2025 FisherPoets Gathering: February 21, 22 and 23
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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. Check back soon for a look at this year's Evening Reading Schedule and the Special Events Schedule - we'll link to them here as soon as they're ready. Keep an eye peeled 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 kmun.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? Though the FisherPoets Gathering is primarily a spoken-word, or sung, event we've enjoyed the participation of many visual artists over the years. Here's a list of this year's visual art and exhibitions.
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. |
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This year's participants: (greenhorns in green, as usual)
(Updated January 20, 2025)
(Updated January 20, 2025)
Tele Aadsen, Bow WA
Michelle Abramson, Corbett OR Fred Bailey, Ladysmith BC Rich Bard, Vashon WA David Bean, Portland OR 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 Sean Bunting, Port Townsend WA Abigail Calkin, Gustavus AK Wayne Chimenti, Marrowstone Island WA Erica Clark-Thompson, Astoria OR Nancy Cook, Astoria OR Becca Crawford, Astoria OR Tom Crestodina, Seattle WA Dave Densmore, Astoria OR Whit Deschner, Baker City OR Pat Dixon, Olympia WA Ellie Dunklee, Astoria OR Ed Edmo, Portland OR John Elliott, Saltspring Island, BC Christopher Erickson, Bellingham WA Greg Foxley, Hamlet OR Mary Garvey, Seaview WA Bob Gudmundson, Bellingham WA Peter Guerrero, Port Townsend WA Luke Gunnarson, Sisters OR Balika Haakanson, Seattle WA Lorrie Haight, Long Beach WA Kathy Halgren, Seattle WA Meezie Hermansen, Kasilof AK Kurt Hoelting, Clinton WA Rachel Holland, Bellingham WA Will Hornyak, Milwaukie OR Annie Howell-Adams, Friday Harbor WA Holly Hughes, Chimacum WA Abby Ipanbutr, Seattle WA Mary Jacobs, Anacortes WA Cary Jones, Eugene OR Colin Kaferle, Portland OR Jeffrey Kahrs, Edmonds, WA Alana Kansaku-Sarmiento, Portland OR Jimmy Kasner, Newport OR Gary Keister, Port Hadlock WA Danny Keyser, Chinook WA Rich King, Kilauea HI Robin Koger, Eagle River AK Hobe Kytr, Astoria OR Phil Lansing, Boise ID |
Geno Leech, Chinook WA
Leslie Lincoln, Port Townsend WA Mark Alan Lovewell w/ Molly Conole, Martha's Vineyard MA Scott McAllister, Juneau AK Ron McDaniel, Sulphur Springs AR Barry McDermott, Kirkland WA Susi McDermott, Kirkland WA Dennis McGuire, Port Townsend WA Pat McGuire, Port Townsend WA Alec McMurren, Petersburg AK Lara Messersmith-Glavin, Portland OR Jack Merrill, Northeast Harbor ME Joel Miller, Portland OR Lloyd Montgomery, Cordova AK Harry Moore, Palmer AK Peter Munro, Shoreline WA Kat Murphy, Port Hadlock WA Erick Thor Olsen Sr, Ballard WA John Palmes, Juneau AK Maggie (Bursch) Parish, Anacortes WA Donna Parker, Kodiak AK Don Pugh, Snohomish WA Dano Quinn, Seattle WA Lucas Rate, Edmonds WA Doug Rhodes, Craig AK RK Rice, Long Beach WA Sunny Rice, Petersburg AK Kyle Ridley, Bellingham WA Kelly Riggle, Sausalito CA Ray Roberson, Saint Maries ID Ken Samuelson, Portland OR Kelly Schactler, Anacortes WA Kevin Scribner, Walla Walla WA Rob Seitz, Astoria OR Shanghaied on the Willamette, Portland OR Amy Sharp, Seaside OR The Skamokawa Swamp Opera, Skamokawa WA Jay Speakman, Gearhart OR Kathy Stack, Saltspring Island BC Fred Stager, Kodiak AK Toby Sullivan, Kodiak AK Kira Telgen, Seattle WA Brad Warren, Seattle WA Mariah Warren, Sitka AK Todd Waterfield, Netarts OR Cat Wiest, Netarts OR Kate Williams, Cordova AK George Wilson, Portland OR Wilfred Wilson, Delta BC Ivan Winkler, Kodiak AK Shannon Zellerhoff, Deming WA |