Words out Loud Spoken Word Series

Michael Panciera and Ann Quinn are featured readers.  Includes open mic and literary trivia quiz.  Also Note: Open Visual Art Studios and Galleries throughout the park with free refreshments, 6-8 PM, so come early.

Michael Panciera is a life coach and IT professional. He writes plays, poetry, and short literary fiction. He is currently writing a science fiction novella and a self-help book about twelve-step recovery. His work has received honorable mention from Glimmer Train’s Very Short Fiction contest and placed in the New River Valley Voices and Glenwood Clark competitions. He lives in Silver Spring, Maryland.

Ann Quinn is the author of the poetry chapbook Final Deployment, published by Finishing Line Press (2018). Her poetry has appeared in a wide variety of publications including Potomac Review, Little Patuxent Review, Broadkill Review, Haibun Today, and Snapdragon, and is included in the anthology Red Sky: Poetry on the Global Epidemic of Violence Against Women. She is a Pushcart Prize nominee and a winner of the 2015 Bethesda Literary Arts Festival poetry contest. Ann is a graduate of the Pacific Lutheran University MFA program. She teaches reflective and creative writing and music and lives with her family in Catonsville, Maryland. Please visit online at www.annquinn.net.