Kathleen Flenniken will present a poetry workshop on Saturday, April 24 from 9 to 3:30 p.m. at the Orcas Library. April is National Poetry Month.

Flenniken’s first book, Famous (University of Nebraska Press, 2006), won the Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Poetry and was named a Notable Book by the ALA and a finalist for the Washington State Book Award. Her poems have appeared in The Writer’s Almanac, American Life in Poetry, Poetry Daily, Poetry, and The Iowa Review, and she is a recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and Artist Trust. She teaches with Writers in the Schools in Seattle and other arts agencies, and is an editor and president of Floating Bridge Press, a non-profit press dedicated to publishing Washington state poets.

The poetry workshop will include a presentation on craft and publishing by Flenniken, as well as her critique of the poems submitted by participants. Each poet needs to submit two poems by March 29.

The workshop is open to all, and will be limited to 15 participants, on a first-come basis. Register at the library. The fee is $50.

Call or email JoEllen Moldoff at 376-7680 or moldoff@rockisland.com with questions.