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SPLAB becomes the Cascadia Poetics Lab

The Seattle Poetics LAB (SPLAB), a 501(c)(3) literary arts-oriented nonprofit organization founded in 1993, has changed its name to the Cascadia Poetics Lab, effective today.



Founding Director Paul E Nelson said, "the new name reflects better our mission, the clarity provided by the current board and our recent and extensive organizational development work."

    SEATTLE, WA, August 31, 2021 /24-7PressRelease/ -- The Seattle Poetics LAB (SPLAB), a 501(c)(3) literary arts-oriented nonprofit organization founded in 1993, has changed its name to the Cascadia Poetics Lab, effective today.

Founding Director Paul E Nelson said, "the new name reflects better our mission, the clarity provided by the current board and our recent and extensive organizational development work."

The new mission is:

Empowering people to practice poetry & deepen connections to place, self & the present moment.

Over the past 28 years SPLAB has been instrumental in leading a bioregional cultural investigation using poetics, poetry festivals (such as the Cascadia Poetry Festival, and the Poetry Postcard Festival) along with publications and education.

In addition to the new website CascadiaPoeticsLab.org, the organization is launching a podcast which will lean on the 700+ hours of original interviews conducted since 1993, when the organization was founded in Auburn, Washington, on December 14, 1993.

Founding Director Paul E Nelson is available for interviews and can be contacted at (206) 422.5002 or [email protected]

Cascadia Poetics Lab, 9030 Seward Park Av S, Unit 213,
Seattle, WA 98118, USA

A non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization founded in Auburn, Washington, in 1993 with a current mission of: Empowering people to practice poetry & deepen connections to place, self & the present moment. This is done through the annual Poetry Postcard Festival, the Cascadia Poetry Festival, ongoing interviews, publishing, workshops and other literary arts activities.

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