They will read their poems, short stories and essays at the Celebration beginning at 7 p.m. Friday, March 6 in the library, 131 Hemlock St., Cannon Beach.
Admission is free. People can attend in person at the library or online; the link will be on the library’s website, cannonbeachlibrary.org.
From a conversation with the wind to backwards time travel in Galway, Ireland, the pieces offered a variety of views from a distance.
A boy looks at the planets while a Martian considers Earth. Friends try to plan a coastal trip via text messages. Life changes direction for a young man working in a mint field. A woman hopes to recapture her great-grandmother’s recipe for beans and pork.
This is the eighth year of the library’s Writers Read Celebration. Writers were asked to submit up to three entries – limited to 600 words per entry – on a chosen theme. This year’s theme was “From a Distance.”
The library received a record-breaking 122 entries. They were reviewed in a blind selection process by a panel of volunteers from the library’s NW Authors Series Committee.
Those selected to read were:
Aronne Barnes, Portland: Short Story, Charity Lamb
Rachel Blair, Portland: Essay, How to Write a Recipe
John Ciminello, Naselle, WA: Short Story, Digital Distances
Linda Gelbrich, Corvallis: Poem, Just Imagining,
Bill Graffius,Gearhart: Poem, Baby Left Alone
Dan Herford, Corvallis: Short Story, So Close So Far
Kristin Koptiuch, Rockaway: Poem, Like a Vagrant Bird
Phyllis Mannan, Beaverton: Poems, Leaving the Beach House and A Landscape No Longer Mine
Lily Marshall, Seaside: Short Story, Soulmates?
Colleen Medlock, Portland/Seaside: Short Story, Warrior of Galway
Grace Page, Red Deer, Alberta, Canada: Poem, Passing Through
Susan Pittman, Arlington, WA: Poem, Sitka Sound
Will Stone, Manzanita: Essay, Sasha
L Swartz, Wheeler: Poem, Gazebo: Shout From Afar to Afar
Brittany Sweet, Gearhart: Poem, If This is All There Is
Victor Vasquez, Mission, TX: Poem, Home Invasion and Short Story, The Mint Field
