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Breaking News! Information on classes for Poets on the Coast 2026!
Jasmine Elizabeth Smith: There Are No Words to Describe:
Pursuing Vulnerability Through Form
Abby Murray: My Life Is Flying to Your Life:
Contradiction and Surprise in Living and Writing Poetry
Susan Rich: Documentary Poetics with a Female Twist:
Forche, Levertov, Rukeyser & more
Join Abby Murray, Jasmine Elizabeth Smith and Susan Rich, for the
16th Annual Poets on the Coast: A Weekend Writing Retreat for Women
September 11-13th, 2026, at the La Conner Inn, La Conner, Washington
Become part of the Poets on the Coast family.
Join women poets & writers to create, learn, & share work in a positive creative community.
Accommodation is entirely up to you! We have several area hotels and bed and breakfasts to suggest...
Your weekend includes:
* Friday evening Poets' Dinner (optional)
* Saturday morning yoga is back by popular demand!
*Light lunch on Sunday (and lots of snacks all weekend)
* Optional Open Mic (to listen, to read, or both)
* Sessions on generating new work and on craft (3 poets-in-residence)
* Best Workshop Practices (where we share new poems from the weekend)
* Swag Bags (books, notebooks, and more...)
* Museum visit to Museum of Northwest Art (and publication!)
* Poetry Sisters (a POTC alumna to meet with each first year participant; optional)
* One-on-one meetings with faculty Abby, Jasmine, or Susan (1 meeting for everyone!)
If you want to sponsor a woman poet, please contact
Poets on the Coast(at) gmail.com (THANK YOU)
If you would like to apply for a scholarship, click here!
GUEST POETS: Abby Murray and Jasmine Elizabeth Smith!
SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE for BIPOC writers and individuals in financial need: We want this workshop to be accessible to all who want to participate. We know these are difficult times and for some there is the added stress of losing your job or reduced income. If the price is a real hardship, please email Susan at PoetsontheCoast(at) gmail.com and tell us in 2-3 sentences what your circumstances are, send three recent poems (published or unpublished). Accommodation and travel not included.
We could not do this weekend without the ongoing support of these poetry presses, indie bookstores, and writing residencies.
OUR PROJECT PARTNERS include:
Copper Canyon Press
Red Hen Press
Hedgebrook
Museum of Northwest Art (MOMA)
Two Sylvias Press
Jane Wong with new friends from Poets on the Coast, Saturday night reception.
