pages. Naknek's Nels Ure won last year's On-Site Poetry Contest.
Check out the winning poem here. Have a try yourself this year, Saturday night at the Liberty Theatre. (Updated February 20, 2024) |
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Tele Aadsen, Bow WA
Fred Bailey, Ladysmith BC Rich Bard, Vashon WA Lou Beaudry, McCall ID Beerman Creek, Astoria OR Duncan Berry, Otis OR Moe Bowstern, Portland OR Joel Brady-Power, Bow WA Jon Branshaw, Westport WA John Brockhaus, Seattle WA Jon Broderick, Cannon Beach OR Melanie Brown, Juneau AK The Brownsmead Flats, Astoria OR Abigail Calkin, Gustavus AK Sarah Campen, Sitka AK Nahja Chimenti, Port Townsend WA Wayne Chimenti, Port Townsend WA Erica Clark, Astoria OR Nancy Cook, Astoria OR Doreen Dahl, Roseburg OR Dave Densmore, Astoria OR Pat Dixon, Olympia WA Chris Erickson, Bellingham WA Pete Gannaway, Ocean Park WA Mary Garvey, Seaview WA Pete and Deb Granger, Bellingham WA Lorrie Haight, Long Beach WA Stephan Hampton, Red Bluff CA Meezie Hermansen, Kasilof AK Jefferson Holland, Annapolis MD Will Hornyak, Portland OR Annie Howell-Adams, Friday Harbor WA Holly Hughes, Indianola WA Mary Jacobs, Anacortes WA Cary Jones, Eugene OR Jeffrey Kahrs, Edmonds WA Colin Kaferle, Portland OR Alana Kansaku-Sarmiento, Portland OR James Kasner, Newport OR Josie Kaul, Garibaldi OR Sylvie Kaul-Anderson, Bellingham WA Gary Keister, Port Hadlock WA Danny Keyser, Chinook WA Robin Koger, Eagle River AK |
Hobe Kytr, Astoria OR
Jon Lee, Ocean Park WA Geno Leech, Chinook WA Nancy Lord, Homer AK Mark Alan Lovewell w/ Molly Conole, Vineyard Haven MA Scott McAllister, Juneau AK Ron McDaniel, Sulphur Springs AR Dennis McGuire, Port Townsend WA Buck Meloy, Bellingham WA Lara Messersmith-Glavin, Portland OR Harry Moore, Palmer AK Lloyd Montgomery, Blaine WA Kat Murphy, Port Hadlock WA John Oakes, Long Beach CA John Palmes, Juneau AK Dano Quinn, Seattle WA Peter Quinn, Port Townsend WA Doug Rhodes, Craig AK Kyle Ridley, Edmonds WA Kelly Schactler, Anacortes WA Steve Schoonmaker, Kasilof AK Kevin Scribner, Portland OR Rob Seitz, Astoria OR Shanghaied on the Willamette, Portland OR Amy Sharp, Westport WA Jay Speakman, Gearhart OR Jeff Stonehill, Seattle WA Toby Sullivan, Kodiak AK Mark Titus, Seattle WA Nels Ure, Naknek AK Brad Warren, Seattle WA Mariah Warren, Ketchikan AK Todd Waterfield, Netarts OR Cat Wiest, Netarts OR George Wilson, Portland OR Wilfred Wilson, Delta BC Shannon Zellerhoff, Deming WA |