One of the UK’s most successful spoken word collectives, Loud Poets return with their monthly showcase of the UK’s top spoken word talent. This is make some noise, fist-thumping, pint-drinking, side-tickling, heart-wrenching poetry. This is poetry for the masses. Learn more here.
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.
The Moth Poetry Prize is one of the biggest prizes in the world for a single unpublished poem. The prize is open to anyone (over 16) as long as the poem is previously unpublished, and each year it attracts thousands of entries from new and established poets from over 50 …
The perfect candidates will be wildly in love with stories, and fascinated with how authentic community building can create a more humane and beautiful world. They will know in their bones that when people are truly heard in their creative expressions, they become more whole, more courageous, and more kind. …
There are three things to consider when the New Year’s Day Poetry Marathon sweeps you into its gracefully uncouth embrace – what it is, what it was, and who you will be when it’s over. An untamed gathering of the heart’s secret, wild nobility – over 150 poets, performers, and …