How Poets Can Network for Success: Build Real Connections to Promote Your Poetry an essay by Wendy Van Camp medium.com/p/3c9d2507b76e #PoetryCommunity #writingcommunity

OC Book Fair, Old Town Tustin, CA 🌧️📚 It poured all day, but the crowds still came. At my reading, every seat filled, people in the rain for poetry. Then I signed books at busy Mystery Ink booth. Gratitude tor a community that shows up, storm or not. #ocbookfair #poetryreading #poetrycommunity

This sounds like an amazing opportunity for SFF writers! 🌌✨ Can't wait to see the creativity that unfolds. Let's celebrate the power of storytelling! #Quasar #SFFWriters #WritingCommunity

Continual Podcast Why We Love a Romance Series Romance authors Nancy Nancy Northcott, Vikki Perry, Libby Tanner, Wendy Van Camp and Gail Z. Martin/Morgan Brice talk about the allure of romance series. fb.watch/DeelN5cRA2/ #romance #books #historicalromance #panel #podcast

Join us at #Quasar Online conference for SFF Writers Sponsored by #SFWA 11/16/25 @ Noon PST events.sfwa.org "Poetry, Flash, & the Power of Hybrid Storytelling" Mary Soon Lee, Brian U. Garrison, Gwynne Garfinkle, and Jennifer Hudak, Wendy Van Camp #sfpoetry #writing #poetrycommunity #poetry

✨Want your short pieces to stand out and be shared?✨ Learn to craft microfiction and poems that move hearts — and shine on social media. Read on #Medium: How to Write Microfiction and Poems for Social Media Sharing by Wendy Van Camp medium.com/p/64052e6f52fc #WritingTips #SocialMediaWriting

Catch me on the Second Street Stage, November 15th, noon–2 PM, for a live poetry panel and readings with Douglas Manuel, Raundi Moore Kondo, & Jeremiah Cobra. Our moderator is Josh Wood, Director of Creative Writing at OCSA. Come hear us talk craft, perform new work, and celebrate poetry!

Excited to share that Anaheim Poetry Review 3 has launched! My poem “Rockets Over Anaheim” appears in this year’s edition, edited by Anaheim Poet Laureate Camille Hernandez. Read the anthology free online: 🔗 anaheimpoetry.com/apr-volume-3 #poetrycommunity #anaheim #poetry

My poem “A Writer’s Life” is in the Anthology of River Roots Poets 2025, part of the America River Roots Festival in Cincinnati The anthology: midd.me/aspt Watch the event: youtu.be/ywfGbS3SmIg @ohiopoetryassn1 @americasriverroots #PoetryFestival #WritersLife #poetry #writingcommunity

Quasar an online conference for science fiction/fantasy writers "Poetry, Flash, & the Power of Hybrid Storytelling" 11/16/25 at 10:30am With Mary Soon Lee, Brian U. Garrison, Gwynne Garfinkle, and Jennifer Hudak, moderated by Wendy Van Camp. #SFWA #sfpoetry #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity

Indie Author Magazine October 2025 Issue "10 Proven Ways Indie Authors Can Hit Daily Word Counts While Writing at Conferences" an essay by Wendy Van Camp indieauthormagazine.com/10-proven-wa... Ten strategies tol help indie authors up daily word counts. #writingtips #indieauthor #writing

My poem “A Writer’s Life” will be read at "Ohio: The Body Poetic" in downtown Cincinnati! 📅 October 10, 2025 at 10am EST 📍 America’s River Roots Festival, Downtown Cincinnati #PoetryCommunity #PoetLife #OhioPoetry #PoetryFestival #WritersLife #AmericaRiverRoots #PoetryEvent

ArtNight Pasadena! Friday, October 10, from 6–10pm Day One front yard 175 N Euclid Ave, Pasadena, CA 91101 For more info, visit artnightpasadena.org. #exhibitionart #artshow #artist #pasadena #poser #digitalart #digitalartist #fantasy #catscatscats #fairys #unicorns

Writers, poets, and dreamers meet NWI Ramblecast, the audio version of my No Wasted Ink newsletter ✨ Writing tips 🎙️ Personal rambles 📝 A poem each month Now streaming on Spotify → open.spotify.com/show/6lgC3ja... #podcast #newepisode #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity #writingtips

New Release at Indigoskye Press! EVERY WORD MATTERS: Poetry Concepts To Enrich Your Prose, a digital edition PDF indigoskye.com/index.php/pr... This downloadable PDF ebook gives you 20 pages packed with poetic techniques you can transfer to your writing toolkit. #scifi #writingtips #nonfiction

How To Use Sensory Details To Bring Your Writing To Life: Let Your Readers Live Inside Your Writing an essay by Wendy Van Camp medium.com/p/dd9e7023b46e Read the full essay on #Medium #writingcommunity #indieauthor #sensorywriting #showdonttell #immersivewriting #poetrycommunity

Thank you to #Eaglecon and Cal State Los Angeles for hosting a performance of speculative poetry troupe "Starlit Scribes" for a second year. Our poets: Wendy Van Camp Pedro Iniguez Jean-Paul L. Gariner Bree Wernicke #sfpoetry #CSULA #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #SFPA #SFWA #HWA

Indie Author Magazine September 2025 Issue After “Publish”: How to Give Your Book a Second Life indieauthormagazine.com/after-publis... Publishing is only the start. Learn how to keep your self-published book alive. Diversify formats, rebrand smartly, and tap into new audiences.

The #SFWA Poetry Committee has their first featured poet up on our new YouTube Playlist on the SFWA YouTube channel. This Open Mic episode is hosted by our own Gwyn Garfinkle and the featured poet is Marissa Lingen. #sfpoetry #poetrycommunity #poetry www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pmK...

With a heavy heart, I have to announce we must postpone the Meet Your OC Poetry Community event for Saturday, September 13th, 2025. Arvida Book Co will be open to the public, but the poetry event will not be happening this weekend.

The Write Atmosphere: a #podcast for #writers #17 The Ins and Outs of Speculative Poetry Featuring: Poet Laureate Emerita Wendy Van Camp Hosted by: Hayla Alawi Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/1Fym... YouTube: youtu.be/4vUqTutGQ0k #sfpoetry #SFWA #newepisode #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity

Off The Screen, Into The Book A Practical Essay for Writers Who Miss #DeepReading medium.com/p/05b20da9bacf Wendy Van Camp has published an essay on #Medium about how deep reading can enhance your life and make you a better #writer

I am delighted that two of my poems have been published in the September 2025 issue. www.verse-virtual.org/2025/Septemb... Both are nonet form poems. "Persephone" "Science Fiction Books"

EagleCon 2025 Cal State LA 5151 State University Drive Los Angeles, CA eagleconla.com/schedule September 23rd: 10:55AM – 12:00PM Tiny Poems, Infinite Worlds: The Dwarf Star Awards #sfpoetry #poetry #poetrycommunity

EAGLECON 2025 Sept 23rd Location: Cal State LA Student Union 3rd Floor EVENT IS FREE TO PUBLIC www.eagleconla.com/schedule 12:20PM–1:30PM Starlit Scribes: Speculative Voices, Timeless Themes Room (308) reading & panel discussion with speculative poets from #SFWA, #SFPA, and #HWA #sfpoetry

Ionisphere issue 47 is out now. This issue focuses on SFF events and event planners. Featuring interviews with @loscon.bsky.social, @storyhour.bsky.social & @clubchicxulub.bsky.social plus an essay by @indigoskye.bsky.social Download it for free at tnfff.org/12116-2/

NWI Ramblecast August 2025 - a podcast featuring a speculative poet's monthly ramble, a writing tips essay, and a poem of the month. open.spotify.com/episode/5GXd...

Finding Your Voice Again: What a Writing Retreat Can Offer medium.com/p/fe14e78c4822 Subscribe to read essays, poetry, and short memoir on #Medium medium.com/@wvancamp #writingtips #essays #essayist #writingcommunity #writers #author #writingmotivation #poetrycommunity

Ionisphere #47 Speculative news, interviews, and essays Bulletin of N3F Edited by Jean-Paul L. Gariner Essay by Wendy Van Camp about speaking at conventions is published in the issue fanac.org/fanzines/Ion... #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity #essay

Authoress Cafe Podcast Episode #9 The Laureate www.authoresscafe.com?m=1 I hope you enjoy the episode about speculative poetry, tea, and all things literary. Check out Stef's teashop too! www.teaspectral.com #tea #scotland #sfpoetry #poetry #litfestinthedena #poetlaureate

Meet Your OC Poetry Community! Arvida Book Co 115 W Main St Tustin, CA September 13th Noon to 4pm FREE to attend! Keynote: CA Poet Laureate Lee Herrick Panels and Performances! OC Open Mic Hosts OC Poetry Slam Team Event Host: Satnam Narang

Hey everyone: If you're in Sydney, and if you're a speculative fiction writer, there's still some spaces left for various sessions at our Speculative Writing in Focus at Chatswood Library. Can I also ask y'all to share this widely? RSVP here: libraries.willoughby.nsw.gov.au/Events-and-p...

This week on Planetside… SPECULATIVE POETICS continues with “Poetry in Print: Shaping Your Own Chapbook” by Wendy Van Camp. Want to share your poetry in a personal, tangible way? This guide is your start: www.sfwa.org/2025/07/22/p... @indigoskye.bsky.social

This week on Planetside… “Poetry in Print: Shaping Your Own Chapbook” by Wendy Van Camp guides poets through title, tone, order, and intention. Learn how to create yours at www.sfwa.org/2025/07/22/p... Part of SPECULATIVE POETICS. @indigoskye.bsky.social

Poetry in Print: Shaping Your Own Chapbook now available on SFWA's Planetside Magazine! www.sfwa.org/2025/07/22/p... #poetry #sfpoetry #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #poetsociety #poetsandwriters #poetryworld #chapbooks #writingtips #sfwa #planetsidemagazine #poetrychapbook

Meet Your OC Poetry Community Arvida Book Co Tustin, CA September 13th Noon to 4pm FREE to attend! Panel Discussions! Poetry Performances! Poets Laureate! Keynote speaker: CA Poet Laureate Lee Herrick Host Satnam Narang #poetrycommunity #poetsandwriters #poetryworld #ocpoets

ConTinual: Panel Room #200 Beating Writer's Block www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0u8... #podcast #podcasts #radioshow #newepisode #AmWriting #WritersLife #WritingTips #writers #writingcommunity #authors #writers #books #writing #writersblock #writingblock

ConTinual: Panel Room #198 Advice for New Writers www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNL5... Advice for new writers! Join Layla Dorine, Barbara V Evers, Jamie Garner, Gini Koch, Nancy Northcott, Wayland Smith, Wendy Van Camp, and host James P. Nettles III #podcast #WritingTips #writingcommunity #writing

ConTinual: Fandom Star Wars Tie-Ins www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2xc... Join: Jack Cullen, Dennis M. Myers, Wayland Smith, Wendy Van Camp, and host James P. Nettles III #podcasts #WritingTips #writers #writingcommunity #sciencefiction #scifi #syfy #fandom #movies #moviereviews #StarWars

Quarterly Open Mic Night sponsored by #SFWA Poetry Committee June 28th at 11am Pacific Time events.sfwa.org/upcoming-eve... Featuring Published Poet and Author Marissa Lingen Hosted by Gwynne Garfinkle For Members and Nebula attendees. #openmic #poetrycommunity #sfpoetry

Panel Room 196: Fantasy Civilizations Video Discussion for writers by writers with panelist @indigoskye.bsky.social youtube.com/live/Nevk3RS... via #YouTube #fantasy #books #writing #worldbuilding

ConTinual: Fandom Return to the Worlds of Pern www.youtube.com/watch?v=4euR... Join Kacey Ezell, Lee Martindale, Dennis M. Myers, Carole M Stokes, Melissa Olthoff, Wendy Van Camp, Marisa Wolf, and host James P. Nettles III. #writingcommunity #sciencefiction #fantasy #dragons #Pern #fandom #books

ConTinual Fandom: Stories of the Space Race A YouTube discussion panel which dives into stories about the Space Race with Lee Martindale, Dennis M. Myers, James Pittman, Wendy Van Camp, and host James P. Nettles III! www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXn6... #NASA #spacerace #scifi #syfy #podcast

Are You A Speculative Poet? Would you love to see a Hugo Award for Poetry? The Speculative Poetry Initiative is a group of poets and writers interested in creating a Hugo Award for Speculative Poetry. Come join us! www.poetryhugo.com #sfpoetry #poetry #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity

SFWA Nebula Conference Poetry Meetup June 6th at 2pm Central Time sfwa.org This speculative poetry meetup is open to all conference attendees who are interested in speculative poetry or are poets. #nebulaconference #SFWA #sfpoetry #sciencefiction #fantasy #poets #poetrycommunity #writers

Poet Laureate Emerita Wendy Van Camp is Interviewed by Atmosphere Press atmospherepress.com/interview-wi... #poetry #sfpoetry #scifaiku #poetrycommunity #poetlaureate #poetrybook #astronomy #writingcommunity @atmospherepress

#WisCon47 Madison, WI May 23rd - 26th wiscon.net/ Virtual reader and panelist. You must register to attend at the website. PANELS: Good News! May 23rd at Noon PT Wheel of Time May 23rd at 6pm PT - Roundtable Moderator READING: May 24th at 5pm PT - Solo Reading #feminism #syfy #scifi

Balticon 59 Baltimore, MD May 23rd - 26th balticon.org Virtual panelist and workshop instructor. PANELS: Self-Editing Strategies May 24th at 10am PT Marketing for the Indie May 24th at 11:30am PT WORKSHOP: Chapbook Craft: Your Words, Your Way May 25th at 10am PT #balticon59 #panelist #workshop

LitFest in the Dena was a blast this year!📚 The Starlit Scribes read speculative poetry in Pasadena, CA Panelists: Wendy Van Camp, Bree Wernicke, L. K. Indigo, Pedro Iniguez, Denise Dumars I closed out the day with a zine workshop #LitFestInTheDena #ZineLove #sfpoetry #poetryreading

LitFest in the Dena Saturday, May 3rd at 11:30am Pasadena Presbyterian Church VALUES IN THE VOID: poems in the speculative realm Poets: Bree Wernicke, LK Indigo, Denise Dumars, Pedro Iniguez and Poet Laureate Emerita Wendy Van Camp. #poetry #sfpoetry #poetrycommunity #poems #writingcommunity