Schedule for Wendy Van Camp
Appearances in Descending Order
SFWA Quarterly Poetry Open Mic (Virtual)
Saturday, January 24th at 11:00am Pacific Time
Host: Gwynne Garfinkle
Featured Poet: Linda A. Addison
https://events.sfwa.org/upcoming-events/
To find the Zoom link, go to the SFWA Events page for listing. Please do not share the link with the general public. This Zoom event is free for members of SFWA or Nebula attendees with an interest in poetry. Bring a poem or two to read, hear our featured poet, and hang out afterwards.
Our featured poet will be recorded and streamed to the SFWA events page where it will be available as a membership only view. After a month, the recording will be made available on the SFWA YouTube Channel, free to the public. I will be part of the open mic, reading one or two of my original poems to the audience. As co-chair of the poetry committee, I support the open mic by taking care of the paperwork and serving as liaison with the SFWA admin for this project.
Octavia’s Open Mic – Featured Reading
Second Life
Open Mic at Octavia’s Coffeehouse
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Clearwing/74/101/34
February 1st, 2026
12pm – 1:00pm STL (Second Life Time = Pacific Time)
Indigo Starling (aka Wendy Van Camp) will be the featured poet at this Saturday weekly open mic. Come hear a mix of her literary and speculative poetry in a coffeehouse setting. Bring your own poetry to read to the audience during the open mic portion of the program.
Octavia’s is a diverse, inclusive, eclectic coffee house & bar , in honour of the visionary science fiction author Octavia E.Butler. All welcome !
Gallifrey One
LAX Airport Marriot
Los Angeles, CA
February 6th – 8th
Ticket is required for entry
I am back in the dealer room selling and autographing my books and poetry artwork. I should still have an assortment of my handmade jewelry available. This may be my only jewelry event for the year, so if you are a fan of my metalwork, please stop by.
Read Across America
February 24th
Price Elementary
Anaheim, CA
I will read to two classes of elementary school students and talk to the young scholars about haiku poetry. This event is not open to the public.
The Open Page @ Sonder Books
March 14th at noon
Featured Reading by “Indigo Starling” aka Wendy Van Camp
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Cerulean%20Sea/28/53/24
I am honored to be the opening act for a new series of featured readers at Sonder Book on the Second Life platform. I am launching my new book “Quiet Places, Loud Thoughts” with a reading of its introduction, followed by poems from my upcoming book “Pages She Will Carry”, and a few of my Rhysling nominated poems.
Writers Workout Conference (Virtual)
March 23rd – 29th
https://www.writersworkout.net/conference
I am a featured speaker at the conference and will give a presentation of a paper. My presentation will remain at the conference to be viewed by attendees for several months afterward.
My “Writers Retreats” presentation will drop on March 28th at 5pm EST. It is a recorded version of my new book “Quiet Places, Loud Thoughts: The pros and cons of writing retreats for poets and writers.” If you are an attendee, you have access to a free “cliffnotes” version of my presentation and access to a 50% off coupon for my digital edition PDF ebook, available only at Indigoskye Press. The coupon will be active from March 14th through April 30th.
LitFest in the Dena
May 1st – 2nd
Pasadena Presbyterian Church
Pasadena, CA
LitFest in the Dena is a free to attend literary book festival in Altadena, CA. It features poets and authors from the Southern California area. You can hear the Starlit Scribes on Saturday, May 2nd at 11:30am. Please see the location for room location.
Join the Starlit Scribes for a reading of speculative poetry that probes the essence of human integrity, through the imaginative landscapes of science fiction, fantasy and horror. Poets: Bree Wernicke, LK Indigo, Denise Dumar, and Poet Laureate Emerita Wendy Van Camp.
Balticon 59 (Virtual)
May 22ndth – 25th
Renaissance Harborplace Hotel
Baltimore, MD
I will be a virtual panelist, reader, artist, and poetry judge of the BSFS Poetry Contest at this Regional Level Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention in Baltimore, Maryland. The convention is hybrid. You can attend in-person, virtually, or both! Please check the Balticon Discord channel during the convention. All panel and reading times are here are PT. Registration is required to attend.
PANELS: TBA
SFWA Nebula Conference (Virtual)
June 2nd – 7th
https://events.sfwa.org/upcoming-events/
SFWA Poetry Meetup
Join me and the rest of the SFWA Poetry Committee at this virtual event. It is part of SFWA’s Nebula Conference. Registration is required to attend.
The conference registration also allows you access to SFWA’s online event offerings that happen throughout the year, including our poetry book club and quarterly open-mic.
WorldCon Anaheim
Anaheim Convention Center
Anaheim, CA
August 27th – August 31st
Activities TBA
EagleCon
Student Union
California State University at Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
Date TBA
I and my poetry troupe, the “Starlit Scribes” will read and discuss speculative poetry for the university poetry classes at this university-based science fiction conference. Our group will be available for book sales and autographs after our reading. The conference is free for the public, but parking in the visitor lot has a fee.