2023 NPM

February 8th 11 A.M. - 1 P.M.

Building 8, Mt. Constance

Panel Discussions (Jane Wong, Susan Rich, and Susan Langraf) followed by Workshop 

Jane Wong is the author is How to Not Be Afraid of Everything (Alice James, 2021) and Overpour (Action Books, 2016). She is an Associate Professor of Creative Writing at Western Washington University and lives in Bellingham, Washington.

Susan Landgraf is a poet and journalist. She is the author of What We Bury Changes the Ground (Tebot Bach, 2017) as well as The Inspired Poet (Two Sylvias Press, 2019), a book of writing exercises. Landgraf has taught at Highline College and Jiao Tong University in Shanghai, as well as the Port Townsend Writers' Conference. She serves as Poet Laureate of Auburn, Washington.

Susan Rich is an award winning poet, editor, and essayist. She is the author of five poetry collections, including, Gallery of Postcards and Maps: New and Collected Poems, Cloud Pharmacy, and The Alchemist's Kitchen. Rich has received awards from PEN USA and the Fulbright Foundation. Her recent poems have appeared in the New England Review, Image Journal, Poetry Ireland, and The Account. Her next collection, Blue Atlas, is forthcoming from Red Hen Press, 2024.

April 12th 12 P.M. - 2 P.M.

Building 2

Rick Barot: Poetry Reading and poetry writing workshop

Rick Barot is the author of four poetry collections including Chord (2015), and The Galleons (2020). His poems and essays have appeared in the New York Times, the New Yorker, Poetry magazine, the Kenyon Review, and others. He directs the Rainier Writers Workshop MFA at Pacific Lutheran University.

April 19th 12 P.M. - 2 P.M.

Building 8 Mt. Constance

Student Poetry Contest Winners Reception

Readings by Student Poetry Contest Winners. Free lunch served!