Poet Laureate Sheffield to appear at LCC

Lower Columbia College is pleased to announce that Washington State Poet Laureate Derek Sheffield will be featured at Longview's Northwest Voices event on March 19, 2026. A writing workshop will occur from 3-4:30 p.m. in the Main Building (MAIN 119) on the Lower Columbia College campus (1600 Maple St.). Following the workshop, a reading will begin at the Longview Public Library auditorium at 5:30 pm. All events are free and open to the public.

Derek Sheffield is the 2025-2027 Washington State Poet Laureate. Hailing from the Wenatchee Valley, Sheffield is the author of “Not for Luck,” which was selected for the Wheelbarrow Books Poetry Prize. Sheffield also wrote “Through the Second Skin,” which was a runner-up for the Emily Dickinson First Book Award. He is also the co-editor of “Cascadia Field Guide: Art, Ecology, Poetry,” which won a 2024 Washington State Book Award.