The Teignmouth Poetry Festival 2017 enters its fourth year with a reputation for warm informality already well-established. The programme includes favourites like ‘Poetry in Other Languages’ and a lively opener where folk music shares the stage with new poetry on historical themes. Four workshops will be led by leading poetry …
The City of Mississauga recognized its inaugural Poet Laureate in 2015. The role of the Poet Laureate is to elevate the status of poetry, literary arts and writers within their communities and beyond. The honorary position recognizes a poet who writes excellent poetry or spoken word and has written on …
This is a facilitated retreat for eight poets who have a publication record of at least one book of poetry or the equivalent in periodicals and are working towards manuscript completion. The colloquium offers a small group context. Focus will be on individual manuscript consultations and on seminar discussions dealing …
Launched in 1999 with Rita Dove’s selection of Natasha Trethewey’s Domestic Work, this first-book award is dedicated to the discovery of exceptional manuscripts by black poets of African descent. Winner receives $1,000, publication by University of Pittsburgh Press in fall 2018, 15 copies of the book and a feature reading. …
In this workshop (which runs most Sundays from January 22nd to April 30th, with some exceptions), participants in person and online will study H.D.’s Collected Poems. Participants spend the first hour reading poems (aloud) and another hour writing. The writing portion takes the form of starting points and prompts drawn …