Tidepools contest
PORT ANGELES — The editors and staff of Tidepools magazine have begun their annual contest to gather stories, photos and other materials for publication.
The magazine, a production of Peninsula College, features fine art, digital art, photography, poetry, short prose and music from residents of all ages from Jefferson and Clallam counties.
The deadline for entries for the 2015 issue is Jan. 16.
Winners will be announced by March 20.
For categories, rules, submission options and general information, visit www.TidepoolsMagazine.com or go to its Facebook page.
Spit writers feature two authors Friday
SEQUIM — Writers on the Spit will celebrate another evening of readings with featured writers Karen Hogan and Linda Myers at Rainshadow Coffee Bar, 157 W. Cedar St., at 6:30 p.m. Friday.
The public is invited to arrive at 6 p.m.
Hogan writes short stories, lyrical essays, poetry and narrative nonfiction.
Arriving in Sequim in 2013, she came from Livermore, Calif., where she hosted a literary salon for 10 years and published five anthologies of writings. She is working on a novel in short stories titled Still Life.
Myers moved to Port Angeles from Chicago in 2005. Her first nonfiction book, The Great Lakes: North America’s Inland Sea, was published by Outdoor World.
“I learned how little an author could make,” she said, so she turned to advertising and eventually became the creative director of Grey Advertising in Chicago. She “learned it not only pays to advertise, it pays to write it, too.”
Fourth Friday Readings include an hour of open-mic readings. Writers are encouraged to rehearse in advance, as each writer is given five minutes to read. Participants are asked to sign in at the door.
There is no fee for this event.
For open-mic guidelines, email Rmarcus@olypen.com.
Book discussion
PORT ANGELES — The Second Tuesday Book Discussion Group at the Port Angeles Library, 2210 S. Peabody St., will meet from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 9.
The meeting is free and open to the public
Discussions take place the second Tuesday of each month.
This month, members will discuss The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern.
For more information, visit www.nols.org.
Anglers to meet
PORT TOWNSEND — The East Jefferson chapter of Puget Sound Anglers will hold its next meeting in the Port Townsend port commissioners’ office at 333 Benedict St. in the Port Townsend Boat Haven.
The meeting starts at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 9.
The speaker is Michael Schmidt, program director for the nonprofit organization Long Live the Kings.
This group’s mission is “ to restore wild salmon and steelhead and support sustainable fishing in the Pacific Northwest.”
Refreshments will be served, and the public is invited.
