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Introduction & Purpose: This page is provided so interested poets may receive more information about poetry readings, poetry societies or poetry writing groups in areas of the state of Texas. Many groups have competitions whose due date may have passed by the time you read this listing. Contact individuals listed for more information. Contact Current Events Manager at Sol.Events@prodigy.net only with new events, updates, to remove old listings, or to send us information about your poetry writing group, poetry club, or poetry workshops. Include location, regular meeting dates, time, address, contact name and phone number. Include e-mail address and website information if you wish. We will not visit web pages looking for events because of the immense time required. This page is typically updated 2-5 times a month.

Some venues have no events listed because they either don't get us the information or just don't have any current events scheduled. If they remain empty, we will eventually purge them from this list. Some may only have an event once a year.

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The links below will usually take you elsewhere on this page for more information, and that may in turn provide a link to an external page.
Recent updates/additions & upcoming events -- Click on dates below for more information. More recurring events with no featured speakers can be found in the "by city" listing.

Events which are weekly or twice a month will no longer be listed in the Recent updates and upcoming events; however they will continue to appear in the listings further down the page. Competition entry deadlines are shown in italics.

· 2008 Poet Laureate dates – Listing of appearances by the 2008 Texas Poet Laureate, Larry D. Thomas

· 2009 Texas Poet Laureate, Paul Ruffin, dates will be posted when information is available; web site can be found here: http://PaulDRuffin.com

· Austin events – Section that lists some events in Austin that are not listed in this top section or elsewhere on this page.

· September & beyond – Poetry Works Workshops -- See details here: http://PoetryWorksWorkshops.org
- ALL WORKSHOPS ARE CANCELLED UNTIL SEPTEMBER – Visit the website for updates to be posted in August.

· July 6 – Coffee Oasis Reading (Seabrook) 1^st Monday

· July 8 – Conversing Through Poetry (Houston) 2^nd Wednesday, new location

· July 9-11 – Poetry Society of Texas Summer Conference (Ft. Worth) – Info and registration form

· July 10 – First Friday (Houston) 1^st Friday, 8:30 pm

· July 11 – Poets Northwest (Houston) 2^nd Saturday

· July 11 – San Jacinto Chapter, PST, 1 pm (Pasadena) 2^nd Saturday

· July 14 – Poets Roundtable (Galveston) 2^nd Tuesday

· July 14 – Arts Institute of Houston Poetry Reading (Houston) 2^nd Tuesday

· July 16 – Writers in Performance Series (Conroe) 3^rd Thursday

· July 18 – Poets Unleashed - 7 pm (The Woodlands) 3rd Saturday

· July 18 – The Word Factory – 10 am (Nassau Bay) 3rd Saturday

· July 20 – Postmark Deadline for entries – 2009 Houston Poetry Fest (Links to HPF page)

· July 25 – Last Saturday Poetry Reading (Richmond) Last Saturday-- Click here for flyer

· July 28 – B&N Poetry Reading (Webster) 4^th Tuesday

· July 31 – City Speaks Poetry Reading (NW Houston) Last Friday

· Aug 1 – Flamenco Poetry Society, 8 pm (Houston)

· Aug 8 – Poetry Society of Texas, 2:30 pm (Dallas) 2^nd Saturday

· Sept 9-12 – Langdon Weekend (Granbury)

· Sept 12 – Gulf Coast Poets, (Webster) 2^nd Saturday 10:30 am

· Oct 8-11 – Houston Poetry Fest 2009 Note new website: http://HoustonPoetryFest.info

· Oct 31 – San Antonio Poetry Fair

· Nov 14 – "POETRY IN THE BASIN" (Odessa)

View our Events Calendar for Texas area events.

(Note: Not all events listed on this page appear on the Events Calendar.)

See photos from some past events.
These web pages have some of our recent and past event photos, and will be updated as time permits. The "Related Sites" page has the links to the photo pages below and others.

· 2009 Walt Whitman Birthday Reading, May 9 <<New

· 2009 Mardi Gras Poetry Reading, Feb 22

· Gulf Coast Poets Holiday Luncheon with Larry Thomas Dec 13, 2008

· Woodlands Poets Unleashed Poetry Reading Dec 15, 2007

· 2007 Galveston Mardi Gras Poetry Reading Feb 18, 2007

· Poetry Society of Texas Annual Awards Banquet on Nov 11, 2006.
(Above link will take you to the Gulf Coast Poets website where there is a link.)

· Houston Poetry Fest Out of Bounds Reading 1 Oct 7, 2006.

· March 28 2006 Webster B&N Reading

· Texas Poetry Calendar 2006 Houston Reading Nov 5, 2005

· Houston Poetry Fest Out of Bounds 1 from Oct 1, 2005.

· 2005 Galveston Mardi Gras Poetry Reading
(Note to those on dial-up: These files can be up to 3.5 MB in size)

POETRY SOCIETY OF TEXAS

The following are known meetings or events, but there are many other PST chapters in Texas. Visit the official PST website for full information.

Poetry Society of Texas, Dallas – 2:30 pm, Preston Royal Library, Dallas, Texas

http://poetrysocietyoftexas.org/calendar.html; meetings usually 2^nd Saturdays except July and November. Also see monthly bulletin.

Upcoming events for 2009:

July 9–11, 2009 -- PST Summer Conference - Fort Worth, Texas

Registration Form – Click here <<NEW

Gulf Coast Poets -- New chapter of the Poetry Society of Texas has organized in Webster, Texas. The Gulf Coast Poets Chapter holds monthly** meetings with speakers, forming breakout groups for performing and critiquing poetry, and will include an online writing workshop. Contact Mary at GulfCoastPoets@gmail.com for more information.

** -- No meeting in July or August

See the website for updated meeting information and current contests: http://GulfCoastPoets.info

The next regular meeting of the Gulf Coast Poets will be Sept 12, For additional info, check website; GCP normally meets at Barnes & Noble, SE Quadrant of IH-45 & Bay Area Blvd. in Webster, 10:30 am. Speaker for Sept 12: Ken Jones

Gulf Coast Poets Contest Twenty-Six - May/June Topics
1. Eagles Aloft (Sponsor: Richard Peake).
2. Wisdom of the Heart (Sponsor: Leo Waltz).
3. My Mother’s Quiet Ways (Sponsor: Richard Peake).
4. Let us Speak of Peace (Sponsor: Mary Carlisle).
5. Member Contest (no fee, no prize except publication)

If mailed, entries must be postmarked by June 20, 2009, and arrive within 4 days of the due date. Contests 1-3 have a $10.00 first place prize. Contest 4 has a $25.00 first place prize.
Poets may enter all contests, but may win only one cash prize per month.
Mandatory reading: Contest rules here: http://GulfCoastPoets.info/GCPcompetition.htm

Houston Chapter – Meets 1st Saturday of each month, from 1:30-3:30 p.m., at McGovern-Stella Link Houston Public Library, 7405 Stella Link. The Library is 1/2 mile South of Holcombe on Stella Link, next door to YMCA - entrance in rear. For more information, please contact: Geneva Fulgham, 713-664-9413

The Mockingbird Chapter of the Texas Society of Texas. (web note: no regular meeting dates were supplied, but the only date provided to us was on a 1^st Saturday, so anyone in that area should email the contact for future meeting dates.)
We meet at 1:30 pm at the Carriage House building of the Heard-Craig House at 205 West Church
Street in downtown McKinney Texas. Local poets recite their poetry and attendees can read their works as well.

Please join us,
David Knape dknape1969@yahoo.com
President, Mockingbird Poetry Society, McKinney Texas

Permian Basin Chapter -- OPEN MIC NITE at Barnes & Noble, 2617 West Loop 250 N, Midland, TX 79705, (Off Loop 250 next to the Olive Garden.) on Tuesdays from 7-9 pm. EVERYONE WELCOME. kopykat@grandecom.net, 432-697-4205

Kathryn Copeland, President, The Permian Basin Poetry Society, 432-697-4205 kopykat@grandecom.net

Poets Northwest –

Poets Northwest – A chapter of the Poetry Society of Texas, Poets Northwest meets on the 2nd Sat. of each month from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon at Barnes & Noble at Champions Forest Dr. & FM1960 in Houston.

For information call Kitty Mobley, Pres. 281-259-7755, bobkat3442@global.net or Claire Ottenstein-Ross, Vice Pres./ Programs 281-252-6434, claireandtom@sbcglobal.net.

Web Site: www.poetsnw.com

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CRITIQUING WORKSHOP -- July 11, 2009

Come and join us in critiquing several selected poems and learn what to look for to improve our writing. Tips will be given on using imagery, alliteration, and other poetic techniques.

BRING A COPY OF ONE OF YOUR OWN POEMS you would like to have critiqued and Claire Ross will take them home and make some possible suggestions. They will be mailed back to you ASAP.

This is a good opportunity to prepare for the PST Annual Contest, review your poetry and win a prize. There will be a Read-a-Round after the program and members and visitors can read one or two poems.

Poets NW meets on the 2nd Sat. of each month from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon at Barnes & Noble at Champions Forest Dr. & FM 1960 in Houston For info. call Kitty Mobley, Pres. at 281-259-7755. bobkat3442@sbcglobal.net or Claire Ottenstein-Ross, Vice Pres/Programs, 281-252-6434, claireandtom@sbcglobal.net.

Web Site: www.poetsnw.com

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FRANCESCA & ALINA ALAMO

SHARING POETRY

August 8, 2009

What a fascinating reading this will be. Mother and daughter doing a poetic duet as they present poems each have written.

Francesca is only 16 years old and a high school student, but she writes with the wisdom and insight of someone much older. A member of Poets Northwest since 2004, she has already been published in multiple anthologies and won several poetry awards. She was the featured poet at First Friday Poetry Reading Series in 2008 and has published her own chapbook titled "House of Wonder."

Francesca's mother, Alina Alamo, joined Poets Northwest in 2004 also to help strengthen her daughter's poetic abilities. She has worked for Hewlett Packard for almost 20 years and is a native of Venezuela. Married to Juan Alamo for 30 years, she has 2 daughters, Francesca and Isabel. Although she doesn't write often, she is very fond of reading beautiful poetry. She is Correspondence Secretary for Poets Northwest and has been a big asset to this Chapter.

There will be a Read-A-Round after the program and members and visitors are invited to share their poems.

Poets Northwest meets on the 2nd Sat. of each month from 10:00 a. m. to 12:00 noon at Barnes & Noble at Champions Forest Dr. & FM 1960 in Houston. For info. call Kitty Mobley, Pres., at 281-259-7755, bobkat3442@sbcglobal.net or Claire Ottenstein-Ross, Vice Pres./Programs at 281-252-6434, claireandtom@sbcglobal.net.

Web Site: www.poetsnw.com

San Jacinto Chapter: - San Jacinto Chapter of the Poetry Society of Texas

Meets 1:00 PM, 2nd Saturday of each month.

New location:

Sunset United Methodist Church

709 Allendale Road

Pasadena, TX 77502

Web Site: www.sanjacintopoetry.org

For further meeting information, contact Debbie Webb at 832-754-4041 or email info@sanjacintopoetry.org

Texoma Poetry Society –Meets monthly at the Sherman Public Library, 421 N. Travis, Sherman, TX; 2-4 PM, usually first Saturday. To verify the meeting, Contact Leona Welch, 903-464-0140 or lrwelch@peoplepc.com

2008 Texas Poet Laureate Appearances

This section lists known future appearance dates for Larry D. Thomas

(Addresses & times may not be available)

Visit his website at http://LarryDThomas.com

(Future events and appearances will resume following the summer.)

2009 Texas Poet Laureate Appearances

This section lists known* future appearance dates for Paul D. Ruffin

Visit his website here: http://PaulDRuffin.com

* When event appearance information is available for

the 2009 Texas Poet Laureate, Paul Ruffin, it will be posted here.

CONFERENCES, RETREATS, WORKSHOPS, FESTIVALS

Poetry Works Workshops for 2009

http://PoetryWorksWorkshops.org

NOTICE: Poetry Works Workshops scheduled for July and August 2009 are cancelled.

(Link is to external page containing registration, schedules, locations, fees.)

Langdon Weekend

September 9-12, 2009, Granbury, Texas

http://www.tarleton.edu/~langdonreview/

It’s time to organize the program of our September conference in Granbury, Texas. Last year’s meeting was so memorable and full of treats and treasures, including a screening of Amy Talkington’s film, The Night of the White Pants, and John Phillip Santos’s reading at the Saturday Brunch. And we had so many fantastic panel and personal presentations! In that spirit, we are asking for proposals for sessions and individual presentations for Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday (Sept. 9-11, 2009), as part of this year’s Langdon Weekend, which celebrates the newest release of the Langdon Review of the Arts in Texas and brings together writers and artists from across the state.

We’re interested in poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, tips on publishing, presentations on music, film, television, nature. You name it, and we will have it. We are very pleased to announce that this year’s Brunch Speaker is the celebrated and award-winning poet, playwright, essayist, children’s writer, novelist, and editor, Naomi Shihab Nye. We are very excited that she is coming up from San Antonio to share her wit, wisdom, and voice with us.

Also, this year, the film that we are screening on Friday night, September 11 is David Lowery’s film, St. Nick. And two other treats: Jessica Quazi will be performing her music at the Brunch, and Steven McGaw’s acting troupe will be performing at the Weekend for a second year in a row!

If you have something to share and you would like to be considered to read, please send your proposal or abstract, attn: Moumin Quazi, to langdon@tarleton.edu or call 254.968.9283 or 254.968.9281. Also, if you know of anyone else in your circle or department who might be interested, please spread the word and pass this message on. See the Langdon website for past schedules and presentations at http:www.tarleton.edu/~langdonreview/.

Dr. Marilyn Robitaille, Dr. Moumin Quazi,

Co-Editors, Langdon Review of the Arts in Texas.

Department of English, Box T - 0300,

Tarleton State University,

Stephenville, TX 76402,

254.968.9281, Fax: 254.968.1931.

http:www.tarleton.edu/~langdonreview/.

Houston Poetry Fest 2009

Submission deadline has been extended to July 20

October 8, 9, 10, & 11 at Willow Street Pump Station, on the campus of the University of Houston – Downtown.

For Submission guidelines, e-mail Robert Clark: Houstonfirstfri@aol.com or HPFest@aol.com, or in a printable pdf here.

-- For latest info, visit website –

Guest and Featured Poets are now shown on the website.

New website: http://HoustonPoetryFest.info or http://HoustonPoetryFest.com

San Antonio Poetry Fair

I wanted to let you know about the special NATIONAL contest that the Twelfth Annual San Antonio Poetry Fair is offering this year. The cash awards in this contest total $400.00. Winners may opt to have their winning poems published in the anthology Voices Along The River . Entries may be previously published or unpublished. You can send your entry by email. It doesn't get much easier or better than that. For complete details visit

www.sanantoniopoetryfair.com.

The Fair tentatively will be held Saturday October 31, 2009 beginning at 1:00 PM and usually ending about 3:00 PM. Winners will need to arrive at 12:30 PM. Located at the UTSA Downtown Campus in the Buena Vista Street Building. The campus is located between West Durango and South Frio Streets.

Good luck! Sincerely, Peggy Mott, profpurple@msn.com

Secretary, San Antonio Poetry Fair

Questions may be directed to: billiestro@aol.com or smoore2942@aol.com

ENTRY DEADLINE HAS PASSED

The Permian Basin Poetry Society (PBPS) announces

"POETRY IN THE BASIN"

November 14, 2009, from 1-5 P.M.

at the University of Texas of the Permian Basin

4901 E. University Blvd.

Odessa, TX 79762

Featuring 2008 TEXAS POET LAUREATE LARRY D. THOMAS, READING WEST TEXAS POETRY. PRIOR TO THE READING HE WILL LEAD AN "OTHER FORM" CRITIQUE FORUM. ALSO, RUSSELL GOODYEAR of MIDLAND COLLEGE will LEAD a COWBOY POETRY WORKSHOP.

Poetry contests prior to event to be announced soon.

Presented by "Sandstorm": The University of Texas of the Permian Basin's literary magazine, Midland College English Department, and The Permian Basin Poetry Society, Kat Copeland, President, 432-697-4205, kopykat@grandecom.net

CONTESTS: CALLS FOR ENTRIES

Houston Poetry Fest 2009

Submission deadline has been extended to July 20

October 8, 9, 10, & 11 at Willow Street Pump Station

on the campus of the University of Houston – Downtown.

For Submission guidelines, e-mail Robert Clark: Houstonfirstfri@aol.com or HPFest@aol.com,

or in a printable pdf here.

-- For latest info, visit website --

New website: http://HoustonPoetryFest.info or http://HoustonPoetryFest.com

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Also see preceding section for calls included in event write-ups.

No other calls at the present time.

PUBLICATIONS

· INGLIS HOUSE: http://www.geocities.com/IHPoetry/poets.htm
Website: http://www.geocities.com/IHPoetry/contest.htm
Inglis House Poetry Contest is an annual contest that begins each year on April 1 and runs until June 1. The purpose of the contest is to raise awareness of writing about disability and to help promote the work of writers with disabilities. It is also to contribute to the building of a core of disability literature through the genre of poetry.

· BROADSIDED PRESS - SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: http://www.broadsidedpress.org
Contact the Editors: broadsided@gmail.com
Please visit the website. There you will find submission guidelines as well as an archive of previous Broadsides. Broadsided is a de-centralized press for poetry, prose, and visual art, living at once online and in the real but impermanent world of subways and streetlamps, billboards, coffee shops, mirrors and revolving doors. Q: What is Broadsided Press? A: Where do you live? Best, The Editors, Broadsided Press

· Bayousphere – website: http://uhcl.edu/bayousphere

· Panhandler –

Panhandler Publishing’s poetry chapbook contest for Texas residents. Further information at the website: www.thepanhandler.org.

· Texas Poetry Calendar --

Submissions to the Texas Poetry Calendar 2010 are now CLOSED.

For details, see their web site.

For information see www.dosgatospress.org, or contact Scott Wiggerman or David Meischen at 512-467-0678, or by email at editors@dosgatospress.org .

Scott Wiggerman
David Meischen
Dos Gatos Press
1310 Crestwood Road
Austin, TX 78722
www.dosgatospress.org

· MAP OF AUSTIN POETRY, Stazja@aol.com . The MAP is posted online at: http://www.poetryinarts.org/MAP/index.html and http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mapofaustinpoetry Contains information about Austin and other Texas poetry venues.

NOTICE: Sol Magazine is not accepting new submissions until September 2009.
· Sol Magazine: www.sol-magazine.org or http://Sol-Magazine-Projects.org
Submit five to ten poems to Sol Magazine - A Poetry Journal. Sol Magazine is beginning its eleventh year of publication on the internet. Interested in the best work you have, previously published or not, but we are no longer a competition journal. Regrets, we don't accept prose. Please read current guidelines before submitting your work. Visit website for submission guidelines. Sol.Magazine@prodigy.net

NOTICE: Ampersand Poetry Journal is not accepting new submissions until September 2009.
· Ampersand Poetry Journal: Can be accessed at http://Ampersand-Poetry.org or http://Sol-Magazine-Projects.org. Visit website for submission guidelines

BY CITY

AUSTIN

List of Austin events
From: Elzy Cogswell poetryplease@mail.utexas.edu
Note: Phone numbers in this section are incomplete and are usually area code 512.

June 23 to July 14, four Tuesdays in a row, 7:30-9:30 p.m. Brad Strahan offers a UT Informal Class on Poetry Good Enough to Publish. Course #7523.301. General: $60 UT: $51. To register go to: www.informalclasses.org, call 23-CLASS.

June 27, Saturday, 11:00 a.m. (And each last Saturday of the month).

The Austin Poetry Society Poetry Critique Group, hosted by Elizabeth Kropf. Upstairs in Central Market, 42nd and Lamar. Bring your poems to discuss. When there are no poems to critique, the group shares writing exercises to take home or work on in the meeting. Contact: bethkropf2004@yahoo.com.

june 27, Saturday, 2:00 p.m. The Past Poetry Project will present Byron, Shelley, and Keats at the Yarborough Branch Library, 2200 Hancock Drive.

June 28, Sunday, 4:00 p.m. Borderlands' Fourth Sunday: A Community of Poets series will feature poets from recent past issues of Borderlands: Texas Poetry Review, including Zara Houshmand, J. Todd Hawkins, Joanne Holladay, Frances Schenkkan, Ralph Hausser and Cindy Williams Gutierrez, hosted by Deb Akers.

Barnes & Noble Sunset Valley, 5601 Brodie Lane, 899-3370.

July 6, Monday, 6:00-10:00 p.m. The Austin Youth Slam Team at The Hideout: Shamicka Hicks, Shey, Margaret and Cora. 617 Congress. Tip jar for poets. Food and drinks available. All ages (uncensored) reading.

July 23, Thursday, 7:00-9:00 p.m. The Austin Poetry Society Fourth Thursday series is proud to feature Dalton Publishing Poets: come hear W. Joe Hoppe (author of _Galvanized_), and Ric Williams (author of a poetry collection, _the secret book of God_, and the novel, _Woman in the Tower_). Other members of the Dalton gang, Michael Gilmore and Robert Stikmanz, may also come. One of not enough poetry publishers in Austin, Dalton makes major contributions to the literary culture of

our town. (Information about the books: www.daltonpublishing.com/.) After the featured readers, we'll have our totally open microphone, so come and bring poems to read in the round-robin. Contact: Elzy at poetryplease@mail.utexas.edu.

July 27-31, Sul Ross State University, Alpine, Texas. Scott Wiggerman teaches for the Writer's League ?Poetic Forms for Today?s Poets.? For full information and registration, go online: http://www.writersleague.org/programs/swa.html

This newsletter has lots of events and even a page of deadlines for Austin and other Texas locations:

http://www.austinpoetrysociety.org/PDF_files/May2009Newsletter.pdf

Other events from newsletter: to be supplied when next issue is available.

Austin Poetry Society Newsletter is available online: http://www.austinpoetrysociety.org

CLEAR LAKE CITY (in SE Houston)

No events, but also see Webster & Seabrook entries which are near CLC and have frequent events.

CONROE

Montgomery County Literary Arts Council Writers In Performance Series:

www.literaryartscouncil.org

We bring distinguished authors to Montgomery College on (usually) the third Thursday evening of every month of the school year for readings and signings. These events are usually held in B-102 at 7PM. The FREE event is made possible through the support of Lone Star College-Montgomery's SWIRL Magazine of the Arts, Conroe Commission on the Arts & Culture, and the Montgomery County Literary Arts Council. For information contact Dave Parsons 936-524-6537, Alicia Bankston 936-273-7399

For more information visit http://www.literaryartscouncil.org/ or www.mclac.wordpress.com
Deseree Probasco, Division Coordinator, Business Training, Continuing Education
Lone Star College- Montgomery, 3200 College Park Dr., Conroe, Texas, 77384, 936.273.7361

CORPUS CHRISTI (No events currently listed.)

DALLAS

Poetry Society of Texas, Dallas -- Note: See special section on this page for PST & its chapters.

Preston Royal Library, Dallas, Texas

See http://poetrysocietyoftexas.org/calendar.html for more events. See November Awards Banquet program here.

FORT WORTH

FORT WORTH HAIKU SOCIETY meets (3rd Saturday of every month) 1:00 - 4:00 P.M. Four Star Coffee Bar, 3324 West 7th Street, Fort Worth, TX 76107. For more info call: (817) 624-9295, Cliff Roberts, FWHS Founder & President 817-624-9295

FRIENDSWOOD (No events currently listed.)

GALVESTON

Galveston Poets Roundtable. (Meetings are being held following hurricane Ike.)

WHAT: Galveston Poets Roundtable

SPONSOR: This event is chaired by Dr. John Gorman, an Island resident, who teaches poetry at the University of Houston at Clear Lake.

WHEN: July 14

PLACE: Upstairs at 1914 33rd Street, Galveston, Texas

TIME: 7:30 P.M.

FOR INFORMATION: call Billie McCauley - 409-763-8723.

TO RECEIVE E-MAIL MEETING NOTICES: e-mail gmaaa@aol.com

BRING: 10 to 15 copies an original in-work unpublished poem to distribute for discussion. This group usually sponsors several free poetry readings every year on the Island with an open mike after Roundtable readers.

GEORGETOWN

SAN GABRIEL WRITER’S LEAGUE of Georgetown, Texas, is associated with the Writers' League of Texas in Austin, Texas. Website: http://www.sgwl.org

HOUSTON

ARCHWAY GALLERY: Archway Gallery Poetry Reading, 2nd Thursday of each month, 6:30 to 8:15 pm. Refreshments. 2013 C West Gray. FMI: 713-522-2409 archwaygalleryartists@yahoo.com http://www.archwaygallery.com/

THE ARTERY: 5401 JACKSON St AT Prospect (Entrance on Prospect) www.arteryhouston.org

Flamenco Poets Society Reading: Dear Poetry Aficionados: Save the Date for Saturday, August 1, 2009 @ 8:00pm. The Flamenco Poets Society & The Artery Present: Passages of Women. Poetry & Narrative by Diana X. Muñiz, Gioconda Mojica, Lorena B. Fernandez. Flamenco Music by Randy Cordero - Flamenco Guitarist. This Program is supported by Poets & Writers, Inc. Saturday, August 1, 2009. Time: 8:00pm. Tickets $15.00 - Students $10.00 with ID. The Artery (Museum District), 5401 Jackson St. @ Prospect St., Houston, TX 77004. FMI call Julietta: 713-520-9364 www.theflamencopoetssociety.org

BORDERS BOOKS – River Oaks

Arts Institute of Houston Poetry Club Poetry Reading Series holds a monthly Poetry Reading Series on the second Tuesday of each month, hosted by Ken Jones, Art Institute of Houston instructor.
Time: 8pm. Place: Upstairs at Borders Books-River Oaks (3025 Kirby at West Alabama.) Coffee shop. Contact: Donna Sullivan, Director of Public Relations, 713-353-4166 or sullivad@aii.edu for more information about this series of readings or Ken Jones at poetken@yahoo.com for information about specific events. An open reading usually follows the featured event.

July 14: to be announced

(Photos from September 2004: http://pages.prodigy.net/mary.m.carlisle/BD_Borders.pdf )

BRAZOS BOOKSTORE: 2421 Bissonnet, Houston, TX, (713) 523-0701. http://www.brazosbookstore.com

CAFÉ SOLEIL: Join Writer's Ink as they kick off their new open mic poetry series, City Speaks. This will occur on the last Friday of every month at Cafe Soleil 11910 Louetta (close to 249) 281.257.3900 for directions. The first host is Kim Pickens; hope to see you all there from 7pm-9pm. http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n295/kcotton68/CitySpeaks.jpg

CASA RAMIREZ FOLK ART GALLERY: No current events.

COPPERFIELD B&N: "Conversing Through Poetry" has moved here: RANDALL's - At Hwy 290 and Barker Cypress.

FIRST FRIDAY POETRY READINGS: 1^st Friday of month at 8:30 pm. Contact Robert Clark at houstonfirstfri@aol.com or call 713-521-3519. Inprint House, 1520 West Main, Houston, TX. (3 blocks south of the Menil, 1 block east of Mandell) –

July 10 (not July 3) - 34th anniversary of First Friday series, featuring Ken Jones, creative writing instructor at the Art Institute, reading from his most recent book, Ceaseless Greasepaint in Combat Stance (Slough Press 2007)

August 7 - Sybil Pittman Estess, nominee for 2009-10 Poet Laureate of Texas, reading from her most recent books, Blue, Candled in January Sun, and Labyrinth.

Also see http://www.inprinthouston.org/first-fridays for possible updates.

GULF COAST MAGAZINE - Pablo Peschiera, Managing Editor, Gulf Coast, Houston, TX, pablo.peschiera@mail.uh.edu website: http://www.gulfcoastmag.org

HOUSTON POETRY FEST 2009: FMI: phone 713.654.8921, or e-mail HPFest@aol.com. This annual celebration of poetry has been held yearly in October since 1985. Houston Poetry Fest 2009 dates are October 8, 9, 10, & 11 at Willow Street Pump Station, on the campus of the University of Houston – Downtown. Submission guidelines available at the website or in a printable pdf here. The submission deadline has been extended to July 20, 2009.
Note new website address: http://HoustonPoetryFest.info
For more info, e-mail Robert Clark: Houstonfirstfri@aol.com or HPFest@aol.com.

HOUSTON POETRY READING GROUP: Meets monthly at the Montrose Library, from 6-8 PM (4100 Montrose, 832-393-1800) to discuss poetry classics. No current meeting information. For more information, contact Marcella Wilson: cellawilson@yahoo.com

Houston Public Library: No current event information. Visit their events page at http://www.houstonlibrary.org/hpl/hplevents_b.html

HOUSTON WRITERS LEAGUE: Meets 2^nd & 4^th Friday of each month at Sharpstown Mall's Community Room, 7:30 pm., Houston, TX. Call (713) 804-3281 or e-mail JoinUsIn99@aol.com for information about meetings.

INPRINT: Contact Robert Clark at houstonfirstfri@aol.com or call (713) 521-2026. Inprint House, 1520 W. Main, Houston, TX. http://www.inprint-inc.org/

MYSTERY WRITERS OF AMERICA: Southwest Region meets 3^rd Saturday of each month, at noon, Doubletree Guest Suites Hotel, 5353 Westheimer, in the Galleria, Houston, TX. Lunch followed by speaker. Reservations: MWA Hotline, (713) 797-8464.

NUESTRA PALABRA - LATINO WRITERS HAVING THEIR WAY: SASE Tony Diaz, P.O. Box 540181, Houston TX. 77254-0181, (713) 867 8943, e-mail www.nuestrapalabra.org Contact Tony Diaz at AztecMuse@aol.com or phone (713) 867-8943.

POETS NORTHWEST – See latest info in PST box above.

RANDALL's - At Hwy 290 and Barker Cypress (exit Barker Cypress) we will meet at the lounge by the coffee shop it is very comfortable. The day is the same 2nd Wednesday of each month, the time has changed to 7:00 p.m. . Event contact: Julie Pujol-Karel juliepk2@netzero.net "Open Microphone" for readings of the poet’s own work.

ROMANCE WRITERS OF AMERICA: Houston Bay Area Chapter meets 3^rd Tuesday of each month, Kirkmont MUD Building, 10102 Blackhawk Blvd, Houston, TX, Contact Kay Hudson, (281) 326-5171.

TAFT STREET COFFEE HOUSE -- Open mic every Tuesday at Taft Street Coffee House, 2115 Taft St., Houston TX 77006. Sign up at 7:30; show from 8-10. It's the "Taft Street Open Mic". Please contact me if you have questions. We cater to slam poets as well as literary fiends, young poets, and the occasional random singer. JoAnna 'Joey' Hill (Joyfulpoet); 713-942-8461hm; 713-348-6372wk

UNDER THE BRIDGE -- Soulife Thursdays @ Under the Bridge, 6202 Hwy 6 South, 77083, at intersection of Hwy 6 & Westpark, next to Chase bank, Time: 7pm - 10pm. Host: poet Blaqberri, DJ Nimbus in the mix. Come out and enjoy Off the Cuff Poetry and Open Mic every Thursday. There will be free complimentary wine served. Under the Bridge is a new creole restaurant in the Houston area. The food has a touch of soul and the restaurant atmosphere is mature and like none other in Houston. Hope to see you this Thursday. Admission fee: $5.00 all night.

WHITE OAK WRITERS -- In the 1920’s there was the Algonquin Roundtable*. Houston has The White Oak Writers. A social gathering of Houston authors, poets, editors, illustrators, storytellers, literary translators, journalists, critics, screenwriters, publishers and our admirers. Held in a relaxed atmosphere with no speakers, no agenda and no mass promotions. Second Tuesday of each month 7:00 p.m. Cavatore Italian Restaurant at 2120 Ella Blvd (713) 869-6622 www.cavatore.net

*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algonquin_Round_Table

WOMEN IN THE VISUAL AND LITERARY ARTS (WIVLA) meets on the third Tuesday of each month at the Museum of Printing History, 1324 W. Clay, Houston, Texas. The group gathers at 6 p.m. and usually finishes about 7:30-7:45. Many then have dinner together at Cafe Express on West Gray. Women in the Visual and Literary Arts, MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION, WIVLA, 5832 Valley Forge, Houston, Texas 77057

McKINNEY

The Mockingbird Chapter of the Texas Society of Texas.

(web note: no regular meeting dates were supplied, but the only date provided to us was on a 1^st Saturday, so anyone in that area should email the contact for future meeting dates.)
We meet at 1:30 pm at the Carriage House building of the Heard-Craig House at 205 West Church Street in downtown McKinney Texas. Local poets recite their poetry and attendees can read their works as well.
Please join us, David Knape dknape1969@yahoo.com
President, Mockingbird Poetry Society, McKinney Texas

MIDLAND, TX

OPEN MIC NITE at Barnes & Noble, 2617 West Loop 250 N, Midland, TX 79705, (Off Loop 250 next to the Olive Garden.) on Tuesdays from 7-9 pm. EVERYONE WELCOME. kopykat@grandecom.net, 432-697-4205 (Also see info in the PST section of this page.)

NASSAU BAY, TX

The Word Factory – 3rd Saturdays, 10 am – 1 pm at The Art Alliance Center at Clear Lake, 2000 NASA Parkway, Nassau Bay, TX 281-335-7777. Contact back2word@aol.com and visit http://taaccl.org/images/pdfs/WFmarch09.pdf or try http://taaccl.org/education_adult.htm to look for an entry about the WF.

PASADENA, TX

POETRY SOCIETY OF TEXAS – Note: See special section on this page for PST & its chapters.

San Jacinto Chapter: - San Jacinto Chapter of the Poetry Society of Texas. Meets 1:00 PM, 2nd Saturday of each month. New location: Sunset United Methodist Church, 709 Allendale Road, Pasadena, TX 77502

Web Site: www.sanjacintopoetry.org

For further meeting information, contact Debbie Webb at 832-754-4041 or email info@sanjacintopoetry.org

WRITER’S CLUB OF PASADENA: Meets 1st Saturday of each month, 4330 Fairmont Parkway, Pasadena, Texas 1:00-3:00 PM in the community room of the Fairmont Branch Pasadena Public Library. Objectives: "to encourage members to WRITE and to share thoughts. Members give practical help regarding format and markets at every meeting." Visit: http://writersclubofpasadena.cjb.net/ fmi or write to writersclub_pr@earthlink.net Volunteer/Intern Opportunities: WCP seeks volunteers for the SE Writers Conference. E-mail Conference Chair: miranda@southeastwritersconference.org or Volunteer Coordinator: nick@southeastwritersconference.org

RICHMOND

LAST SATURDAY POETRY READING at Fill Your Cup, 1410 East Highway 90A, Richmond, TX Saturday - July 25th, 10AM. Featured Poet will be Dr. Matt Boyleston, Assistant Professor of English and Writing at Houston Baptist University.

Click here for flyer.

Dr. Boyleston is a published poet with poems and essays in The Spoon River Poetry Review, Harpur Palate, The New Orleans Review, The Flint Hills Review, Puerto del Sol, The GSU Review, The GW Review, The South Carolina Review, The Pawhatan Review, Poetryfish, Writers at Carolina, Aspects, The Echo, Carolina Writes and The July Review.

Poets interested in reading their own poetry are asked to bring three poems, no longer than a page in length each. Readings begin at 10AM. Admission is free. Write to FortBentPoets@ymail.com or call 832-439-4539 for more information.

SAN ANTONIO

San Antonio’s longest running open mic poetry venue at Barnes & Noble Ingram Festival at 6065 NW Loop 410 (same side as Ingram Mall) with open mic beginning at 7:00pm and featured guest at 8:00pm. Come early (6:00) for a poetry workshop and share your new work with us. We meet every 1^st and 3^rd Wednesday of the month. For more information contact Josie Mixon at gdmrngbtfl@yahoo.com.

SEABROOK

SEABROOK COFFEE OASIS
4650 NASA Parkway at Kirby
POETRY READING SERIES
~ open mic after feature ~
1st Monday, July 6, 2009 ~ 7:00 PM ~

Barbara Youngblood Carr

Click here or on image below for printable flyer.

2009 READING SCHEDULE

August 3 To Be Announced

September 7 Mary Margaret Carlisle (tentative)

October 5 Mary Kimmel

November 2 Rebecca Travis and Carolyn Thorman

December 7 Holiday- No Reading

Seabrook Coffee Oasis Reading Series
***Always followed by an Open Mic***
Join us every first Monday @ 7:00 pm

Except December and other months where there is a holiday that interferes.
4650 NASA Parkway at Kirby, Seabrook, Texas
5.2 miles east of IH-45,

If coming from Houston, it is quicker

to take the new NASA 1 (aka NASA Bypass),

just south of the NASA Parkway @ IH-45.
NASA 1 merges with NASA Parkway east of FM270.

Directions: 281-532-1439

Show your support for local poetry.

Attend readings and bring your own work to read at Open Mic.

FMI, contact reading facilitator Luis and Adriana Vázquez at: borimex@swbell.net
The best coffee. The best time you'll have at a poetry reading. Excellent food.
Location information: http://www.coffee-oasis.com

SHERMAN

Texoma Poetry Society –Meets monthly at the Sherman Public Library, 421 N. Travis; 2-4 PM, usually first Saturday. To verify the meeting, Contact Leona Welch, 903-464-0140 or lrwelch@peoplepc.com

Contact dondon213@hotmail.com for more information.

Note: See special section on this page for PST & its chapters.

SPRING

Poetically Speaking hosted by E-Dub and Nef Jones, every Saturday at 8:30 PM. Eb5 International Art Gallery. 22557 Aldine - Westfield, Suite H. Spring, Texas 77373 http://www.eb5arts.com 832-483-8788

Enjoy International Art, Coffee and Teas. Feel The International Vibe Experience! Take 45 North, Exit FM 1960,Turn Right on FM 1960, Turn Left on Aldine-Westfield. Third light down. Across from CVS Pharmacy, Eb5 is located on the Left side.

SUGAR LAND

Weekly open mic poetry night – Wednesdays, 7-9 pm, Tacone Flavor Grill, Sugar Land Town Square, 2228 Texas Drive, Sugar Land, TX 77479, 281-313-2300, Hosted by Tafari Hyde, and Dj Auxiliary. Full Menu, Music by Dj Auxiliary, Different discounts every week to all who come for poetry night.

FORT BEND WRITERS GUILD meets weekly, Tuesday, 7 pm, Barnes & Noble, 2545 Town Center Blvd, Sugar Land, TX. Contact Roger Paulding (281) 498-5025 for information about meetings and workshops.

WEBSTER

Poetry Society of Texas, Gulf Coast Poets Chapter. Normally** meets 2^nd Saturdays at B&N on Bay Area in Webster, 10:30 am. Join us! FMI: GulfCoastPoets@gmail.com or call Mary at 281.316.2255.

See the website for meeting dates and information: http://GulfCoastPoets.info

GCP does have poetry competitions, see the website.

**No meeting in July or August. The next regular meeting of the Gulf Coast Poets will be Sept 12. Speaker: Ken Jones

The Gulf Coast Poets website has six pages of photos from the PST Awards Banquet held Nov 11, 2006 in Dallas.

Note: See special section on this page for PST & its chapters.

WEBSTER BARNES & NOBLE POETRY READING SERIES: Usually with a featured poet, always with an open mic, meets on the 4th Tuesday of every month at 7:30 pm. Barnes & Noble Bookstore #2671, 1029 W. Bay Area Blvd., Webster TX 77598. FMI: contact Oscar Pena at pena554343@aol.com

July 28 – A trio of poets presenting their work: Barbara Carle, Kay Cox and Mary Kimmel.

Photos from the September 2005 reading can be found on this page: http://pages.prodigy.net/sol.events/page3.html

Photos from Houston Poetry Fest Out of Bounds 1 from Oct 1, 2005.

BAY AREA WRITERS LEAGUE: Meets First Thursday of every month, 7 pm. For more information visit http://www.bawl.org Most meetings feature a speaker who is a published writer, editor, teacher, or literary agent. Meetings are free and visitors are welcome. Meetings are at the Barnes & Noble in Webster, (1029 W. Bay Area Blvd. at I-45.)

WIMBERLY

Round Robin Review

Maui Wowi Hawaiian Coffees and Smoothies

2nd and 4th Thursdays of each month, 7 - 9 p.m.

Poetry/Music/Round Robin/Open Mic / Host: Oda Lisa

Feature poet/musician followed by round robin/open mic

Admission: Donation of canned food for Crisis Bread Basket in Wimberley

Maui Wowi Hawaiian Coffees and Smoothies

14200 RR 12, Wimberley, Texas (512) 847-6215

www.smoothsipstogo.com

The Wimberley Wordsmiths meet on the second Saturday of each month, 2:00 p.m. at the Wimberley Village Library. FMI contact Oda Lisa Hernandez: odalisa@wimberley-tx.com Wimberly Village Library is located at 400 FM 2325, in Wimberly, TX, off Highway 80 in the Central Texas Hill Country, about 19 miles northwest of San Marcos. FMI about the library, visit: http://www.wimberleylibrary.org/

WOODLANDS

POETS UNLEASHED READINGS: Third Saturday of each month. 7 p.m. Woodlands, TX. Barnes & Noble. Open mic after the feature. For more info, contact: poetsunleashed@hotmail.com (Daniel Rice, Facilitator) Libby Craig: Community Relations Manager, 281-298-5737. At Barnes & Noble overlooking the Turning Basin Plaza at The Woodlands Mall. Refreshments. Daniel Rice. (936) 441-6270

Upcoming readers for Poets Unleashed:

July--Donn Taylor--Rhapsody in Red; Dust and Diamond: Poems of Earth and Beyond; The Lazarus File www.donntaylor.com

August--John Milkereit--Citizen of the World, Thinker, Famous Poet

September--Hallie Moore, Dede Ducharme, Melissa Morphew -- Pure Class

· View Photos from the Woodlands Poets Unleashed Reading Dec 15, 2007(pdf document)

WOODLANDS WRITERS GUILD: The Woodlands Writers Guild meets the first and third Tuesday evenings at the South County Community Center at 2235 Lake Robbins Dr., next to the library. Meetings at 6:30 p.m., forming into critique groups after Guild business is conducted. (281) 363-9410.

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