Funding for Events
Since its inception in 1970, Poets & Writers has provided fees to writers who give readings or conduct writing workshops. Each year, our Readings/Workshops program supports hundreds of writers participating in events in large cities and small towns throughout New York and California, as well as in Atlanta, Chicago, Detroit, Houston, Seattle, New Orleans, Tucson, and Washington D.C.
Recent Events
Here is a sample of some of the writers and events we funded this year.
Aimee Nezhukumatathil reading at the Asian Pacific American Studies Program at New York University in New York City on February 1, 2008.
Events Calendar
Each year, through its Readings/Workshops Program, Poets & Writers supports hundreds of writers participating in literary events. If you're interested in attending any of the readings or workshops listed in the calendar, please be sure to get in touch with the contact person to confirm time and place.
Guidelines and Application
To apply for funds to support your event, download our application.
FAQ
If you're a writer or an organization interested in learning more about the Readings/Workshops program, please check out our FAQ.
Guide to Presenting
Learn how to host a successful reading or event, step by step, by downloading our helpful Poets & Writers Guide to Presenting Readings and Workshops.
Special Projects
Poets & Writers is committed to making literature available to the widest possible public, including audiences that rarely have access to literary events. Learn more about the special projects we support that bring readings and workshops to prisons, clinics, homeless shelters, settlement homes, and more.
What They're Saying
The incredible success of "Split This Rock Festival: Poems of Provocation and Witness," held in Washington D.C. was in part made possible by Poets & Writers' honoraria for five of the festival's feature poets; Ishle Park, Alicia Ostriker, Stephen Kuusisto, Patricia Smith, and Alex Olson. Participants said of the festival, "I was always being surprised, opened, pushed in new directions, by children, courageous women and writers I didn't know." "There were forces holding us close, braiding the personal and the political, the openness and the joy of creating and sharing poems that matter, the gift of the poets's genuineness and humanity." Each of the six readings attracted audiences of 250-400.
– Sarah Browning, sponsor and founder of "Split this Rock Festival" held in Washington D.C. in March 2008 shares responses to the festival.
