Online: 2024 Contests Reading

Please join us on Zoom for our annual reading, featuring: Poems from winners of the Sheila Margaret Motton Book Prize and Jean Pedrick Chapbook Prize contests; Winning and honorable-mention poems from our single-poem contests: Samuel Washington Allen Prize for a long poem or poem sequence E.E. Cummings Prize, for a compelling, lyrical, or experimental short poem ... Read more

Free

Poetry at the Manse: Toni Bee, Jesse Mavro Diamond, Therese Gleason

Old Manse 269 Monument St, Concord, MA

Please join us at The Old Manse in Concord, Mass., for this free event! The reading will be held under a tent outdoors, and the venue is accessible. Toni Bee is a poet, educator, and photographer hailing from Boston, MA. She is a 2024-2025 GrubStreet Teaching Fellow as well as a workshop facilitator for Writers ... Read more

Free

Poetry and Music at Medford Brewing Company

Medford Brewing Company 30 Harvard Ave., Medford, MA, United States

Join the New England Poetry Club for poetry, music, and a touch of surrealism, at the Medford Brewing Company! Regie Gibson will headline the afternoon, which will also highlight NEPC member poets based in Medford. We'll have original songs from Max Heinegg. And be prepared for the game of Exquisite Corpse ... Literary Performer, poet, ... Read more

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Red Letter Live!

Robbins Library 700 Massachusetts Ave, Arlington, MA, United States

Steven Ratiner, NEPC member and publisher of the weekly Red Letter Poems, is announcing the fifth annual RED LETTER LIVE! poetry event featuring poets: Danielle Legros Georges Indran Amirthanayagam Heather Treseler Steven Ratiner And a musical performance by clarinetist Todd Brunel The event will be held on Saturday, November 9th 2024, 1-3 p.m with a ... Read more

Peekskill Art Alliance Poetry Salon

The Bean Runner Cafe 201 S. Division St., Peekskill, NY, United States

NEPC member James K. Zimmerman will participate—along with Mary Newell and Jared Harel—in a Poetry Salon at The Bean Runner Cafe, 201 S. Division St., Peekskill, NY, on Tuesday, December 3, at 6 p.m. EST. The event will include readings followed by a conversation among the poets, hosted by Carla Rae Johnson, about their writing process. Admission is free.

Poetry the Art of Words: Mike Amado Memorial Series

Plymouth Center for the Arts 11 NORTH STREET, PLYMOUTH, MA, United States

Please join Linda Carney Goodrich & Matthew Porto for Poetry the art of words: Mike Amado Memorial series December 8, 2025, 1:15 to 3:45 at Plymouth Center for the Arts, 11 North Street, Plymouth, MA Free & open to the public No registration required, though Zoom attendees must request access by contacting poetrytheartofwords6@gmail.com Venue is ... Read more

Poetry Reading by Elaine Reardon

Greenfield Public Library 412 Main St., Greenfield, MA, United States

Join NEPC Member Elaine Reardon and the Friends of the Greenfield Public Library for a reading from her new Chapbook Stories Told in a Lost Tongue from Finishing Line Press. The book is now available on Amazon or can be ordered from any bookstore. It's available both as a hardcover and a softcover book. You ... Read more

NAV Arts Open Mic

The Bookery 844 Elm Street, Manchester, NH, United States

NEPC member Sara Letourneau will be the featured poet at the NAV Arts Open Mic on Wednesday, December 11, at 5:00 p.m. ET, hosted by Julie Marie Hoey. The open mic is held at the Bookery, 844 Elm Street, Manchester, New Hampshire. This event is free, but you're welcome to purchase copies of Sara's poetry collection, Wild Gardens, while ... Read more

Pour Me a Poem Open Mic

NEPC member Matthew E. Henry will be the featured poet at the Pour Me a Poem open mic on Thursday, December 12, at 7:00 p.m. ET, hosted by Wayne-Daniel Berard and NEPC member Sara Letourneau. Pour Me a Poem is held at Wayne-Daniel's home at 51 Park Street in Mansfield, MA. (The PMAP sign will be on the front porch.) The ... Read more