Marissa Michel

Join us as we officially launch the 2021 San Diego Writers Festival with a celebration of words—spoken, written, and performed! After a brief welcome from festival cofounders, Marni Freedman and Jeniffer Thompson, we will start things off with beloved spoken word artist, Gill Sotu, who, along with teen poet laureates, Marissa Michel and Sasa Aakil, and award-winning poet and author, Tania Pryputniewicz will speak to our 2021 Theme: What the World Needs Now. We will also announce a series of book giveaways from some of our notable 2021 speakers. Come soak up the excitement, get inspired, discover what we have in store, and enter to win a book!