From July 16–28, 2019, the University of the South will host the 30th session of the Sewanee Writers’ Conference. The Conference will gather a distinguished faculty to provide instruction and criticism through workshops and craft lectures in poetry, fiction, and playwriting. This year’s faculty includes poets B.H. Fairchild, Robert Hass, …
Port Eliot is a festival unlike any other. You're invited to this little corner of Cornwall from 25th to 28th July 2019 when the festival will celebrate words, music, imagination, ideas, nature, food, fashion, flowers, laughter, exploration, fun and all that is good in the world! Writers appearing at the …
The most diverse poetry reading and open mic in Toronto, Shab-e She’r has been bridging the gap between diverse poetry communities, bringing together people from different ethnicities, nationalities, ages, disabilities, religions (or lack thereof), poetic styles, voices and visions. At Shab-e She’r (Poetry Night) we don’t just wait for diversity …
The Broken River Prize is an annual poetry pamphlet contest from Platypus Press. Each year a different poet will judge the contest — this year’s judge is poet and teacher Airea D. Matthews. Learn more here.
The Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award is now open. This year's judges - Raymond Antrobus and Jackie Kay - cannot wait to read your poems. It is free to enter to anyone in the world aged 11-17 years old. Learn more here.
This workshop-based program embraces multiple genres, providing structured support for new creative writers wanting to improve their writing skills. Four faculty work closely with eight participants in one of these genres: first chapter novel, creative nonfiction, poetry, and short fiction. Participants read the submissions of fellow group members, then give …
The autumn issue of mpt (Modern Poetry in Translation) will have an Extinction focus. The publication welcomes translated poems from any language about threatened species and ecosystems, and also hope to give a platform to translations from indigenous and endangered languages. Learn more here.
The summer treasure hunt is back. Join Live Canon, from anywhere in the world, for an August full of poetry. Discover new writers, revisit old favourites, and get a smidge competitive about it all. Each day you receive a an email, introducing you to the work of a particular poet. …
Scottish arts company I Am Loud Productions are delighted to return for a sixth consecutive year to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Presenting Loud Poets: Best of Fringe, they are featuring 69 fantastic poets performing across 24 shows throughout August. Learn more here.
Poets Anonymous originated in February 1990 at Ashburton Library, Addiscombe as a house-to-house workshop to encourage poetry writers to share their poems and offer constructive criticism. Some people attended as an aid to getting themselves into print, other to help one another, others for the pure pleasure of enjoying poetry. …
The Battle at the Border is here. There will be teams from Canada, and the US coming together to battle for Team Slam supremacy right by the border in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. Look for teams from Buffalo, Rochester, Toronto, Burlington, St Catherines, Jamestown, and Albany. Learn more here.
At this series of poetry workshops at Sidmouth Folk Festival, participants will be encouraged to write their own poems using a series of prompts and guidance from Ilse Pedler, an experienced workshop leader. Poems, pictures and games will be used as starting points. The workshops are all stand-alone and at …
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 …
Poets and writers, join the Mississauga Writers Group at their next Free Writers Workshop, monthly meeting and Random Acts of Poetry. Share your enthusiasm and works and be part of the group's next anthology. Learn more here.