{"id":6412,"date":"2025-12-31T08:06:35","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T08:06:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wendyvancamp.com\/?page_id=6412"},"modified":"2026-03-15T18:48:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T18:48:24","slug":"2026-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wendyvancamp.com\/?page_id=6412","title":{"rendered":"2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Schedule for Wendy Van Camp<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Appearances in Descending Order<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SFWA Quarterly Poetry Open Mic (Virtual)<\/strong><br>Saturday, <em>January 24th at 11:00am Pacific Time<\/em><br><strong>Host: Gwynne Garfinkle<br>Featured Poet: Linda A. Addison<\/strong><br>https:\/\/events.sfwa.org\/upcoming-events\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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.<br>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Octavia\u2019s Open Mic<\/strong> &#8211; Featured Reading<br>Second Life<br>Open Mic at Octavia\u2019s Coffeehouse<br><a href=\"http:\/\/maps.secondlife.com\/secondlife\/Clearwing\/74\/101\/34\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">http:\/\/maps.secondlife.com\/secondlife\/Clearwing\/74\/101\/34<\/a><br><em>February 1st, 2026<\/em><br>12pm &#8211; 1:00pm STL (Second Life Time = Pacific Time)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Octavia\u2019s is a diverse, inclusive, eclectic coffee house &amp; bar , in honour of the visionary science fiction author Octavia E.Butler. All welcome !<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Gallifrey One<\/strong><br>LAX Airport Marriot<br>Los Angeles, CA<br>February 6th \u2013 8th<br>Ticket is required for entry<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read Across America<\/strong><br>February 24th<br>Price Elementary<br>Anaheim, CA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Open Page @ Sonder Books<\/strong><br>March 14th at noon<br>Featured Reading by &#8220;Indigo Starling&#8221; aka Wendy Van Camp<br>http:\/\/maps.secondlife.com\/secondlife\/Cerulean%20Sea\/28\/53\/24<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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 &#8220;Quiet Places, Loud Thoughts&#8221; with a reading of its introduction, followed by poems from my upcoming book &#8220;Pages She Will Carry&#8221;, and a few of my Rhysling nominated poems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Writers Workout Conference (Virtual)<\/strong><br>March 23rd &#8211; 29th<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.writersworkout.net\/conference\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">https:\/\/www.writersworkout.net\/conference<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My &#8220;Writers Retreats&#8221; presentation will drop on March 28th at 5pm EST.  It is a recorded version of my new book &#8220;Quiet Places, Loud Thoughts: The pros and cons of writing retreats for poets and writers.&#8221; If you are an attendee, you have access to a free &#8220;cliffnotes&#8221; 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>LitFest in the Dena<\/strong><br>May 1st &#8211; 2nd<br>Pasadena Presbyterian Church<br>Pasadena, CA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Balticon 59<\/strong> <strong>(Virtual)<\/strong><br>May 22ndth &#8211; 25th<br>Renaissance Harborplace Hotel<br>Baltimore, MD<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>PANELS:<\/strong> TBA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SFWA Nebula Conference (Virtual)<\/strong><br><em>June 2nd &#8211; 7th<\/em><br><a href=\"https:sfwa.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">https:\/\/events.sfwa.org\/upcoming-events\/<\/a><br><em>SFWA Poetry Meetup<\/em><br>Join me and the rest of the SFWA Poetry Committee at this virtual event. It is part of SFWA&#8217;s Nebula Conference. Registration is required to attend.<br>The conference registration also allows you access to SFWA&#8217;s online event offerings that happen throughout the year, including our poetry book club and quarterly open-mic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>WorldCon Anaheim<\/strong><br>Anaheim Convention Center<br>Anaheim, CA<br><em>August 27th &#8211; August 31st<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Activities TBA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>EagleCon<\/strong><br>Student Union<br>California State University at Los Angeles<br>Los Angeles, CA<br><em>Date TBA<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I and my poetry troupe, the &#8220;Starlit Scribes&#8221; 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. 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