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, …
Cherie Dimaline and Layli Long Soldier are part of the entrancing lineup for this series of readings, open to the public. Learn more here.
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.