For Readers & Writers
Where To Find Poetry
- The Academy of American Poets
- New Books by Massachusetts Poets
- The Poetry Foundation
- Poetry Society of America
- Poetry 180
- Poetry Daily
- Verse Daily
- Best American Poetry
- Brilliant Light Publishing
- Poetry Friendly Bookstores:
- Amherst Books
- Andover Bookstore
- Brookline Booksmith
- Bunch of Grapes Bookstore (Martha’s Vineyard)
- The Concord Bookshop
- Grolier Poetry Book Shop
- Flying Object
- Food for Thought Books (Amherst)
- Papyri Books (North Adams)
- Porter Square Books (Cambridge)
Educational Opportunities u0026amp; Programs
- Align Your Light
- Calliope Poetry Series
- Colrain Poetry Manuscript Conference
- Frost Place
- Grub Street
- Hollihock Writers Conference
- Noepe Literary Center
- PEN New England
- PoemWorks
- Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center
- Tupelo Press Writing Conferences
- Stone Court Writer-in-Resident
- Suffolk University Center for Poetry
- William Joiner Institute Writers’ Workshop
- Woodberry Poetry Room @ Harvard
Poetry Communities in Massachusetts
- Calliope Poetry Center
- Cape Cod Writers Center
- Concord Poetry Center
- Gloucester Writers Center
- Massachusetts State Poetry Society
- Poetry Society of New Hampshire
- Powow River Poets
- Seven Bridge Writers’ Collaborative
- Straw Dog Writers Guild
- Westborough Writers Workshop
- Worcester County Poetry Association
- Writers Room
Massachusetts Presses u0026amp; Literary Magazines
- Presses:
- Bass River Press — publishes Cape Cod poets
- Bateau
- Black Ocean
- Broadsided Press
- Cave Canem – a home for African-American poetry
- Cervena Barva
- Game Over Books
- Greying Ghost
- Human Error
- Ibbeston
- In the Afternoon Press
- Interrobang Letterpress
- Kundiman – a home for Asian American literature
- Off the Grid
- Perugia Press
- Slate Roof
- Tupelo
- Zephyr Press
- From P&W Database—Small Presses, Poetry
- Massachusetts Literary Journals and Magazines
- Agni
- The American Dissident
- Boston Literary Magazine
- Boston Review
- Cape Cod Poetry Review
- Eastgate
- FUSION
- The Harvard Advocate
- Harvard Review
- Incessant Pipe
- jubilat
- Lily Poetry Review
- The Massachusetts Review
- Meat for Tea: The Valley Review
- The New Renaissance
- Night Train
- Peregrine
- Ploughshares
- Provincetown Arts
- Redivider
- Salamander
- Soundings East
- spoKe
- Upstreet
- The Worcester Review
- From P&W Database—Literary Journals and Magazines, Poetry
Resources for Educators
Resources for educators include: tools and tips for teaching poetry; poetry programs in Massachusetts; and publications, programs, and contests for middle & high school students.
Also, check out what’s in store for upcoming Student Programming. During the COVID-19 pandemic, we are offering virtual versions of these programs as well as creative writing workshop packets (below) to facilitate poetry learning in a variety of distance learning models.
Tools u0026amp; Tips for Teaching Poetry
- Mass Poetry’s Distance Learning Workshop Packets — creative writing workshop packets by our poets to support distance learning
- Poets.org Materials for Teachers — Find poems for kids and teens, lesson plans, essays, and more.
- Teaching Poetry Online — resources from the Poetry Foundation for teaching and learning remotely at all levels.
- Poetry 180
- Poetry Out Loud’s Teaching Resources
- underbelly mag — publishes poems of established poets alongside prior drafts, with commentary on their revision process
- The Woodberry Poetry Room’s YouTube channel — features readings, seminars, oral histories, and lectures hosted at Harvard’s Poetry Room since 2011.
- Assay Journal — resources for online creative writing pedagogy
- Pinterest:
- SuperSummary: Poetry Guide — resources for the beginner; for those new to teaching poetry who need a super basic place to start
- Article: “Why Teaching Poetry is So Important”
Poetry Programs in Massachusetts u0026amp; Beyond
- The Adroit Journal’s Summer Mentorship Program — pairs experienced writers with students interested in learning more about the creative writing processes of drafting, redrafting and editing.
- Dear Poet Project — an annual multimedia education project that invites students to write letters in response to poems
- emersonWRITES — a free Emerson College writing experience for high school students
- FreeVerse! — youth spoken word poetry in the city of Lowell
- Grub Street’s Programs For Teens — links to their writing classes, summer fellowship program & slam poetry team
- MassLEAP — Massachusetts Literary Education and Performance, founders of Wicked Loud (below)
- Saint John’s High School Young Writers Conference — conference open to all students grades 7 to 12
Contests
- The Adroit Prize for Poetry & Prose — awarded annually to two students of secondary or undergraduate status
- Bow Seat — Ocean Awareness student arts contest
- CollegeXpress — national high school poetry contest
- The Longfellow Student Poetry Contest — annual competition with categories for high school and elementary/middle school
- Poetic Power — a writing contest for students in grades K-12
- Poetry Out Loud — holds statewide poetry recitation contests
- River of Words — environmental literacy poetry contest open to any child aged 5-19
- Walt Whitman Student Poetry Contest — annual competition
- Wicked Loud — formerly known as Louder Than A Bomb
- Winning Writers — also lists resources for students.
- Write the World — also provides a global online community that helps students develop writing strategies and communication tools
- Youngarts National Competition — annual visual, literary, or performing artist for youth 15 to 18 years old
Publications
- The Daphne Review
- Ex/Post Magazine
- Gigantic Sequins
- Hanging Loose Press
- The Hellebore’s Teen & Young Adult Issues
- K’in Journal
- Alexandria Quarterly’s “Mad & Moonly”
- The Marble Collection
- Teen Ink
- The WEIGHT Journal — run by teachers, very supportive
- Young Radish
- Young Writers Magazine
- Young Poets Anthology
- Newpages — lists dozens of sites that publish poetry written by high school students
- No Fee Opportunities for High School Age Poets — another list of publication opportunities for high school students