At 11 Cortlandt Alley and on Zoom Join the event here This reading is presented as part of the Segue Reading Series. Jerome Sala’s books include Corporations Are People, Too!, The Cheapskates, Look Slimmer Instantly and the forthcoming How Much? New and Selected Poems from NYQ Books. His blog—on poetry, pop culture and everyday life—is espresso bongo. Sarah …
Guelph Poetry Slam welcomes you back for our monthly poetry slam! Come experience live POETRY! Sign up to slam for your chance at the $100 prize. Not a competitive kinda person? Sign up for open mic. COVID INFO Masks encouraged Social distancing encouraged if possible, but space won't always allow …
The Montreal International Poetry Prize awards one prize of $20,000 CAD to a poet for a single poem of 40 or fewer lines. A jury of internationally reputed poets and critics selects a shortlist of approximately 60 poems, from which a judge chooses one winner. The shortlist is published in …
Holly Melgard curates the 87th Radical Poetry Reading with Diana Hamilton, Liz Howard, Syd Staiti, and Chris Sylvester. Poet Diana Hamilton is the author of three books: God Was Right (Ugly Duckling Presse), The Awful Truth (Golias Books), and Okay, Okay (Truck Books). Poet Liz Howard’s debut collection Infinite Citizen of the Shaking Tent won the 2016 Griffin Poetry Prize and …
HAPPENING Multicultural Poetry Nights celebrate poets who, among other things, identify as newcomers, refugees, or immigrants. Every Thursday in May (5, 12, 19, 26), there will be a poetry event featuring three poetry readings and an interview. Despite the fact that poetry inhabits many geographical locations and speaks in different …
On Friday, May 27 at 6pm PT, join Nightwood Editions and Massy Books for an evening of poetry reading, featuring Vancouver poet Gillian Jerome’s launch of her second book, Nevertheless, and Victoria poet Maleea Acker’s launch of her third book of poems, Hesitating Once to Feel Glory, with opening guest, …
A leading Canadian poet and an international exponent of dub poetry, Lillian Allen was acclaimed a foremother of Canadian poetry by the League of Canadian Poets. She is a two-time Canadian Juno award winner for her albums of dub poetry, Revolutionary Tea Party and Conditions Critical. She is an arts …
2021 Griffin Poetry Prize finalist Joseph Dandurand is headlining the 17th annual Northwords NWT festival this May! Register for a workshop with him on Sunday, May 29th in Yellowknife!
Armand Garnet Ruffo, Megan Gail Coles and Hoa Nguyen will judge the 2022 CBC Poetry Prize. The CBC Poetry Prize recognizes an original, unpublished poem or collection of poems, up to 600 words in length. There is no minimum word requirement. The deadline to submit is May 31, 2022 at 11:59 p.m. ET. The winner will receive $6,000 from the Canada Council …
Brick Books publishes full-length poetry collections of the highest quality by both new and established writers. While our definition of poetry is expansive and encompasses many aesthetic modes, we do not publish chapbooks (i.e., books fewer than 48 pages), fiction, or conventional prose nonfiction. Our editors are interested in seeing …
Join us for the next event of Tree Reading Series for 2021-2022 season, organized by Brandon Wint. 20:30 EST On Tuesday, May 31, Tree is excited to welcome featured readers DeShara Suggs-Joe and Malvika Jolly. DeShara is a queer, Black poet and visual artist. She co-founded Daughter’s Tongue (an all-women …
RSVPs are encouraged but not required. Entry is first come, first served, so please make sure to come early if you'd like to grab a spot! Check-in starts at 5:00PM / Ballroom doors open at 6:30PM / Event starts at 7:00PM Join us live and in-person at BRIC House for …
Join Nisa Malli, Catherine Graham, Michael Trussler, Sarah Yi-Mei Tsiang, and David Barrick for the Palimpsest 2022 Spring Launch! With host Jim Johnstone. Register in advance.
The WGA 2022 Conference: Shifting Creative Gears, is scheduled for June 3 – 5, 2022. After two years of trying new digital programs to adapt our literary world to the pandemic, we are now looking at how our creative lives might shift going forward—perhaps we won’t return to “normal,” but …
The 28th edition of Parole Spalancate (“Wide Open Words”) the International Poetry Festival of Genoa, takes place from June 9th to 19th 2021 in the historic location of Palazzo Ducale in Genoa. Since its first edition in 1995, the festival represents the largest and longest-running Italian event of poetry, with over 1.700 poets and artists taking part …
The lineup and the schedule of the festival has been announced! The Annikki Poetry Festival will be held on 11 June 2022 from 11 am to 10 pm in the courtyard of the Annikki Wooden Quarter in Tampere, Finland. At the festival, the present will engage in dialogue with the past under the theme On the Shoulders …
Our biggest festival yet, and one of the grandest celebrations of European poetry ever to take place in the UK. With 15 events over 3 weeks and 150 poets visiting from across our continent, EPF 2022 will be a free-to-attend celebration of literary liveness and cross-linguistic collective inventiveness. Events will …
On June 18th, GAMH is extremely proud to present the debut record release show of San Francisco’s poet laureate Tongo Eisen-Martin. Celebrating the release of “I Go To The Railroad Tracks And Follow Them To The Station Of My Enemies”, the extraordinary debut recorded work of one of the most …
We are thrilled to be running our first hybrid Kendal Poetry Festival in 2022 - with all events taking place in the heart of Kendal and on your screen! In its fifth year, the festival will welcome some of the most exciting poets and artists we could find throughout the UK - …
POETRY CONTEST RULES: 1. Submit 1-3 poems, up to 6 pages of poetry. The entry fee covers 3 poems. 2. Poems may be on any theme or subject, but must be original and not previously published. Begin each poem on a new page, use 12-point font, and single spacing. 3. …