Luther Hughes is the author of the debut poetry collection, A Shiver in the Leaves, (BOA Editions), and the chapbook Touched (Sibling Rivalry Press, 2018), recommended by the American Library Association. They are the founder of Shade Literary Arts, a literary organization for queer writers of color, and co-hosts The Poet Salon podcast with Gabrielle […]

JOANNA THOMAS is both poet and visual artist, residing in the small university town of Ellensburg, Washington. Her poems have appeared in the journals Found Poetry Review, Petrichor, Otoliths, and Picture Sentence, as well as several anthologies, including WA129: Poets of Washington (Sage Hill Press, 2017), and I Sing The Salmon Home (forthcoming, Empty Bowl […]

Katharine Whitcomb is the author of three full-length collections of poems, including the award-winning Saints of South Dakota & Other Poems and The Daughter’s Almanac, and most recently Habitats (forthcoming in 2023 from Poetry Northwest Editions in the Possession Sound Series). She has published two poetry chapbooks: Lamp of Letters and Hosannas, and a faux […]

Risa Denenberg lives on the Olympic peninsula in Washington state where she works as a nurse practitioner. She is a co-founder of Headmistress Press; curator at The Poetry Café Online; and the Reviews Editor at River Mouth Review. Her most recent publications include the chapbook, Posthuman, finalist in the Floating Bridge 2020 chapbook competition, and Rain/Dweller, finalist for the […]

Dayna Patterson is a photographer, textile artist, and irreverent bardophile. She’s the author of O Lady, Speak Again (Signature Books, 2023) and If Mother Braids a Waterfall (Signature Books, 2020). Honors include the Association for Mormon Letters Poetry Award and the 2019 #DignityNotDetention Poetry Prize judged by Ilya Kaminsky. Her creative work has appeared in […]

Kristy Webster is a queer, Latina writer and the author of The Gift of an Imaginary Girl: Coco and Other Stories, published by A Word with You Press in 2015 and most recently, Heretic: a story of spiritual liberation in poems, pubished by Beyond the Veil Press. Kristy earned her MFA in Creative Writing from […]

Everyone is invited to gather and celebrate our community. Bring a friend and introduce them to the richness of Tieton! A light dinner and refreshments will be served. Expect warmth, revelry, making memories, and some spontaneous poetry. This event is free, but donations are always appreciated. Thank you to all of our 2022 visiting featured […]

Marie Marchand is the Poet Laureate of Ellensburg, WA. Her poetry has been published in Crannóg Magazine, Catamaran Literary Reader, California Quarterly, Paterson Literary Review, Tiny Seed Journal, and Anti-Heroin Chic. Her second book Gifts to the Attentive was published by Winter Goose Publishing in May 2022. You can read her poetry at mishiepoet.com and […]

Maya Jewell Zeller is the author of several books, including the interdisciplinary collaborationAlchemy For Cells & Other Beasts, the chapbook Yesterday, the Bees, and the poetry collection Rust Fish, as well as co-editor, with Sharma Shields, of the anthology Evergreen: Grim Tales and Fables from the Gloomy Northwest (Scablands Books, 2021). She deeply appreciates the […]

Michael Schmeltzer is a biracial author originally from Japan. He currently lives in Seattle where he serves as Editor-in-Chief of Floating Bridge Press. His poetry book Empire of Surrender (2022) is the winner of the 2021 Wandering Aengus Book Award. Along with Meghan McClure, he is the co-author of the nonfiction book A Single Throat […]