Even more minimalist than haiku, the "monoku" is a poem in one short line. They’ve become increasingly popular and more widely published in journals and anthologies. So if a single short line is the shape of monoku, what is the substance of this tiny haiku derivative? This course will encourage …
Teignmouth's seventh annual poetry festival features Liz Berry, Hannah Lowe, Inua Ellams, Vanessa Kisuule, Jean Atkin, Roselle Angwin, Rosie Jackson and Graham Burchell, Robert Garnham, Bob Devereux, Dawn Gorman and Tom Sastre over four days in a friendly seaside setting. Learn more here.
In celebrating World Poetry Day, March 21, UNESCO recognizes the unique ability of poetry to capture the creative spirit of the human mind. A decision to proclaim 21 March as World Poetry Day was adopted during UNESCO’s 30th session held in Paris in 1999. One of the main objectives of …
Join Kim Goldberg on World Poetry Day for the launch of her eighth book, Devolution, poems and fables of ecotastrophe (from Caitlin Press). Can poetry transmute climate grief to climate action? Is every creative act an act of extinction rebellion? What is the role of imagination and myth-making in times …
Poets & Players is known for its imaginative programming of complementary arts — poetry with music, dance and visual art — in several striking settings in Manchester, UK, particularly the Whitworth Art Gallery. Newer writers are showcased alongside established poets and musicians. This event features poets David Wheatley, Mary Jean …
#twitterPoetryClub meets on Twitter, on alternating Monday evenings from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. EST. Their formula is pretty simple: members share beloved or interesting poems by posting the poet's name, hashtagging "TwitterPoetryClub" and including an image of the poem and/or a link to the full text. Once a poem …
VERSeFest is Ottawa’s annual International Festival of Poetry. Built on a mandate of fostering creative crossroads and community, they feature English and French poetry of all traditions, styles, and forms. Since 2011, they have showcased the best local, Canadian, and international poets performing in both spoken and written word genres. …
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 …
Renowned poet and teacher, Donny O’Rourke has a few places available on this long established, popular and influential, afternoon course. Each week a task is set and the poems it prompts are collectively critiqued in a discussion led by the tutor. Warm, witty and welcoming; that has been Donny’s approach …
The Poetry London Reading Series, in partnership with the London Public Library, hosts monthly readings and poetry workshops in London, Ontario. They bring a diverse list of Canada’s finest poets into London for readings, as well as providing a wide range of poetry-related opportunities for local writers and poetry aficionados. …
The Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia is pleased to offer a session of First Words: Poetry for the winter 2020 season. This section of the nine-week poetry writing course will be led by Shauntay Grant, Alison Smith, and Sue Goyette. This session will be offered on Wednesday evenings (7-9 pm) …
This is a weekly discussion group exploring God and people's perceptions of God through contemporary and traditional poetry, hymns, and poetical passages from the Bible. Participants are welcome to bring their own readings or poems they have written themselves. No prior knowledge of poetry or literature is required. Learn more …
Pandora's Collective presents the Twisted Poets Literary Salon the 4th Thursday of every month. This month features readings from the Sweet Water: Poems for the Watershed anthology by Barbara Black, Kevin Spenst, Rob Taylor, Fiona Tinwei Lam, Barbara Pelman, David Pimm, Michelle Brown, Daniela Elza, Rhona McAdam, Kirsten Pendreigh, Geoffrey …
In fact, every day is #todayspoem day. With the #todayspoem hashtag, you can share an excerpt from any poem that happens to have made your day. Everyone shares their #todayspoem experience a little differently, with an image, a link, an excerpt, whatever fits in a tweet. Each tweet is enough …
The newly created Nelson Ball Prize is an annual award honouring the legacy of Canadian poet, publisher, and bookseller Nelson Ball (1942-2019). The Prize runs in three-year cycles. In years one and two, it is awarded for a published work (any size)—by a Canadian poet and published by a Canadian …
#twitterPoetryClub meets on Twitter, on alternating Monday evenings from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. EST. Their formula is pretty simple: members share beloved or interesting poems by posting the poet's name, hashtagging "TwitterPoetryClub" and including an image of the poem and/or a link to the full text. Once a poem …
The prize is for a single poem written by an adult for children (aged 7–11). The winner receives €1,000 plus publication in the summer issue of The Caterpillar. Roger McGough is the judge of The Caterpillar Poetry Prize 2020. Dubbed the "patron saint of poetry" by Carol Ann Duffy, McGough …
This is a competition for pamphlets of between 18 and 35 poems. (This is based on average length poems - if your poems are much longer or shorter, please use your judgment and feel free to submit more or less.) Poems must be predominantly written in the English language. The …
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 …
Amanda Earl of AngelHousePress started NationalPoetryMonth.ca in 2009 as an alternative to institutionalized celebrations of poetry with the goal of expanding preconceived notions of what poetry is or means. NationalPoetryMonth.ca is a celebration of the nation of poetry. Poetry is a land of risk, play, meditation, provocation and delight. It …
Grain and the Short Grain Writing Contest have featured the work of such literary luminaries as Lorna Crozier, Xi Chua, Tim Lilburn, Guy Maddin, Patrick Lane, Miriam Toews, Zsuzsi Gartner, and Eleanor Wachtel. You could join them in the pages of Grain. This year’s contest judges are Arielle Twist (poetry) …
National Poetry Month is a month-long celebration of poetry established by the Academy of American Poets in 1996 and observed since 1999 in Canada. As the Academy of American Poets states, National Poetry Month is meant to widen the attention of individuals and the media to the art of poetry, …
Poetry is the oldest and most diverse of literary forms, working with language at its most fundamental levels. All writers, be they poets, novelists, memoirists, or screen-writers are best prepared to approach their craft if they have a firm understanding of how language is used in a poem. In this …
The Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia is pleased to offer a session of First Words: Poetry for the winter 2020 season. This section of the nine-week poetry writing course will be led by Shauntay Grant, Alison Smith, and Sue Goyette. This session will be offered on Wednesday evenings (7-9 pm) …
Vermont’s Poetry Out Loud competition will present its 2020 winners—vocalizing the art of the word in a most compelling way! This event will kick off PoemCity 2020, a month-long celebration of poetry in Montpelier supported by a VHC grant. Learn more here.
This is a weekly discussion group exploring God and people's perceptions of God through contemporary and traditional poetry, hymns, and poetical passages from the Bible. Participants are welcome to bring their own readings or poems they have written themselves. No prior knowledge of poetry or literature is required. Learn more …
In fact, every day is #todayspoem day. With the #todayspoem hashtag, you can share an excerpt from any poem that happens to have made your day. Everyone shares their #todayspoem experience a little differently, with an image, a link, an excerpt, whatever fits in a tweet. Each tweet is enough …
Rigorous, unsentimental, experimental, emotional – Denise Riley is increasingly seen as one of the UK’s best contemporary poets. She’s supported by Juana Adcock and Charlotte Ansell, whose most recent collections were Poetry Book Society Winter 2019 Choices. This event is hosted by Carry a Poem Campaign. Learn more here.
Established in June 2019, Little Birds Poetry is a series of editing workshops for poets and creative writers. Their mandate is to fine-tune original poems, short pieces of creative writing, and chapbook manuscripts in preparation for submission to literary magazines and publishing houses. Workshops take place once to twice a …
Poets & Players is known for its imaginative programming of complementary arts — poetry with music, dance and visual art — in several striking settings in Manchester, UK, particularly the Whitworth Art Gallery. Newer writers are showcased alongside established poets and musicians. This is a competition prize-giving event with Sinéad …
This event is the League of Canadian Poets' inaugural fundraiser for Sick Kids hospital, "Poetry & Healing". Join them for an afternoon of poetry for a great cause. Come listen to your favourite poets (or potentially new favourites!) Each of the following poets will read 10 minutes of poetry that …
#twitterPoetryClub meets on Twitter, on alternating Monday evenings from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. EST. Their formula is pretty simple: members share beloved or interesting poems by posting the poet's name, hashtagging "TwitterPoetryClub" and including an image of the poem and/or a link to the full text. Once a poem …
The International and Canadian shortlist for the 2020 Griffin Poetry Prize will be announced today. The announcement will appear here on the Griffin Poetry Prize web site as well as on all Griffin Poetry Prize social media channels. Here you go! The Griffin Poetry Prize Announces the 2020 International and …
The Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia is pleased to offer a session of First Words: Poetry for the winter 2020 season. This section of the nine-week poetry writing course will be led by Shauntay Grant, Alison Smith, and Sue Goyette. This session will be offered on Wednesday evenings (7-9 pm) …
In fact, every day is #todayspoem day. With the #todayspoem hashtag, you can share an excerpt from any poem that happens to have made your day. Everyone shares their #todayspoem experience a little differently, with an image, a link, an excerpt, whatever fits in a tweet. Each tweet is enough …
Calling all literature lovers! The Waking Dream Reading Series offers monthly a handful of local poets from St. Catharines, who will read some of their finest work. Join in for an evening of great coffee and insightful poetry. Learn more here.
Driftless Poets meet on the second Saturday of the month at 2:00 pm in Ellery House on the campus of Shake Rag Alley Center for the Arts. New poets are always welcome, but only those who submit work one week prior to the workshop will receive feedback and critique. Learn …
#twitterPoetryClub meets on Twitter, on alternating Monday evenings from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. EST. Their formula is pretty simple: members share beloved or interesting poems by posting the poet's name, hashtagging "TwitterPoetryClub" and including an image of the poem and/or a link to the full text. Once a poem …
In fact, every day is #todayspoem day. With the #todayspoem hashtag, you can share an excerpt from any poem that happens to have made your day. Everyone shares their #todayspoem experience a little differently, with an image, a link, an excerpt, whatever fits in a tweet. Each tweet is enough …
gritLIT is Hamilton’s annual literary festival, a four-day celebration of Canadian authors. Since its inception in 2004, the festival has built a reputation with readers in the Golden Horseshoe as a place to get “up close and personal” with their favourite authors and to discover new voices. gritLIT brings together …
This annual contest challenges you to write an original poem in 48 hours — with only one catch. The final poem must include ten words provided by CV2 Contemporary Verse 2 - The Canadian Journal of Poetry and Critical Writing. These words are released at midnight CDT on Friday April …
In fact, every day is #todayspoem day. With the #todayspoem hashtag, you can share an excerpt from any poem that happens to have made your day. Everyone shares their #todayspoem experience a little differently, with an image, a link, an excerpt, whatever fits in a tweet. Each tweet is enough …
Tune in to www.poetryinvoice.com and watch as the top 9 student reciters from across Canada lift poetry off the page and compete for $25,000 in prizes. Meet the Poetry In Voice / Les voix de la poesie judges, poets Joséphine Bacon, Gwen Benaway, Anne-Marie Desmeules, Moe Clark, Pierre Nepveu, and …
Come to poetry hub Knife | Fork | Book for the launch of the anthology Sweet Water: Poems for the Watersheds, which gathers the voices of poets from across Canada, the US and the UK who write of water. Learn more here.
#twitterPoetryClub meets on Twitter, on alternating Monday evenings from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. EST. Their formula is pretty simple: members share beloved or interesting poems by posting the poet's name, hashtagging "TwitterPoetryClub" and including an image of the poem and/or a link to the full text. Once a poem …
Explore an online exhibition of fiber artist Laurie Wohl's Birds of Longing: Exile and Memory, which was to be on display at the University of Arizona Poetry Center during spring 2020. The online exhibit includes photographs of the pieces and text from the exhibit labels, as well as a recording …
The Summer Writers Retreat is a self-directed program that offers time and space for writers to retreat, reconnect, and re-energize their writing practice. In addition to a single room, which doubles as a private studio, writers will be surrounded by a community of artistic peers. Writers will have the opportunity …
The Poetry London Reading Series, in partnership with the London Public Library, hosts monthly readings and poetry workshops in London, Ontario. They bring a diverse list of Canada’s finest poets into London for readings, as well as providing a wide range of poetry-related opportunities for local writers and poetry aficionados. …
Pandora's Collective presents the Twisted Poets Literary Salon the 4th Thursday of every month. This month features a youth/kids event with Michelle Barker. Learn more here.
A resident of New Mexico, Layli Long Soldier is the author of Whereas, published by Graywolf Press, winner of the 2018 PEN/Jean Stein Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award, finalist for the National Book Award in poetry and shortlisted for the 2018 Griffin Poetry Prize. She has …
This annual contest challenges you to write an original poem in 48 hours — with only one catch. The final poem must include ten words provided by CV2 Contemporary Verse 2 - The Canadian Journal of Poetry and Critical Writing. These words are released at midnight CDT on Friday April …
In fact, every day is #todayspoem day. With the #todayspoem hashtag, you can share an excerpt from any poem that happens to have made your day. Everyone shares their #todayspoem experience a little differently, with an image, a link, an excerpt, whatever fits in a tweet. Each tweet is enough …
Come celebrate the launch of Vallum 17:1 "Home," as part of the Common Reading Series! As this issue's theme is "Home," Vallum is using this opportunity to raise awareness for organisations like Nellie's Shelter, a charitable organization that operates programs and services for women and children who have and are …
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Big Read, a partnership with Arts Midwest, broadens our understanding of our world, our communities, and ourselves through the joy of sharing a good book. Showcasing a diverse range of contemporary titles that reflect many different voices and perspectives, the NEA Big Read …
Delve into the works of the poet who gave voice to the River Dart and reinvented Homer at the spring National Poetry Library Book Club. From her first collection, The Thing in the Gap-Stone Stile, in 1996, Alice Oswald has engaged with the natural world and ecology, informed by her …
#twitterPoetryClub meets on Twitter, on alternating Monday evenings from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. EST. Their formula is pretty simple: members share beloved or interesting poems by posting the poet's name, hashtagging "TwitterPoetryClub" and including an image of the poem and/or a link to the full text. Once a poem …
Established in memory of poet Bronwen Wallace, this award now presents two awards for short fiction and poetry every year, effective 2020. As Ms. Wallace’s first book was not published until she was 35, this annual award is given to a writer below the age of 35 who has yet …
Ilya Kaminsky reads from Deaf Republic and Sawako Nakayasu reads from The Ants in Tishman Lecture Hall at Bennington College. Learn more here.
In June 2020, Poetry In Voice will publish the second issue of VOICES/VOIX, their student poetry journal. If you are a student in grades 9 through 12 (Sec. 3, 4 & 5 and CEGEP 1 in Quebec), you're encourage to send your original poems via their submission form. The journal …
Brick Books’ mandate is to publish poetry of the highest quality by both new and established Canadian writers (either Canadian citizens or landed immigrants.) Their editors are interested in seeing work from as broad a range of aesthetics and experiences as possible. They encourage submissions from Indigenous poets, racialized poets, …
The LaHave Review is an online poetry journal edited by Michael Goodfellow and will launch in December, 2019. Each issue will feature one poem per season, a biography of the poet, and an interview. The LaHave Review is named after the LaHave River in Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia. The river …
The Montreal International Poetry Prize is committed to encouraging the creation of original works of poetry, to building international readership, and to exploring the world’s Englishes. The Montreal International Poetry Prize awards one prize of $20,000 CAD to one poet for a single poem of 40 or fewer lines. A …
In fact, every day is #todayspoem day. With the #todayspoem hashtag, you can share an excerpt from any poem that happens to have made your day. Everyone shares their #todayspoem experience a little differently, with an image, a link, an excerpt, whatever fits in a tweet. Each tweet is enough …
In fact, every day is #todayspoem day. With the #todayspoem hashtag, you can share an excerpt from any poem that happens to have made your day. Everyone shares their #todayspoem experience a little differently, with an image, a link, an excerpt, whatever fits in a tweet. Each tweet is enough …
Established in June 2019, Little Birds Poetry is a series of editing workshops for poets and creative writers. Their mandate is to fine-tune original poems, short pieces of creative writing, and chapbook manuscripts in preparation for submission to literary magazines and publishing houses. Workshops take place once to twice a …
#twitterPoetryClub meets on Twitter, on alternating Monday evenings from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. EST. Their formula is pretty simple: members share beloved or interesting poems by posting the poet's name, hashtagging "TwitterPoetryClub" and including an image of the poem and/or a link to the full text. Once a poem …
This is a weekly hour and a half of poetry for health care students and workers. For people working in acute and ongoing moments of need. For all of us now. What might poetry do here? Poet Ronna Bloom will introduce poetry that has been used in hospitals, and is …
Join poets Tongo Eisen-Martin and Jessica Care Moore for a virtual poetry event you won't soon forget. Learn more here.
In fact, every day is #todayspoem day. With the #todayspoem hashtag, you can share an excerpt from any poem that happens to have made your day. Everyone shares their #todayspoem experience a little differently, with an image, a link, an excerpt, whatever fits in a tweet. Each tweet is enough …
2006 Griffin Poetry Prize winner Kamau Brathwaite was born on this date in 1930. Learn more about Kamau Brathwaite here and here.
Kamau Brathwaite has left us all an extensive and generous inheritance. His work reaches back to our collective past. He tended to that in his role as historian and cultural critic but he was also never afraid of innovation. Beginning on the occasion of his 90th born day (May 11), …
#twitterPoetryClub meets on Twitter, on alternating Monday evenings from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. EST. Their formula is pretty simple: members share beloved or interesting poems by posting the poet's name, hashtagging "TwitterPoetryClub" and including an image of the poem and/or a link to the full text. Once a poem …
Authors Ian Williams and Randy Boyagoda take part in the At Home with Literati series of Virtual events, and offer lively conversation in support of their books Reproduction and Original Prin. Learn more here.
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 …
Poems must be written in the English language. Poems can be of any length. You can enter as many poems as you like, at the same time, or in separate submissions. Poems must not have been previously published. 50 poems will be longlisted and published in our annual anthology. 16 …
This is a weekly hour and a half of poetry for health care students and workers. For people working in acute and ongoing moments of need. For all of us now. What might poetry do here? Poet Ronna Bloom will introduce poetry that has been used in hospitals, and is …
This events offers virtual readings from UAlberta Press's most recent poetry titles with writers from coast to coast, including new books by poets Kat Cameron, Valerie Mason-John, E. Alex Pierce and Angeline Schellenberg. Learn more here.
Join the Poetry Foundation for a virtual poetry reading with Arab American Book Award– winning poet Dunya Mikhail. Her collections include In Her Feminine Sign; The Beekeeper: Rescuing the Stolen Women of Iraq, longlisted for the 2018 National Book Award for translated literature; and The War Works Hard, shortlisted for …
In fact, every day is #todayspoem day. With the #todayspoem hashtag, you can share an excerpt from any poem that happens to have made your day. Everyone shares their #todayspoem experience a little differently, with an image, a link, an excerpt, whatever fits in a tweet. Each tweet is enough …
To all at Indian Summer, the festival really is a model for the kind of society the’d like to see. A society that is creative, diverse, inclusive and innovative. As the world builds more and more walls and as societies get suspicious and afraid of people who don’t look like …
#twitterPoetryClub meets on Twitter, on alternating Monday evenings from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. EST. Their formula is pretty simple: members share beloved or interesting poems by posting the poet's name, hashtagging "TwitterPoetryClub" and including an image of the poem and/or a link to the full text. Once a poem …
Due to the still evolving COVID-19 situation, we have decided to cancel the 2020 Griffin Poetry Prize awards evening. However, the Griffin Poetry Prize International and Canadian winners will still be announced via the Griffin Poetry Prize web site and social media channels. Our full statement is here.
All Lit Up presents its first-ever Indie Reading Room, a series dedicated to bringing readings into your home. Join All Lit Up on Zoom for virtual readings from three stellar poets Daniela Elza (the broken boat, Mother Tongue Publishing), Sadiqa de Meijer (The Outer Wards, Véhicule Press), and Betsy Warland …
This is a weekly hour and a half of poetry for health care students and workers. For people working in acute and ongoing moments of need. For all of us now. What might poetry do here? Poet Ronna Bloom will introduce poetry that has been used in hospitals, and is …
This event via Zoom offers a unique opportunity to witness the creation of a collaborative poem between six different UK-based poets. Following a brief set by Caroline Bergvall, the poets will be exploring themes of the night, of seeking refuge, and share their processes whil developing the shared poem. This …
Poets Corner is experimenting with live virtual readings. It’s a first for them, but they’re nervously excited about the prospect. Poets Corner's usual format is to have two featured poets preceded by an open mic segment. Because they’re on a steep learning curve, they have decided to go with just …
In fact, every day is #todayspoem day. With the #todayspoem hashtag, you can share an excerpt from any poem that happens to have made your day. Everyone shares their #todayspoem experience a little differently, with an image, a link, an excerpt, whatever fits in a tweet. Each tweet is enough …