Upcoming Events
All events currently planned are virtual. Please email for the Zoom information or check Chera's Facebook page.
March 23, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. Eastern: Author talk with Melanie Finn and Chera Hammons, hosted by Bear Pond Books and the Kellogg-Hubbard Library. More information here.
April 10, 2021: Visiting speaker at Women Who Submit
April 17, 2021: Texas Institute of Letters virtual event (details TBD)
If you would like to contact Chera to set up an event, please email.
Past Events
Visiting alumna reading and "Red Wheelbarrow: Writing Detail" workshop: Goddard College: January 10-11, 2021
Poetry and prose reading and "Poetic Prose" workshop: Cochise Creative Writing Celebration: August 21st, 2020
Monarchs of the Northeast Kingdom book launch: Burrowing Owl Books and Torrey House Press: August 18th, 2020
Book signings (novel and poetry collection) and offsite Sundress Publications reading, AWP: March 4-7, 2020, San Antonio, TX
"Announcing Your Place in the Family of Things" Workshop, West Texas Writers' Academy: June 12, 2019: West Texas A&M, Canyon, TX
"Poets & Poetry at High Noon" Panel, Amarillo ArtsFest: May 11, 2019: Sunset Center, Amarillo, TX
Poetry Reading & Discussion with Creative Writing Students: October 10, 2018: Wayland Baptist University, Plainview, TX
Poetry Reading: September 25, 2018: Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum, Canyon, TX. Sponsored by the High Plains Poetry Project, CSAW, and WTAMU's Department of English, Philosophy, and Modern Languages
Poetry Reading: June 21, 2018: Burrowing Owl Books, Canyon, TX. Sponsored by the High Plains Poetry Project, CSAW, and WTAMU's Department of English, Philosophy, and Modern Languages
Poetry Reading: May 10, 2018: Burrowing Owl Books, Canyon, TX
Poetry Reading: September 3, 2017: Teatro Paraguas, Santa Fe, NM
Poetry Reading: May 20, 2017: Burrowing Owl Books, Canyon, TX
Scissortail Creative Writing Festival: April 7, 2017: East Central University, Ada, OK
Poetry Reading: January 28, 2017: Chalice Abbey Center for Spirituality and the Arts, Amarillo, TX
Poetry Reading: August 6, 2016: Chalice Abbey Center for Spirituality and the Arts, Amarillo, TX
Signing and Book Sale: June 3, 2016: Horsefeathers Studio at Sunset Center, Amarillo, TX
Scissortail Creative Writing Festival: April 1, 2016: East Central University, Ada, OK
Poetry on the Patio: July 15, 2014: Amarillo Botanical Gardens, Amarillo, TX
Poetry Reading: September 2, 2013: Amarillo Public Library, Southwest Branch, Amarillo, TX
Pitkin Review Poetry Reading: June 28, 2013: Haybarn Theater, Goddard College, Plainfield, VT
Reading and Signing: March 16, 2013: Durham Technical Community College, Durham, NC
Reading and Signing: March 16, 2013: Turkish House, Cary, NC
Reading and Signing: March 14, 2013: Flyleaf Books, Chapel Hill, NC
Creative Writing 101 ("A Crash Course"): November 26 - December 20, 2012: Amarillo Public Library, Southwest Branch, Amarillo, TX
Signing and Book Sale: October 5, 2012: Horsefeathers Studio at Sunset Center, Amarillo, TX