featuring L. Smith and others TBD.

https://www.instagram.com/l.smith.author

featuring poets TBA.

https://www.vonavoices.org/

featuring poets TBD.

The Italian American Writers Association was founded in 1991 to promote Italian American writing by encouraging its writing, reading, publication, distribution, translation, and study. Its members include writers, readers, editors, publishers, agents, translators, teachers, scholars, and indeed all who are interested in the progress of Italian American writing.

iawa.net

featuring poets TBD.

Poets House is a library and meeting place which invites poets and the public to step into the living tradition of poetry, in a comfortable and accessible space.

https://poetshouse.org/

featuring Nadia Alexis, Dorsía Smith Silva, & Noah Davis.

As a not-for-profit literary press serving art and community, Cavankerry is committed to expanding the reach of poetry and other fine literature to a general readership by publishing works that explore the emotional and psychological landscapes of everyday life, and to bring that art to the underserved where they live, work and receive services.

https://www.cavankerrypress.org/

featuring poets TBA.

https://www.indolentbooks.com/

featuring poets TBD.

Scientists and Poets is an independent micro press based in Brooklyn, New York, dedicated to supporting emerging creative writers whose work has yet to receive the recognition it deserves. With a mission to explore the edges of the imagination—where the realms of science and art converge—Scientists and Poets publishes poetry and essays that push boundaries and open new worlds. In addition to its publishing efforts, the press will soon host readings and events that further its commitment to cultivating vibrant, cross-disciplinary literary communities. Readers and writers are invited to subscribe to the newsletter for updates and original content aligned with the press’s imaginative and exploratory vision.

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Annie Finch is an American poet, writer, translator, cultural critic and performance artist. Her work is centred on feminism and earth-based spirituality. She has published seven books of poetry and has received the Sarasvati Award and the Robert Fitzgerald Award for lifetime contribution to the art and craft of Versification. 

Paola Fiterre is a Cuban artist based in New York, whose practice focuses on the representation of the female body as shaped by the migratory experience. She studied at the Instituto Superior de Arte (ISA) in Havana and graduated from the International Center of Photography in 2019, where she received the ICP Director’s Scholarship and the ICP New Media Grant. Fiterre uses performance, photography, video, among other media, as tools of perception to inhabit the domestic, the social, and the biological, subverting their gendered meanings. She has received fellowships such as the Reed Foundation Fellowship for Cuban artists and, in 2023, the Cintas Foundation Fellowship in Photography. The work of Paola Fiterre offers an intimate reckoning with the body, identity, and the immigrant experience. Using her own body as both subject and medium; as a space of confrontation and contemplation. Her work is a reflection on the tension between personal and cultural identity, exploring themes such as migration, the female figure in a globalized society, and humanity’s relationship with the natural world. Fiterre’s work evokes a visceral response, drawing attention to the shared experience of “otherness” that transcends borders, cultures, and bodies.

Bird Piccininni is a photographer and curator, holding a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts (SMFA) & Tufts University and a Masters in Curatorial Practice from the School of Visual Arts. They have studied photography for the past decade through commercial, corporate, and fine art opportunities. Their photographs have been exhibited at the Nave Gallery, Somerville; in Genetic Material, SMFA; Altered, William Morris Hunt Library, Boston; and Blurred, Checkpoint Cafe, Edinburgh. Bird travels extensively for her photographic series, each of which examines the facade, internal struggles, decisions, and lifestyles of her subjects. From their experiences Bird pushes their work and efforts towards equity, accessibility, and change in and outside the arts community. Bird is currently the Gallery Manager at Pen + Brush in New York.

Over the last 50 years, the Nuyorican Poets Café has served as a home for groundbreaking works of poetry, music, theater and visual arts. A multicultural and multi-arts institution, the Café gives voice to a diverse group of rising poets, actors, filmmakers and musicians. The Café champions the use of poetry, jazz, theater, hip-hop and spoken word as means of social empowerment for minority and underprivileged artists. Our community of spectators, artists and students is a reflection of New York City’s diverse population; the late American poet Allen Ginsberg called the Café “the most integrated place on the planet.”

https://www.nuyorican.org/

featuring Eileen Myles & Sam Sax

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featuring Ana Paula Martinez, Carlos Egaña, Alba Perez Rojo, Itzel Romi, Lucía Eugenia Orellana, Arianna Corredor, & Sara Abadía.

featuring AC Lightnin, Darlyn Villalona, Angiie, Alex Ann, & Mamá Poetress.

featuring poets TBA.

featuring Victoria Lau, Rebecca Suzuki, & Ryan Black.

featuring poets TBA.

featuring Lorraine Currelley, Edward D. Currelley, Meredith Trede, & Ngoma Hill.

Poets Network & Exchange, Inc. is a 501.c3 not-for-profit organization. A positive and supportive intergenerational space for poets and writers at all levels. Poets Network & Exchange, Inc. produces and host featured spoken word, poetry readings, creative writing workshops, a Scholar Lecture Series, and open poetry mic. Poets Network & Exchange, Inc. advocates for reading and literacy. http://poetsnetworkandexchange.com Email: poetsnetworkandexchange@gmail.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/poetsnetworkandexchange/

featuring poets TBA.

“Greenville Arts Crossroads,” is a grassroots organization consisting of passionate poets, artists, and activists who highlight the power and talent of their Greenville neighborhood. They are committed to creating and sustaining a culture of inclusion, equity, and justice. As an educator, founder Melida Rodas works tirelessly at amplifying the marginalized voices of her community and creating a network of artists and activists who believe in sharing resources and ideas that benefit children, individuals & neighborhoods lacking privilege, exposure, and space.

featuring Andrés Cerpa, Michael M. Weinstein, Mary Helen Callier, & Matthew Nienow.

Founded as a feminist press, Alice James Books is committed to collaborating with literary artists of excellence whose voices have been historically marginalized. Since 1973, AJB has been publishing books that matter by poets who inspire. You can learn more at alicejamesbooks.org.

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For over 30 years, the Asian American Writers’ Workshop has been dedicated to publishing and amplifying Asian American literary culture. Operating from a radically inclusive ethos, AAWW expands the definition not only of who is a writer, but also of who is Asian American. Through a robust and diverse lineup of programming, AAWW serves as a vital sanctuary space for writers and readers alike. In cultivating and curating the next generation of Asian American storytellers, AAWW works to mobilize the literary community toward a more just future.

aaww.org/@aaww_nyc

featuring poets TBA.

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We are MFA Program at St. Joseph's University in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn. Students study poetry, fiction and nonfiction and publish all those genres in addition to visual art in The Writer's Foundry Review publication, which seeks work that speaks honestly to the diverse experiences and identities of each creator.

https://www.writersfoundryreview.org/

featuring Naomi Shihab Nye, Anne Waldman, & Andrew Whiteman

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We are a publishing house specializing in poetry. Our team works in synergy to publish and manage the works of poets from Latin America and Spain. All our collections aim to honor the legacy of great women in our vast poetic tradition. Our goal is to facilitate multidirectional and rhizomatic readings that reimagine the processes of literary enactment. We believe in our poets and trust in the readers’ journey through our human-centered vision. Lyrical language and aesthetic sensibility are the cornerstone of each of our publications.

www.nuevayorkpoetrypress.com

featuring Mariela Dreyfus, Keila Vall de la Ville, Rocío Uchofen, & Carlos Tello.

This magazine is an extension of Nueva York Poetry Press, a publishing house specializing in poetry in Spanish and in translation, sharing the mission of promoting the essential voices of world poetry in the United States. In this way, Nueva York Poetry Review, both in its digital and print editions, aims not only to serve as a platform for the dissemination of poetry but also as a space for reflection on the craft of composition.

www.nuevayorkpoetryreview.com

featuring Carmen Rojas Larrazábal, Guido Martínez Carbonell, & Yolanda Jiménez García.

The "Encuentro de Poetas Iberoamericanos: Poeta en Nueva York" is an extension of the prestigious literary gathering founded and directed by Alfredo Pérez Alencart, which has been held for over 28 years by the Ayuntamiento de Salamanca, in a city recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage site. For the first time, the Encuentro expanded its reach across the Atlantic, finding a new home at Barnard College, Columbia University, in New York City. This historic edition, coordinated by Marisa Russo, paid tribute to the legacy of Federico García Lorca and his profound connection to New York, as reflected in his seminal work Poeta en Nueva York. The event reaffirmed its commitment to poetic dialogue across cultures, uniting voices from the Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking worlds while embracing the rich linguistic and artistic diversity of the Ibero-American tradition. Through poetry readings, discussions, and multilingual literary exchanges, the Encuentro in New York strengthened its mission of fostering artistic and intellectual bridges beyond borders. By bringing together poets, translators, and scholars in a city that has long been a hub for global literary currents, this edition marked a new chapter in the Encuentro’s legacy, honoring its origins while expanding its reach to new audiences and creative landscapes.

https://www.facebook.com/EncuentrodePoetasIberoamericanosPoetaenNuevaYork

featuring Tomás Modesto Galán, Tanya (Hyonhye) Ko Hong, & Hassanal Abdullah.

Rizoma Literario is a series of virtual and in-person interviews with poets, hosted by the Department of Romance Languages at Hunter College since 2018. These interviews provide a space for students to engage directly with poets through discussions and interactive poetry readings.

https://www.facebook.com/rizomaliterario

featuring Alex Crowe, Ralph Hooten, Bri Onishea, Steven T. Licardi, Cara Macedonio, Scott Grimando, and Alec Miniero

The Muse Exchange is a tribe of spoken word artists, visual artists, musicians and performers, that produces arts events and open mics in New York and California. The Muse opens its arms to anyone in need of a place to share talent, thoughts or test ideas.

featuring Kayleigh Marinelli, Nan Byrne, and Anne Keyes

A group of poets who live or work in North Brooklyn.

featuring Amanda Giordano, James Milanesi, Christian Bufo, Alejandro Santana, and Patrick Cronin

An independent literary collective out of Philadelphia.

featuring poets TBA.

Secret Pete’s communist poetry mic and readings is a space that challenges capitalistic thoughts and uses poetry as a tool for liberation

featuring Carrie Magness Radna, David Dephy, Megha Sood, Susan Justiniano, and Patricia Carragon

featuring poets TBD

Poets, of Course are a collective of creative people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Our normal might not be your normal. We are dazzlingly neurodivergent. We proudly acknowledge our partnerships with the direct support professionals that support us.

featuring poets TBD

Publishing well crafted books of poetry since 2006.

featuring poets TBD

For the last eight years Artful Dodgers Poetry has hosted a monthly reading series in person or as a hybrid of in person and virtual attendance with an international following.

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featuring Fran Lombardi, Zorida Mohammed, Frank Rubino, Arthur Russell, Claudia Serea, and Anton Yakovlev

The Red Wheelbarrow Poets is a poetry collective based in Rutherford, NJ, carrying on the legacy of William Carlos Williams for more than 18 years. We have a weekly workshop on Zoom and a monthly poetry reading on First Wednesday at the Felician University Little Theater.

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Sequin Soul Spirit Writers is a weekly writing group. The founder is author of "Sequin Soul Poetry from the Spirit " Host and Producer of "The Ketriana Yvonne Show"

featuring Lynne Schmidt, travis I. tate, Alison Lubar, and M.R. Mandell

Stanchion is a black and white quarterly print literary magazine and colorful book press dedicated to publishing diverse voices from around the world.Launched amid the tumultuous summer of '20, Stanchion is a quarterly zine, printed on thick, elegant uncoated A5 paper and featuring short stories, flash fiction, poetry, one-act plays, evocative thoughts, drawings, and black & white photography from some of the most talented artists working today. ​ Stanchion is an inclusive space, a paying publication, and a safe home for diverse voices from across the globe.

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Bards On The Rocks is a queer high-energy poetry & variety show that celebrates raw, unfiltered expression in Manchester, NH. Known for the tag line "risk tender, risk cringe," we've worked hard to build a space that celebrates established & emerging voices in a community-driven atmosphere unafraid to get a lil goofy & experiment in their respective crafts. With poetry & comedy at the helm, we host regular rap nights, drag shows, burlesque, & make space on the open mic for anything live.

featuring Jodi Lin, Birch Wiley, and Brooklyn Baggett

new words {press} is a non-profit, poetry press dedicated to elevating the voices of emerging and established trans* and gender-expansive poets, building community, and sharing knowledge.

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featuring Linda Kleinbub, Madelline Artenberg, Ptr Kozlowski, Jada Fitzpatrick, and C. O. Moed

Pen Pal Poets is a group of diverse poets, artists, storytellers, and musicians that curates poetry readings throughout the city. Readings have been held at the Playhouse Theater, 6BC Community Garden and the NYC Poetry Festival.

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Pink Trees Press is a non-profit press publishing the work of diverse writing.

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Open mic, showcase, workshop & creative social series.

featuring SJ Willett, Theta Pavis, Erato, Pande, Ignacio Manzanero, and Cyn Grace Sylvie

Jersey City Writers (JCW) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization in Hudson County, NJ. We are dedicated to building a community for writers to develop and explore their craft by interacting with other writers. We inspire and support each other through dozens of monthly events, including workshops, writing prompts, marathons, and special events. All genres are welcome. Our diverse meetings cater to writers of novels, plays, poems, memoirs, short stories, and more. Stop by and bond with other people who understand the complicated yet satisfying process of creating something from nothing.

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The Human Arts Collective is a community-focused organization that fosters creativity, connection, and personal growth through artistic and expressive practices.

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featuring David Groff, Gia Anansi-Shakur, Kristine Esser Slentz, and Brad Vogel

NYC Poets Afloat is an annual residency and reading series aboard ships around New York Harbor since 2019.

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featuring Temlah Sauft, DK Grey, and Blessen

Spotlight Poetry is a dynamic poetry organization and brand dedicated to amplifying diverse voices and cultivating a thriving literary arts community. Spotlight Poetry has become a cornerstone of Las Vegas's creative scene, hosting impactful events, workshops, and performances that bridge poetry with culture, activism, and education. Spotlight Poetry’s programming includes competitive slams, themed showcases, and collaborative community projects that inspire creativity and foster connection. Spotlight Poetry is committed to making poetry accessible, transformative, and reflective of the communities it serves.

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featuring Shamsun Tiba, Zee Rosado, Tenesaca, Triniti Gamble, Pharaoh Gonder, J’miah Baird, Amanda Dettmann, and Maura Lee Bee

826NYC is a nonprofit whose mission is to encourage the exploration of endless possibilities through the power of writing. Undefined by circumstance, 826NYC's students build the skills to boldly write their own paths forward. 826NYC supports new and exciting approaches to writing and inspires student engagement. And 826NYC fosters generations of creative writers and thinkers, who together will define a better future.

featuring Megha Sood, Maria Lisella, Judy Trupin, Beth Evans, Isabella Calisi-Wagner, Luvon Roberson, and Melva C. Lewis

The dozen Thursday Morning Poets (TMP) members first met at a virtual workshop with Queens Poet Laureate Maria Lisella in January 2021. Writers in the group continue to meet weekly. They have varied styles and themes in their poetry, but there is a strong emphasis on social justice issues, the environment, and stories that spin out of their personal life histories. Members who are multilingual often include other languages in their writing.

featuring Molly Zhu, Xochi Quetzali Cartland, Kaylee Young-Eun Jeong, Micaela Camacho-Tenreiro, and Maria Gray

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Sweet Action is a collective of poets who use our writing as a means to connect to each other and the broader community. The group was founded in 2014 by Mirielle Clifford and Julie Hart and is based in Brooklyn. Through our workshops, readings, and public actions, we aim to create a welcoming, respectful, feminist and gender-inclusive space for poets of different identities, backgrounds and experiences working in all styles and forms.

featuring Judy C. Andrews, Américo Casiano, Jr., Jim Story, Diane Murray Ward, and Rider Alsop

The National Writers Union is the only labor organization representing freelance writers in every genre. With 13 chapters across the U.S., the NWU works to advance economic and working conditions of writers -- lobbying for legislation, initiating lawsuits, educating writers on their rights, networking, organizing picket lines, publicizing viable alternatives to unfair practices by both the traditional and Internet publishers, and by mobilizing members to fight for their collective self-interest. We're eager to help members and fellow writers' organizations. Reach out so we can collaborate!

featuring Marcel Hidalgo, Williams Williams, Nicollette Barsamian, and Victoria Lau

The BMCC Writing Center poets group consists of Igwe Williams, the director of the writing center and a faculty member for the English department, Nicollette Barsamian, the supervisor, Marcel Hidalgo, the former coordinator of the writing center, and Victoria Lau, a tutor for the Writing Center and an English adjunct lecturer at Queens College and John Jay College. As educators, we work with students throughout each step of the writing process. We also offer various workshops during term related to English composition and poetry. As poets we write in both free verse and formal poetry. We believe in using poetry to voice underrepresented narratives.

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Bloodletter is a biannual feminist horror magazine publishing personal and analytical perspectives on the horrific by women, trans, and non-binary writers. Bloodletter offers an exploratory space for writers to share their lived experiences of horror and the theoretical implications of the genre through fiction, non-fiction, film critique, interviews, and poetry. A featured artist is selected to illustrate each issue, resulting in an unconventional multidisciplinary digital platform that offers new and vital perspectives on the horror genre.

featuring Nicollette Barsamian

Weekly Writing circle that meets Tuesday nights at Caffeine Underground in Bushwick. Come one, come all! Share your writing and get feedback. Get inspired by hearing other peoples' work, relax in a comfortable space, and warm up your creativity. Bring your work or see where our writing prompts take you! The focus of the group will be on women and non-binary-identified folks (of any gender presentation!), but everyone is welcome and all genres are appreciated! Dust off your poetry and short fiction or bring parts of longer works. Bonus points for referencing Octavia Butler. Stick around after the circle.

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A mashup of poets to music

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The Sanctuary is a 501c3 nonprofit based in northern New Jersey. Our organization started in April 2023 and became a nonprofit in February 2024. We are a group of professional helpers, artists, and business folk who have come together with a shared mission. Our MISSION The Sanctuary is a community hub offering a home for social connection and creative expression. The Sanctuary is a volunteer run-dynamic space where all walks of life can connect through holistic wellness, education workshops, and artistic classes and events.

featuring Dena Igusti, Kristian Macaron , and Kat Anderson

Game Over Books was founded in 2017 by a group of poets who wanted to level up the publishing world by placing an emphasis on underrepresented voices. Since then, Game Over Books has grown its following across the nation and has a strong local presence in the Greater Boston Area, showing up for events throughout the northeast and connecting with fans, friends, and authors alike to emphasize that poetry is for everyone. 

Find them on Instagram @gameoverbooks or online at gameoverbooks.com to explore their recent releases and upcoming events. 

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Non-profit Artistic Company that empowers girls and gender expansive individuals to express themselves and their advocacy of social justice issues through the many elements of the arts.

featuring Owen Lewis, Adam Grabowski, Katie Ebbitt, and Ayelet Amittay

Ren Glaser is a Reformed Theatre Kid (TM) turned writer whose lust for life comes from a lifetime of battles. From coming of age as a child of adoption to a 15 + year long struggle with anorexia, Ren knows what it is like to have to pull yourself out of a (sometimes very real and not at all imaginary) dumpster. Using humor, heart and authenticity, Ren strives to reach a wide audience of people with their writing. While they mostly write from their own personal experiences with mental health and abuse, they also occasionally use their knowledge to write fiction. Ren is, as always, incredibly grateful for all the people, trials, puppies, friends and the more-than-occasional enemies from getting them to where they are today.

Katie Hébert (she/they) is a poet and writer born and raised in New York. She is currently an MFA in Creative Writing student and Teaching Fellow at Manhattanville University, and she holds a BA in English and Women’s & Gender Studies from SUNY Oneonta. They are an alum of The Heart of It and the College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational (CUPSI). Their work has been published in Gnashing Teeth Publishing, Ink and Marrow Lit, and Turnpike Magazine, among others. 

Steph Kleid is a poet and writer from New Jersey. Steph works as a lecturer of academic writing at Manhattanville University, where she received both her BA in English and her MFA in Creative Writing. Steph's work can be found in Creation Magazine; MiamiU's literary journal, Sinking City; and forthcoming in Sunflowers at Midnight and Pork Belly Press' online magazine, Sugared Water. Recently, Steph's poem Weekday Duplex was nominated by Creation Magazine for a Pushcart Prize. When she's not teaching, you can find Steph working on the next great American poetry collection, "down the shore" in New Jersey, reading through her mile-long TBR pile, and trying iced coffee from every locally owned cafe she can find.

The Manhattanville MFA Program brings together a close-knit community of writers dedicated to learning the craft of writing across genres.

Turrialba Literaria is a literary community founded on August 9, 2015, in Turrialba, Costa Rica. Its primary goal is to promote and disseminate local literature, providing a platform for both emerging and established writers in the region. The organization comprises various literary collectives, facilitating an evolving understanding of the canton's literary landscape. Additionally, Turrialba Literaria annually organizes notable events such as the International Poetry Festival of Turrialba in August, the International Presagio de Fuego Festival in January, and the Youth Poetry Festival in April, fostering cultural exchange and appreciation of poetry within the community.

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Water over Seawalls Poetry is a Brooklyn based collective poetry organization asking the question “what is art in the face of apocalypse?” In a world seemingly at the brink politically, economically, and most pressingly ecologically, what is the point of art? Can the poems we craft be defiant, trendsetting or transformative? Or are we just dancing on the slumbering Volcano? We seek to display beauty in the chaos and give a life preserver to cling to in these times of crisis. Our bywords are Doom, Truth, Hope.

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featuring Prometheus Brer, Bleu Zephra Santiago, Nas, Jairo Mata, and Sophia Valera Heinecke

featuring B., Anjoli Santiago, and RyAnn V Bryant

Founded in 2017, Souletri was born from a vision of fostering community connections and providing a safe haven for artists to express themselves freely. With support from Power Street Theatre, we curate a range of events, from Open Mics to artist showcases to digital series, all spanning from Philadelphia to New York and beyond.

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featuring Monica Sarmiento Castillo Archer, Xiang Huang, Shirley Fennessey, and Victoria Zhang

bi/Coa: Base Intercultural / Community of the Americas Was founded in 2012. Is a organization that was created and run to promotes Hispano-American culture and interrelation with other cultures through art: exhibitions, cinema, theater and literature. The series of programs that will be presented, express concepts of justice, social service, and freedom of expression. This exciting program will include workshops, conferences and panel discussions with the artists plus the exhibition of large collections that normally reside in museums and private collections around the world.

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Poetry for All is a cultural, artistic project strongly engaged in social activism. Its mission is to spread poetry among citizens and to create social change through verse, spoken word and performance. Poetry for All has been involved in poetic action. Its members have organized bilingual monthly readings in New York -La Nacional, D´ Antigua, Barco de Papel- poetry festivals and fairs, and have participated in round-tables, workshops, talks and creative gatherings.

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Intersections Mag is a creative community of artists in NYC especially involved in the promotion of the arts through 1) participating in city and neighbourhood initiatives; and 2) organizing events and activities (readings, cultural conferences, gallery openings). Intersections Mag members are multicultural, both men and women, highly engaged in human(ism) and social values.

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featuring JP Howard, Caitlin Grace McDonnell, KC Trommer, and Pichchenda Bao

Braving the Body is a collection, a conversation, a community, an ongoing connection to our bodies, our lives, our intersections, our imaginations, and our selves. Three contributors featured in the anthology will share their work and expand the space for all bodies, all work, all of us.

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With a community-based aesthetic, Art In The Basin (AITB) draws a diverse collection of voices in a thriving public conversation that features emergent local, national, and international talent. As of late summer 2021, AITB VOM is now AITB Hybrid Open Mic (HOM), streaming live via YouTube from Mon Amour Coffee and Wine in the Bronx. AITB’s 8th season will feature performances from published and unpublished writers, musicians, comedians, plus AITB HOM. AITB also offers free periodic, generative, and how-to workshops to the writing community. In 2024, AITB has brought board game opportunities to the New York Public Library for adults of all ages.

featuring Cristina Candela, Paola Assad Barbarino, A.K.A Ruyalarita, and Monica Trixel

Multilingual poetry movement in New York City.

featuring Ryan Buynak, Ryan Drag, Time Dinosaur, Jacob R. Moses, and Brian VanRemmen

The founders of Coyote Blood Press and DenimSkin Literary Review bring friends and return to NYC Poetry fest after a long hiatus to triumph once again!

featuring Zoey Rose, Carla M. Cherry, Joanne Grumet, Dhooleka Sarhadi Raj, Susanna Horng, and Y Kendall

The Marbled Sigh is a poetry journal by emerging writers for emerging writers.

featuring Millicent Ansah, Yetvart Majian, Robert Rosa III, and Vera Sirota

Hobo(ken) Poets is a group loosely associated with the Hoboken Historical Museum which hosts poetry events throughout the year

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LA BRUJAS CLUB WAS CREATED TO BE A SANCTUARY FOR SELF-CARE AND STORYTELLING. OUR PLATFORM IS A BEACON OF HOPE AND HEALING, OFFERING RESOURCES THAT FOSTER SPIRITUAL WELLNESS AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT.

http://labrujasclub.com/

featuring Kris Janvier, Linda Lerner, Nancy Mercado, Michael Antonio Pagano, Mas Walker, and George Wallace

Weekly Open Mic Series in the East Village for Poets and Musicians

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featuring PaulA Neves, Jen DeGregorio, and Bakar Wilson 

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Tadpole Reading Series is a quarterly reading series highlighting local emerging & known writers. With a new theme & mutual aid cause tied to the theme each time, Tadpole brings New Yorkers together in community and solidarity to connect, express, and feel together. Hosted by Chelsea Fonden & Isabella Esser Munera.

featuring Ayelet Amittay, Daniel Kraft, and Cindy Savett

Yetzirah is a nonprofit literary organization dedicated to fostering and supporting a community space for Jewish poets, nourishing writers and readers of Jewish poetry now and for generations to come.

featuring Ryan Buynak, Ryan Drag, Time Dinosaur, and Brian VanRemmen

The bomb death of bourgeois art.

featuring poets TBD

A group of poets who meet weekly on ZOOM to share poems (our own and by other poets) and to write new poems.

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A publishing organization with many local poets

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A poets circle that formed after attending a workshop at the New York Public Library in Soho. We meet monthly to read our work and give each other feedback.

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Haus of Expression is a vibrant sanctuary for artistic souls founded by Gabriella Stella with the intention to create a home where all expression is welcomed. Haus of Expression aims to bring abstract and innovative workshop experiences to the community to inspire expression and healing through art.

featuring Diana Gitesha Hernandez, Jerry T. Johnson, Ngoma, Mindy Matijasevic, Austin Alexis, Jennifer Blowdryer, Jacqueline Annette, Sarah James, and Rich Loeb

Poets collective: features and open mic

featuring Jessie Jones, Jasmine Gonzalez, Sol, Aaliyah Baez, and Vega

Founded in 2022, Karma Comes Before creates safe and transformative spaces for underrepresented voices (BIPOC, senior citizens, and folks with disorders and disabilities) online and in NYC. We help contributors publish their work, perform on- stage for the first time, and audition to perform at our Off-Broadway showcase.

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featuring Stuart Fishman has been steadily writing since the early 2000's. His work has appeared in the Dinner with the Muse series, Nomads Choir, Stars In Our Hearts, the Riverside Poets Anthology, etc. He’s also done several features at Nomads Choir and the Green Pavilion Poetry Event, and other venues. His poetry is based mostly on political and social commentary.

Thaddeus Rutkowski is the author of eight books of prose and poetry, most recently Safe Colors: A Novel in Short Fictions. His novel Haywire won the members’ choice award from the Asian American Writers’ Workshop. He teaches at Medgar Evers College and YMCA, and received a fiction writing fellowship from the New York Foundation for the Arts. 

Noel D. Cohen is a writer, editor and proofreader living in Brooklyn, N.Y. His hobbies include photography, traveling and long-distance walking. Besides contributing work to numerous publications, Mr. Cohen has published three chapbooks: Signs of Life; Signs of Life II; and My Niagara Falls Rainbow Book of Colors

Marianne Sciberras is a first generation New Yorker of Maltese descent. She discovered she could write when she won a song-writing contest. As life got harder, writing helped her to cope. She began sharing her work at open mics after a difficult marriage. A recently retired Registered Dietitian, she now focuses on entertaining through poetry and storytelling. She’s a lover of non-duality.

The Green Pavilion is one of the oldest running poetry events in the New York area. It has always been held at the Green Pavilion Restaurant in Brooklyn.

featuring David Elsasser, Arthur Gatti, Susan Weiman, Natalie Lardner, and DeeAnne P. Gorman

A group of visual and performing artists who display and perform their work

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The {Poetry} Unfold is a weekly poetry series that features a signature open mic + open forum model to cultivate a trauma-informed safe space meant to foster discourse and empower poets.

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An organization dedicated to the development of Harlem artists, as well as poets that speak from today's perspective of it's inhabitants

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No, Dear aims to bring together the voices of New York City poets who might not otherwise be in dialogue: both emerging and established poets from diverse backgrounds who are living and writing in New York City’s five boroughs. We aspire to disrupt a field that has historically privileged white patriarchal perspectives by building a publication and communal/critical dialogue that strives to be largely representative of women-identified poets, and poets of color and of all gender expressions.

featuring Jessica Femiani, Jacob R. Moses, and Katerina Canyon

Monthly Poetry Group

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An open-mic and livestream founded and hosted by poet Katherine E. Schneider and novelist Chris Belden

featuring Carissa Pignatelli, Jenny Pisani, Kyoko Heshiimu, Matt Germoso, Rhoda K. Pierce, Thomas Fucaloro, Maya Do Poet, and M.A. Dennis

SHAOLIN ISLAND FLOCK: “Shaolin,” the nickname given to Staten Island, NY by the Wu-Tang Clan, is home to a large population of wild turkeys. Interestingly enough, a group of wild turkeys is a flock as opposed to domesticated turkeys that gather as a gang. The wild turkey is a protected creature. SIF seeks to protect the poets, the artists, and all who desire to express themselves creatively. Collaboration is our secret recipe sauce. When we join forces in art and activism, especially in these dark knight of the soul times, like a Wu-Tang song title we can “Triumph.”

featuring Fin Rose Aborizk, Kyle Bastin, John Queor, Susan Justiniano, Crystal Davis, Yetvart S. Majian, Isabella Calisi-Wagner, and Patricia Carragon

Dreams In Hiding seeks to brings dreams out of hiding by collaborating and bringing writers together.

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featuring Poetic Brey and Kai Giovanni

The Rose Garden Events is a NYC based creative arts platform that curates various community events. With monthly open mic nights, spoken word showcases, art exhibitions, creative writing and performance workshops. There's something for every lover of creative arts at the Rose Garden Events, where creatives go to #KeepGrowing 

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featuring Didi Champagne, Veda Carmine-Ritchie, Hunter Hodkinson, Natalie Saliba, Harper Galvin, Dana Frayne, and Kristin Stainton

Poets and pioneers on the NYC circuit

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A writing club based in the Hudson Valley with writers from Kingston, Beacon, and NYC. With an inclusive mindset and focus on inclusion and community involvement, we are a small group trying to connect with other writers (and readers too).

featuring Khaotic, Cameron Keon Sykes, Lyn Patterson, and Jenn Cisneros

House of Khaos is a New York City based creative platform dedicated to nurturing and empowering artists at every stage of their journey. By providing a rich array of community resources and innovative opportunities through personalized services and dynamic communal events, House of Khaos fosters a supportive environment where artists from all walks of life can explore their creative passions and reach their fullest potential. Our commitment to diversity and inclusivity drives us to create an alchemizing space that advocates for artistic expression and furthers cultural enrichment.

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A society of Columbia University students and alumni who write and love poetry.

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coolkyds is an accessible and affordable creative community for writers, artists, musicians, and everyone in between. Our goal is to foster connection and collaboration among like-minded creatives.

featuring Amelia Blair-Smith, Hunter Hodkinson, Natasha Sharpe, MARE, and Madeline Phillips

Freeform is a monthly open mic held at Third Space, a nonprofit event space in East Williamsburg. Freeform furthers Third Space’s values of intentionality, community, and offline connections. The mic has ample time built in for socializing and encourages performers to try out new things in a safe and welcoming environment. Poets love Freeform because of its ethos—to listen and connect with others, not to monopolize the spotlight or merely “be heard”.

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NeuroNautic Institute began in 1987 as an off-the-cuff international art and performance collective. Based in New York City, the Institute was initially formed in Kathmandu producing live digital video performance, as well as psychedelic art. It included artists from New York, Tel Aviv, San Francisco, and London. . Today, NeuroNautic Institute’s focus is hosting both writing workshops and reading series. In 2012 our annual Night in the Naked City Series began, showcasing the voices of those rarest of birds, Native New Yorkers. In 2018, we expanded to our on-going monthly readings both in-person and via Zoom. . Having taken a hiatus from running our weekly writer’s workshop, future engagements are currently being planned and scheduled. . NeuroNautic Press is our newest endeavor. We aim to produce, promote, and distribute innovative work from a variety of voices. Turn the personal into the universal. Our first Anthology highlights the artists from the Night in the Naked City, including Steve Dalachinsky, Thomas Fucaloro, Puma Perl, Mercy Tullis-Buchari, and George Wallace, et al. Our next Anthology, still in its infancy stages, will be featuring the voices of the children of genocide and displaced persons. . We are are currently producing collections from individual authors as we continue to grow, which we will announce soon.

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featuring poets TBD

featuring Em [Marie] Kohl, danilo machado, Aishvarya Arora, and Chae(lee) Dalton

Exquisites is a Brooklyn-based queer and trans poetry reading, publication, and workshop series. Collectively-curating monthly readings at various community spaces throughout Brooklyn since 2022.

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Queer arts collective

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Hot People Read Poetry is an open mic experience and small zine press that strives to uplift vulnerability and authenticity. Read a poem=be hot!

featuring ReylaAngela, Beatriz “Bibi” Rosa, and Ten Smith

RA OPEN MIC, Fundraiser for Arts & Agriculture fundraises for urban farming, community gardens and local farmers through the Open Mic Arts.

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A youth initiative led by the Poetry Society of New York meant to engage high schoolers in the field of poetry.

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Teachers & Writers Collaborative (T&W) celebrates the imagination through transformative writing and arts education for youth and lifelong learners. Our programs and publications inspire classroom innovation and create greater equity in and through the literary arts.

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Writopia Lab is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose mission is to foster joy, literacy, and critical thinking in children and teens from all backgrounds through creative writing.

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Nonprofit youth literary program

Item descriNanous (NZN) Gallery is a vibrant platform dedicated to amplifying the voices of poets from all backgrounds. We provide a space for creative expression, where every poem is a unique creation and every voice matters. As we like to say, “You never know which pallets you’re going to get, but all auras of color bring masterpieces to the ears.” Embrace the unpredictability and creativity of poetry, and join a community that celebrates diversity in every form of expression.ption

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featuring poets TBD