2024 SAN FRANCISCO WRITERS CONFERENCE
ONE-DAY POETRY SUMMIT
Saturday, February 17, 2024, at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco
Starts at 9 a.m. and ends with our Poetry & Jazz evening event.
Included with main conference registration or stand-alone for $249.
The Poetry Summit at the San Francisco Writers Conference is about you getting your poetry out into the world. Get inspired, improve your craft, shape your work for publication, learn how to navigate the multitude of pathways to publication and cultivate your market, then, network, network, network! Chief Editor of Blue Light Press, Diane Frank has assembled a faculty of Masters. Publication-focused poetry events are few and far between. Don’t miss this opportunity.
Program speakers and schedule:
1. Meet the Poets: Poetry Summit Presenters 9:00 – 10:00 am.
Our poets will talk about what inspires them, read a poem, and offer a writing prompt.
- Diane Frank, Coordinator of the Poetry Summit, Author of While Listening to the Enigma Variations
- Maya Khosla, Poet Laureate Emerita of Sonoma County, Author of All the Fires of Wind and Light
- Dr. Andy Jones, Author of Where’s Jukie? and Professor at UC Davis
- Susan Wooldridge, Author of poemcrazy: freeing your life with words
- Emilie Lygren, Author of What We Were Born For
- Prartho Sereno, Poet Laureate Emerita of Marin County, Author of Starfall in the Temple
- Joan Gelfand, Author of You Can Be a Winning Writer
- Lissa Provost, Author of Diary of a Weird Girl
2. Writing Poems Inspired by the Natural World 10:15 – 11:15
How to go beyond description and reach the transcendent core of the poem.
- Maya Khosla, Poet Laureate Emerita of Sonoma County, Author of All the Fires of Wind and Light
- Emilie Lygren, Author of What We Were Born For
- Lucille Lang Day, Author of Birds of San Pancho and Other Poems of Place
3. Publishing Panel: Meet the Publishers 11:30 – 12:30
The Journey from Poet to Author
- Joan Gelfand, Author of You Can Be a Winning Writer
- Diane Frank, Chief Editor, Blue Light Press
- Lissa Provost, Founder, New Alexandria Publishing Group
4. Teaching Poetry to Young Writers 3:00 – 4:00
- Prartho Sereno, Poet Laureate Emerita of Marin County
- Emilie Lygren, Author of What We Were Born For
- Susan Wooldridge, Author of poemcrazy: freeing your life with words
5. How to Write a Poem that is Larger Than You Are 4:15 – 5:15
What makes a poem something you will remember for years?
- Dr. Andy Jones
- Prartho Sereno
- Maya Khosla
- Joan Gelfand
- Susan Wooldridge
- Diane Frank
Added to this day of incredibly stimulating breakout sessions is admission to the evening Cocktail Networking Party at the San Francisco Writers Conference on Saturday night from 6:00 – 7:30, where attendees of both the main SFWC conference and the Poetry Summit can connect with the more than 100 presenters who have come to share their passion and wisdom with you. This amazing event transitions into Poetry & Jazz, featuring readings from our speakers beginning at 7:30, followed by an open mic for you to perform your own work!
The Poetry Summit at the San Francisco Writers Conference is a one-day comprehensive track. It’s included with your registration for the main conference but also available as a stand-alone single-day conference.
Registration for the stand-alone Poetry Summit is limited to 80 people and the cost is only $249. It includes access to the Poetry Summit sessions, the Gala SFWC Cocktail Party, and the ever-popular Poetry & Jazz event.
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