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2024 POL Champion – Yohanna Interview

For nearly ten years, the Chicago Poetry Center has partnered with the Illinois Arts Council as the Chicagoland Regional host for Poetry Out Loud (POL). Two-time Illinois POL champion, Yohanna Endashaw, won the Suburban Schools Regionals in […]

How to Apply to Writing Residencies: Presented by Keith S. Wilson

Looking for a way to devote time and energy to your poetry without the distractions of your busy life? Apply to a writing residency! Join the Chicago Poetry Center as poet Keith S. Wilson […]

Bigger Table: Write & Give Back Series (Virtual Workshop)

The Chicago Poetry Center Board invites you to join us at Bigger Table: Write & Give Back – a thematic writing fundraiser series to support poetry programming at Chicago Public Schools. Theme: The theme for the workshop on Dec […]

50 for 50: Help Us Create 50 New Residencies With Your Donation!

Let’s make it 50 for 50! With Your Support We Can Fund 50 Residences Next Year As we head towards the end of the calendar year and launch our annual campaign, the Chicago Poetry […]

PACBI and BDS at CPC

PACBI and BDS at CPC In 2024 Chicago Poetry Center conducted a community process and vote to formally adopt the guidelines of the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) […]

Bigger Table: Write & Give Back Series (In Person Workshop)

The Chicago Poetry Center Board invites you to join us at Bigger Table: Write & Give Back – a thematic writing fundraiser series to support poetry programming at Chicago Public Schools. Date & Time: November […]

Bigger Table: Write & Give Back Series (Virtual Workshop) 

The Chicago Poetry Center Board invites you to join us at Bigger Table: Write & Give Back – a thematic writing fundraiser series to support poetry programming at Chicago Public Schools. Date & Time: November 9th (Saturday), 7-8:30 […]

Blue Hour November 21

The Chicago Poetry Center presents BLUE HOUR, a free monthly in-person reading series and generative writing workshop at Haymarket House, 800 W. Buena. Our November featured readers are Monica Rico and Kush Thompson. The […]

Chicago Poetry Center’s 50th Anniversary Virtual Learning Series

At the Chicago Poetry Center, we believe that poetry is for everyone: children and adults, career writers and hobbyists, people with creative writing degrees and folks who write privately in their journals. We also […]

How to Submit Poems to Literary Journals: Presented by Lisa Low

You’ve written poems. Now it’s time find your readers. But where to start? Join the Chicago Poetry Center as poet and editor Lisa Low shares advice on finding the right publications your poetry, writing […]

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