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Arlotto, Schmaltz and Tierney at the Art Bar Poetry Series

Free Times Cafe Free Times Cafe, 320 College Street, Toronto, Ontario

The Art Bar is recognized as Canada's longest running poetry-only, weekly reading series. Since 1991, it has featured both emerging and established poets from across Canada and occasionally from abroad. It has become a hub for the poetry community, and entry point for new voices, a place for people to …

rob mclennan + Tanis MacDonald at Tree Reading Series

Happy Goat Coffee Co. Happy Goat Coffee Co., 35 Laurel Street, Ottawa, Ontario

Running since May 9, 1980, the Tree Reading Series (Tree) is one of Canada's longest-running literary events and an essential part of Ottawa's vibrant literary community. Tree is a non-profit organization that supports established and emerging writers from Ottawa and across Canada by offering a supportive public venue for writers …

Mohammadi, Silverberg and Piudik at the Art Bar Poetry Series

Free Times Cafe Free Times Cafe, 320 College Street, Toronto, Ontario

The Art Bar is recognized as Canada's longest running poetry-only, weekly reading series. Since 1991, it has featured both emerging and established poets from across Canada and occasionally from abroad. It has become a hub for the poetry community, and entry point for new voices, a place for people to …

revulva, Flaherty and Neilson at the Art Bar Poetry Series

Free Times Cafe Free Times Cafe, 320 College Street, Toronto, Ontario

The Art Bar is recognized as Canada's longest running poetry-only, weekly reading series. Since 1991, it has featured both emerging and established poets from across Canada and occasionally from abroad. It has become a hub for the poetry community, and entry point for new voices, a place for people to …

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2020 Griffin Poetry Prize deadline (1 of 2) for entries

Today is the first of two deadlines for the C$200,000 Griffin Poetry Prize for 2020. Books must be submitted postmarked no later than June 30, 2019 for books published between January 1 and June 30, 2019. Learn more here about how to enter and how to obtain entry forms.

Fool for Poetry International Chapbook Competition 2019 submission deadline

The competition is open to new, emerging and established poets from any country. One of these winners will be the highest scoring manuscript entered by a poet with no solo collection (full-length or chapbook) previously published. Up to 25 other entrants will be publicly listed as "highly commended". The winning …