April 19, 6 p.m. @ Larson Art Gallery, YVC Campus, 1606 W. Nob Hill Blvd, Yakima, WA: The Yakima Coffeehouse Poets will be presenting its annual Yakima Coffeehouse Poetry Contest Reading Event. This event is free and doors open at 5 p.m. Come and listen to this year’s contest winners read their winning poems and buy a copy of the contest chapbook for a $10 donation to the cause of poetry. Wine will be available for $5/glass. Music by The Test Tube Poets.
YAKIMA COFFEEHOUSE POETRY CONTEST
2024
For any 2024 Contest questions, please contact us at:
YCPoetrycontest2024@gmail.com
The event has a history, one that got its start in 1994 as the brainchild of Elizabeth Herres Miller, a former executive director of Allied Arts of Yakima who thought a literary event would complement the nonprofit’ s visual arts calendar. The contest quickly caught on. In 2006, a second event was later added: “Open Mic Night,” a monthly spoken-word forum for local poets to read their own poetry. Unfortunately, while the fortunes of these poetry events waxed, those of Allied Arts waned. The nonprofit closed its doors in December 2013.
The current year Yakima Coffeehouse Poet chapbook is available for a $10 donation (plus $2.50 for postage) payable to YCP or at Inklings Bookshop in Yakima. This year’s and earlier chapbooks are still available by contacting Ed Stover at 509-833-8577 or via Email.
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