Bring a poem or two, and raise a glass to Robert Burns, Scotland's National Bard. The Poetry Association of Scotland is a registered charity (SCO14388), founded in 1924 to promote public readings of the best poetry from all over the world. Annual membership costs £25, and concessions are £20. This …
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 …
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 …
Calling all University of Alberta students! The Canadian Literature Centre is looking for the best poetry in French and English that the U of A has to offer. The theme is: The Ordinary and the Everyday. Learn more here. Return to the International Poetry Calendar.
The Malahat Review, Canada’s premier literary magazine, invites entries from Canadian, American, and overseas authors for the Long Poem Prize. Two awards of $1,000 CAD each are given. Poets contributing to The Malahat Review have also won or been nominated for National Magazine Awards for Poetry and the Pushcart Prize. …