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Come join us for a lively, interactive event, where translators and non-translators alike get a peek inside the translation process—and the fact that different translations can...
read moreAs we emerge from this time of crisis, how might the field of literary translation chart new trajectories and imagine new narratives of possibility? Five translators of poetry...
read morePOETRY FOR HOPE & RESILIENCE: CALPOETS' 2021 VIRTUAL SYMPOSIUM
FEATURING TONGO EISEN-MARTIN & SHONDA BUCHANAN
This is a free,...
read moreThe focus of this year’s convention is representation, migration, environment and identity. Poetry is a perfect medium to explore all of the key issues planned for the 53rd...
read more"The Future of Writing" conference, hosted by Woodhall Press, an independent publisher of independent authors, including Alena Dillon, Kathryn Lasky, Baron Wormser, and Gina...
read moreDisability Futures Virtual Festival will feature two days of art and ideas from some of today’s leading disabled artists, writers, performers, and designers. We will...
read moreWhat goes through an editor’s mind when they read the first lines of your story? What can you do right away to hook them and keep them turning pages? Which tired moves make...
read moreHave you ever dreamed of editing your own anthology? Even if you haven’t, should you? Join our panel of veteran anthology editors to learn how to develop an idea for...
read moreSarah Bowlin, Aevitas Creative
Kirby Kim, Janklow and Nesbit
Renée Jarvis, Triangle House
The West Florida Literary Federation brings together writers and area residents who are interested in writing and the literary heritage of West Florida. They offer and host educational programs, writing workshops, readings, community programs, school poetry competitions, awards, critique sessions, open mics every third Tuesday of the month, and related activities for members and the public. They also sponsor an annual student poetry writing contest, publish an anthology biannually, and maintain the Dr. Francis P. Cassidy Literary Resource Center at the Pensacola Cultural Center.
