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Círculo de poetas & Writers

A community of diverse poets & writers supporting the literary arts

Our Final Event for 2023!

Join us for a Tardeada & Open Mic Featuring our Workshop Leaders!

Workshop leaders will feature at the October 14th Tardeada & Open Mic online via Zoom. We will gather in community and share our writing. You are also invited to share your work on this date for an afternoon of fellowship and creativity. Let's get to know each other better!

Join us for one final event where we share our poetry and prose while building community! Mark your calendar for Saturday, October 14th, at 12 noon PST. Check your email for the Zoom link, or contact us at circulowriters@gmail.com.

We Did it! August 2023 Conference--It's a Wrap!

Annual Conference 2023

Our annual August conference was held both in-person and online. The in-person conference took place on Saturday, August 5th at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History in Santa Cruz, California, while the online conference happened on the following Saturday, August 12th, via Zoom.

Part of the Círculo mission is to support each other and create a community of writers without hierarchies or judgment. In that spirit, every workshop was open to all writers, from those just starting their writing journey to published authors. Both dates included break-out sessions where participants generated poetry and prose. The conference concluded with a "Reading and Open Mic" open to all participants on both dates.

Testimonials from Previous Conferences

Andrea Mauk

Lara Gularte

Seeing everyone's faces was wonderful. Hearing the poetry that was read reminded me how important it is to hear a variety of voices as a writer. I have some lists of topics and more to inform my writing after completing the exercises.

Lara Gularte

I found the workshop very helpful and informative. What was presented took me forward with checking out other poets, and more.

María Ochoa

Lara Gularte

Graciela Brauer Ramírez

The morning opening ceremony and introduction was a great way to begin on a note of spiritual creativity. The breakout I participated in was superb in all ways.

Graciela Brauer Ramírez

The conference was very helpful especially the workshop I attended. The conference organization was perfect. I like to thank the organizers for all the work they did on every one of its aspects but especially on the Zoom connection.

Paul Aponte

Graciela Brauer Ramírez

JoAnn Anglin

I was inspired by the presence of so many - our need to be together and write.

JoAnn Anglin

Graciela Brauer Ramírez

JoAnn Anglin

It was both inspiring and motivational. And totally germane to our current world.

Our August 2023 Conference

What Took Place

The Círculo summer conference is our major annual event. For 2023, we were in-person and online. On Saturday, August 5th, we were live at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History in downtown Santa Cruz, California. Through Zoom, we offered a second day of workshops on the following Saturday, August 12th, 2023.

In-Person Conference Schedule (August 5th, 2023):

9:30 am: Doors Open

10:00 to 10:30: Opening Session: Welcome

10:30 to 12:00: Break-Out Session #1 (four workshops/choose one)

12:00 to 1:00: Lunch (On Your Own)

1:00 to 1:45: Tribute to Lucha Corpi

1:45 to 2:00: Intermission

2:00 to 3:30: Break-Out Session #2 (four workshops/choose one)

3:30 to 4:00: Day Program Concludes

4:00 to 6:00: Dinner (On Your Own)

6:00 to 7:30: Reading and Open Mic

7:30 to 8:00: Closing, Chat, and Bendiciones

Online Conference Schedule (August 12th, 2023):

10:00 to 10:30: Opening Session: Welcome, Chat, & Questions

10:30 to 12:00: Break-Out Session #1 (four workshops/choose one)

12:00 to 12:30: Take a break! Stretch? Go for a walk? Have a meal?

12:30 to 1:15: Tribute to Lucha Corpi

1:15 to 1:30: Intermission

1:30 to 3:00: Break-Out Session #2 (four workshops/choose one)

3:00 to 3:45: Reading and Open Mic

3:45 to 4:00: Closing, Chat, and Bendiciones

Each day of the 2023 Círculo de poetas and Writers conference included two break-out sessions where participants wrote poetry and prose with our workshop leaders. As always, each workshop was open to all writers, from those just starting their writing journey to published authors.

The conference fee was $25, and participants were welcome to attend one or both dates. They also could become Círculo members or continue their memberships by posting the annual $50 dues.

If you would like to make a donation, go to PayPal. (You don't have to have a PayPal account to send a payment to paypal.me/circulowriters)

In addition, we are glad to announce that there were 10 free annual memberships available for BIPOC writers that included the conference fee.

A Look Ahead to 2024

The annual Círculo conference takes place in August every year. For 2024, the conference will be held both in-person and online on the second and third Saturdays of August.

The in-person conference will take place on live and in-person at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History in Santa Cruz, California, while the online conference will happen online via Zoom.

Both dates include break-out sessions where participants can generate poetry and prose. Every workshop is open to all writers, from those just starting their writing journey to published authors.

The conference concludes with a "Reading and Open Mic" open to all participants.

Círculo de poetas & Writers

A community of diverse poets & writers supporting the literary arts

Our Final Event for 2023!

Join us for a Tardeada & Open Mic Featuring our Workshop Leaders!

We Did it! August 2023 Conference--It's a Wrap!

Annual Conference 2023

“Write with your eyes like painters, with your ears like musicians, with your feet like dancers. Write with your tongues on fire.” ― Gloria Anzaldúa

Testimonials from Previous Conferences

Andrea Mauk

Lara Gularte

Lara Gularte

Lara Gularte

Lara Gularte

Lara Gularte

María Ochoa

Lara Gularte

Graciela Brauer Ramírez

Graciela Brauer Ramírez

Graciela Brauer Ramírez

Graciela Brauer Ramírez

Paul Aponte

Graciela Brauer Ramírez

JoAnn Anglin

JoAnn Anglin

Graciela Brauer Ramírez

JoAnn Anglin

Fees & Dues

Our August 2023 Conference

What Took Place

A Look Ahead to 2024