April 5, 9am-6pm: Featured Poets Reading and SDPA Open Mic at San Diego Writers Festival! Join us for two inspiring events hosted by Michael Klam and Carly DeMento. Plan to meet us in the community room at 3:30pm. This year’s Featured Poets Reading will include 2024 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry winner, Brandon Som, Kumeyaay Nation and American Book Award winner, Tommy Pico, outgoing and incoming San Diego Poet Laureates, Jason Magabo Perez and Paola Capó-García, and acclaimed poets Katie Manning and Shadab Zeest Hashmi.

Stick around for the 4:45pm SDPA Open Mic immediately following the Featured Poets Reading and close out the festival as a community. Special guests include Hayley Mitchel Haugen of Sheila-Na-Gig Editions and Wendy Van Camp of No Wasted Ink. Space for reading at this open mic is limited, but we have two more April open mic opportunities (see below) where you can participate. Sign up and get info at sdpoetryannual@gmail.com.

The all day, free festival returns to the Coronado Public Library and Arts complex with over 50 presenters, speakers, and interactive events for writers and literature lovers of all stripes and ages. Free Registration to attend here.