Sunday, September 20, 2026, 11am–7pm, Downtown Petaluma
Sixteen Rivers Press Poets
11am | Hotel Petaluma
Ballroom
205 Kentucky Street
Petaluma
Dane Cervine
Lenore Myers
Carolyn Miller
with Event Presenter Terry Ehret
Photo by Scott Hess
Youth Poets
12 noon | Keller Street CoWork
Main Lounge
140 Keller Street
Petaluma
Elizabeth Foster
Nika Grajqevci
Juno Phipps
With Event Presenter Maxine Flasher-Düzgüneş
Photo courtesy of Keller Street CoWork
Found Poets in The Round
1pm | The Phoenix Theater
201 Washington Street
Petaluma
Lorrie Chang
Mahrs Emerson Schoppman
mOody bLaCk
Event Presenter, Original Giotis
Photo by Kary Hess
Award-Winning Poets
2pm | Copperfield’s Books
140 Kentucky Street
Petaluma
Farnaz Fatemi, Santa Cruz County Poet Laureate Emerita
Ellen Kombiyil, Raleigh Review’s Geri Digiorno Multi-Genre Prize Winner
Claire Drucker, 2026-2028 Sonoma County Poet Laureate
Event Presenter Kary Hess
Photo by Kary Hess
Translator Poets
3pm | The Petaluma Historical Library and Museum
20 4th Street
Petaluma
Pat Nolan
Adrián Arias
Francesca Bell
With Event Presenter: Jennifer Barone
Photo by Scott Hess
Taurean Horn + Friends
4pm | Usher Gallery
1 Petaluma Boulevard North
Petaluma
Donna Emerson
Jack Crimmins
Dr. Jeanne Powell
With Event Presenter: Bill Vartnaw, founder of Taurean Horn Press and PPW director emeritus.
Photo by Kary Hess
Tender Hearts Poets
5pm | Jess Brown Design
144 Petaluma Blvd N.
Petaluma
Maw Shein Win
Lourdes Figueroa
Luisa Giulianetti
With Event Presenter: Ingrid Keir
Photo courtesy of Jess Brown
Word Flights
6pm | The Big Easy
128 American Alley
Petaluma
Deyci Carrillo López
Wendy M. Thompson
Cintia Santana
With Event Presenter: Daedalus Howell
Photo by Kary Hess