BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Find Local//findlocal.community//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:b62ab7ee-62fa-4a39-a83a-f556627a05b3@findlocal.community DTSTAMP:20261015T122146Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261024T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261024T103000 SUMMARY:BiblioTejas Writers Conference DESCRIPTION:BiblioTejas Writers Conference is a one-day event that brings together writers\, students\, and literary enthusiasts for workshops\, inspiring speakers\, and meaningful connections\, celebrating and streng thening San Antonio’s literary community. Conference programming include s workshops\, craft classes\, Q&A panels\, a teen writing workshop\, and readings. The conference is free to the public. October 24\, 2026 Ozuna Library & Learning Center Legacy Room Legacy Room Open Yvonne Samuels\, Viridiana Gomez\, and Marilyn Garcia Classroom 102 Alexandra Van de Kam p Classroom 117 Sarah Joy Thompson Library Collaborative Zone (upstairs) Edward Vidaurre\, Paola Carrasco\, Celina A. Gomez\, Rodney Gomez\, and Luisa Vidaurre Legacy Room FlowerSong is an independent press rooted in the Rio Grande Valley (TX) that amplifies voices from the borderlands a nd across the Americas. In this context\, the reading functions not just as a performance of texts but as a community-centered literary gatherin g. FlowerSong events often emphasize inclusivity\, dialogue\, and the sh aring of “essential voices\,” creating spaces where writers and audience s engage in collective reflection and cultural affirmation. The thematic throughline centers on borderlands identity\, cultural memory\, and the blending of languages and traditions. Rafael C. Castillo\, Natalia Trev iño\, Ben Longoria\, and Julian Garcia Classroom 102 From the inspired s park to struggles and setbacks to a finished manuscript\, this panel of three writers will answer questions and provide information on the write rs’ process and the production of one’s novel. This panel is for aspirin g writers of all levels. Anel Flores Classroom 117 Gemini Ink Library Co llaborative Zone (upstairs) Tiana Clark\, Carrie Fountain\, Charlotte Pe nce\, and Bianca Alyssa Pérez Legacy Room Where the Poem Lives celebrate s Texas State University’s MFA in Creative Writing by gathering four poe ts who are part of the TXST community: Carrie Fountain\, former Texas Po et Laureate and literary curator of The Wittliff Collections\; Tiana Cla rk\, Visiting Professor and National Book Award finalist\; Charlotte Pen ce\, Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellow and MFA Director\; and Bi anca Alyssa Pérez\, MFA program coordinator and Austin Youth Poet Laurea te program mentor. Andrea “Vocab” Sanderson & Mandy Lynn Classroom 102 M andy Lynn and Andrea Vocab Sanderson are two interdisciplinary artists w hose usage of musicianship\, song composition\, and performance poetry h ave taken them to stages and classrooms across the nation. In this hybri d panel/reading/discussion\, they will share music and verse\, discussin g how music and poetry inform and inspire one another in their personal art. Ed O’Casey & Jonathan Fletcher Classroom 117 This workshop focuses on using the Apophatic Mode in the poetry of Self. In the Apophatic Mode \, a poet explores what the Self isn’t: the art of illumination through negation\, rather than trying to conjure the Self/Subject through direct description\, comparison\, or metaphor. The act of negation brings both extremes of the Other/Self duality into the conversation. To make up fo r the deficiencies of language\, Apophatic Poetics employs absence\, mov ing past metaphor to a broader experience of Self. Gemini Ink Library Co llaborative Zone (upstairs) Legacy Room Classroom 102 Alejandra “Mera Me ra” Sánchez Alanís Classroom 117 Visivial Poética: Translanguaging as Cr eative Praxis invites participants into an immersive exploration of lang uage as a fluid\, embodied\, and liberatory act. Rooted in bilingual and translingual practices\, the session centers the ways writers\, artists \, and thinkers move between languages — not as limitation\, but as expa nsion — activating memory\, identity\, and cultural inheritance through creative expression. The workshop will examine translanguaging as both a pedagogical tool and an artistic strategy\, emphasizing its role in dis mantling rigid linguistic hierarchies and honoring lived\, hybrid realit ies. Chibbi\, Mecca Miles\, Gume Laurell III\, Diamond Braxton\, Cloud C ardona\, & Aureleo Sans Library Collaborative Zone (upstairs) Gerard Rob ledo\, Josh Robbins\, Richard Boada\, Diamond Braxton\, Miranda Ramirez\ , & Laurie Ann Guerrero Legacy Room The Last Writes Reading is a San Ant onio poetry open mic series which happens once a month and is curated by Gerard Robledo\, author of My Mother the Butcher. This reading will fea ture Gerard Robledo\, Josh Robbins\, Richard Boada\, Diamond Braxton\, M iranda Ramirez\, & Laurie Ann Guerrero. Cloud Delfina Cardona\, Bianca A lyssa Pérez\, Dee Lalo Garcia\, and Saúl Hernández Classroom 102 Sara Sc hmidt Library Collaborative Zone (upstairs) Emmy Pérez & Rooster Martine z Legacy Room Sponsors and Event Partners include: PAC English\, World L anguages\, INRW\, & Education Department • Ozuna Library at Palo Alto Co llege • Gemini Ink San Antonio Literary Nonprofit • Palomino Pen • The W orking Writers Committee • Eleven Rivers Review\, PAC’s student arts and literary journal Thank you to our supporters: PAC President\, Dr. Rober t Garza\; Vice President of Academic Success\, Patrick Lee\; and Dean of Arts & Sciences\, Jennifer Scheidt\n\nMore info: https://www.alamo.edu/ pac/calendar/2026/october/bibliotejas-writers-conference/\n\nhttps://fin dlocal.community/event/b62ab7ee-62fa-4a39-a83a-f556627a05b3 LOCATION:SAC Bookstore\, TX URL:https://findlocal.community/event/b62ab7ee-62fa-4a39-a83a-f556627a05b 3 STATUS:CONFIRMED SEQUENCE:0 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR