18th Annual Palm Beach Poetry Festival Virtual Workshop Applications are now open on Submittable! Our line-up features Workshop Faculty Poets: Kim Addonizio, Laure-Anne Bosselaar, Chard deNiord, Mark Doty, Yona Harvey, John Murillo, Matthew Olzmann, & Diane Seuss. Our Special Guest is Yusef Komunakaa; Poet-at-Large Aimee Nezhukumatathil; and Conference Faculty: Lorna Knowles Blake, Sally …
Are you a developing writer completing your first manuscript and seeking a mentor? Or do you know one? Submissions are now open for the 2022 Writers' Trust Mentorship program, which pairs established and developing writers working in fiction, poetry, and literary nonfiction for one-on-one instruction. Apply by January 10th for …
Asymptote Journal celebrate their 43rd issue with stunning new work from a record 43(!) countries, including poems by International Booker Prize nominee Stefan Hertmans in their Flemish Literature Feature and an exclusive with George Szirtes: http://asymptotejournal.com/jan-2022
Brick Books is one of the most decorated independent publishers around, with their unique all-poetry list featuring names like Margaret Avison, Parliamentary Poet Laureate Louise B. Halfe — Sky Dancer, and Karen Solie. Their books have won and been nominated for Griffin Poetry Prizes, Governor General's Literary Awards, Trillium Book Awards, and …
Derek Walcott, our 2015 Griffin Poetry Prize Lifetime Recognition Award recipient, was born on this day in 1930. To honour him, his longtime partner Sigrid Nama donated 4000 books from his library to the Sir Arthur Lewis Community College in Castries.