Events

The Green Monster Poetry Challenge is accepting submissions of poems that can be read/recited out loud in no more than ONE MINUTE.  As a guideline, if your poem exceeds 20-24 lines and has more than 8-10 beats per line, it probably won’t cut the contest’s one-minute limitation.  Of course, prior to submitting, you should clock the piece (out […]

Mapping Worcester in Poetry has teamed up with Cantor Art Gallery's current exhibit, Room of Wonders: A Worcester Wunderkammer, to host a poetry reading that explores collective experiences of the city's public spaces. All the poems were composed for MWiP's 2023 "Poems in and out of Places" contest, and like many works in the exhibit, […]

WHAT: Slightly Off-beat Poets Presents: KAT PIHL & BARBARA THOMAS WHERE: Lil’s Barkyard Stage at Steve Veilleux’s house 112 Fabyan-Woodstock Road N Grosvenordale, CT              RAIN LOCATION:   Indoors WHEN: Sunday July 13, 2025 @ 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm WHAT HAPPENS: Our feature poets of the month will each read for 20 minutes. Then we will […]

Join us to learn about the founding, and flourishing, of legendary organizations, venues, and open mics during the last five decades of poetry in Worcester. With Bob Gill as emcee, Jonathan Blake, Stephen Campiglio, Lea Deschenes, Rush Frazier, John Hodgen, Cowboy Matt Hopewell, Bill MacMillan, Dave Macpherson, Rodger Martin, and Eve Rifkah will swap stories […]

The Thirsty Lab poetry reading, normally based out of Princeton, Mass., continues to meet virtually. On Tuesday, July 22nd, 2025 Rodger Martin will be the featured reader. Please Click Here to register. This year, Nature/Culture Books brought out Rodger Martin’s fifth book, The Sleeping Dogs of Lubec along with a new & revised edition of his first book, The […]

The New Dawn Writers' Group is excited to have Tom Laughlin as our July visiting author. He will be reading Tuesday, July 22 starting at 7:00 p.m.. And the open mic starts at 8:00 p.m. We'd love to see you. Tom Laughlin is a Professor of English and Coordinator of the Creative Writing Program at Middlesex […]

Join us for a probing discussion of how life relates to art and the challenges of writing a biography. We'll focus on one of Worcester's best-known poets, Stanley Kunitz (1905-2006), who summed up the family dynamic that shaped his identity in the opening lines of "The Portrait": "My mother never forgave my father/ for killing […]

IMPORTANT: PLEASE BRING YOUR OWN CHAIR FOR THIS OUTDOOR EVENT WHAT: Slightly Off-beat Poets Presents: MICHAEL Michael McAfee & KAREN ELIZABETH Karen Elizabeth Sharpe WHERE: (Donna Lange’s house 59 Chase Road Thompson, CT (exit 50 off RTE 395) RAIN LOCATION: Steve Veilleux’s house 112 Fabyan-Woodstock Road N Grosvenordale, CT WHEN: Sunday July 27, 2025 @ 1:00 pm - 4:00 […]

Come one, come all to the weekly meetings of the WWC: 6-7 Free Writing Time 7-9 Reading and Workshop Building a small community of local writers of all genres is our priority and we are so thrilled to invite anyone interested to drop in and participate. It’s FREE and open to all. :)