Our passion for poetry guides us to encourage people of all ages and backgrounds to participate in the infinite possibilities of the written word. We conduct workshops, contests, outreach programs and readings to promote poetry in the community.
St. Louis Poetry Center announces two annual contests:
The 2010 Beverly Hopkins Memorial Poetry Contest for high school students, with cash prizes and winners reading their poems at the annual poetry concert in May, 2010.
The 2010 James H. Nash Members-Only Poetry Contest, open to members of the St. Louis Poetry Center, with cash prizes and winners reading their poems at the annual poetry concert in May, 2010.
For both contests, deadline for submissions is March 1, 2010. Click on CONTESTS in the left menu for detailed guidelines.
In conjunction with the exhibition Tim Curtis: See How My Mind Works at the Craft Alliance Gallery in the Kranzberg Arts Center, 501 N. Grand; the Poetry Center will host a free poetry reading of poems written in response to the artist's work on March 6th at 1pm. Click 'Read more' beneath the photo for more information and photos about the event and the artist.
The Observable Readings series will star Thomas Meyer, Shane Seely and Peter O'Leary on February 4, 2010. The reading is at The Schlafly Bottleworks, 7260 Southwest Ave. in Maplewood at 8 pm. Check here for more details.
Poetry at the Point features Nancy Powers and Julia Gordon-Bramer for February 23, 2010.