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If you are a Whatcom County resident (of any age or writing experience!), you could be a winner of the 2026 Sue C. Boynton Poetry Contest. Submissions won’t open until March 1, but the


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You are invited to the opening reception of Northern Lights: A Celebration of Western Libraries Canadian Children’s Literature Collection on Wednesday, February 4, 2026, from 4:00-5:30pm, at WWU Wilson ...


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This evening, Thursday, January 15, 2026, at 6:00pm, please join the folks from the Salish Sea Poetry Festival


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ahoy, Astoria!

If you’ve never experienced the FisherPoets Gathering, you oughta. The annual event in Astoria, Oregon, ...


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on poetry

“My mother would not tolerate boredom in me, claiming that my boredom would say more about me than whatever I might be complaining about. From this, I learned to pay closer attention to everything, and to have confidence enough to...


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