Looking for poetry links and references? Check these out!

• For the most up to date information please refer to the venue websites – pi-New Haven is not responsible for the accuracy of information on these sites
• If we missed something, you can contact us via email but we prefer you post in comments below. Thanks!

Resources are sectioned into the following groups:

• Connecticut Poetry Venues: Listed by county these represent a listing of some of Connecticut’s most popular open mics, festivals, special events.  Links are provided where available. If your venue is not listed or listed incorrectly let us know!
• Connecticut Poetry Organizations, Journals & Publishers: Get involved! Get Published.  Connecticut has a wealth of opportunities for you and your poems to mingle!
• Other Online Poetry Resources: Believe it or not poetry does exist outside of Connecticut! Here are some resources it’s good to have at your fingertips.
• Mailing Lists: Sign up for the mailing lists available via these websites (some are repeated from above) and receive updates about readings both local and across New England and NYC.  How about a poetry-filled daytrip to Boston or New York?
• Other: From powerhouse poetry sites to workshops on Block Island and local poetry Educational programs, anything that doesn’t fit neatly in the categories above goes here!

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Connecticut Poetry Venues by County

We do try to keep this up to date but please refer to each venue’s website or contacts for a full understanding of their programs and the most current status.

Litchfield/Fairfield Counties

• Poetry Beat Open Mike-Fairfield (Listed on CTPoet Calendar/no website. Las Vetas Lounge M:Weekly: 7:30 pm)
• Poem Alley at Curley’s Diner – Stamford (Listed on CTPoet Calendar as a first Tuesday weekly series. No website)
• Poetz Realm – Bridgeport
• Third Thursday in Stamford – (Open Mic at the Stamford Borders 7:30-9:00/no website)
• Wednesday Night Poetry Series – Newtown (WNPS is CT’s longest running weekly open mic. Features every week!)
• Sunken Garden Poetry Festival – Farmington (Since 1992, audiences have enjoyed verse and music among the fragrant blooms of Hill-Stead’s Sunken Garden.)
• Calling All Poets/Silas Bronson Library Open Mic-Waterbury – A weekly series offered February – June

New Haven County

• Beatnik 2000-New Haven (this is listed on the CTPoetry Calendar but not on the Cafenine Website)
• The Poetry Institute – New Haven (This is US!)
• New Haven Public Library Poetry – New Haven (This links to the event blog.  Various readings are held annually)
• Yale Beinecke Poetry Series – New Haven: This site highlights both Poetry at Beinecke and across the Yale campus
• An Ordinary Evening Reading Series – New Haven (Brings Poets & Writers / No open mic)
• Yale Bookstore – New Haven (Various readings although I can’t locate the calendar on the website)
• Shoreline Cluster Poets – Madison
• Timeout Poetry Series – Madison Share your favorite poems at these Scranton Libary Favorite get togethers
• Sleeping Giant Poets Guild-Hamden
• Guilford Poetry Guild – Guilford

Hartford County

• The Love Jones Experience – Hartford
• WordForge Reading Series – Hartford Featured poets & theme nights, plus open mike
• Inescapable Rythmns – Hartford (Real Art Ways has a number of programs and collaborations reach beyond Hartford)
• Mishi-Maya-Gat Spoken Word and Music Series Manchester Community College Reading Series with Features
• Wintonbury Branch Library Poetry Series and Open Mike-Bloomfield

Middlesex/New London Counties

• Bean & Leaf Open Mike – New London (voted best coffee bar by CT Magazine-2009)
• Thursday Open Mike –  New London (also at Bean & Leaf)
• Riverwood Poetry Series at Buttonwood – Middletown
• Riverwood Underwood Cafe Series – Middletown
• First Tuesday in Middletown – Middletown (No series link is available but this is at Broad Street Books – The Wesleyan Bookstore)

Connecticut Poetry Organizations, Journals & Publishers

• Connecticut Poetry Society (Check this site out for contests and publications:  Connecticut River Review, Long River Run)
• Connecticut Review
• Caduceus
• Fairfield Review
• Fairfield University Dogwood Review
• Firewheel Editions: Sentence A Journal of Prose Poetics
• DrunkenBoat
• Yale Review
• Freshwater Poetry e-zine Asnuntuck Community College has both a journal and a poetry club.  Submit!
• Antrim House Books Publishers of Poetry collections in Tarriffeville, CT
• Curbstone Press Willimantic CT publisher of poetry
• Poetry Liner Notes Local Sandy Hook poet Robin Sampson asks poets about published poems and what inspired them
• Connecticut PoetZ Calendar
• Guilford Poetry Guild
• Sleeping Giant Poets Guild
• The Poetry Institute – New Haven — Us again!
• The James Merrill House
• Upwords poetry A CT based resource for young poets and teachers
• Friends & Enemies of Wallace Stevens

Other Online Poetry Organizations and Resources

• Duotrope’s Digest Online listing of poetry and fiction journals with submission information and tools
• Poets & Writers The nation’s largest non-profit serving creative writers
• Poets.org From the Academy of American Poets.  Poetry, Poems, Bios and more
• The Poetry Foundation: From POETRY the journal to resources and tools
• NFSPS: National Federation of State Poetry Societies
• NewPages.com: Literary Magazine and Publishing submission & contest info

Mailing Lists

• CWROPPS A Yahoo Group providing Creative Writers Online Resources. Sign up for news on contests and calls for submissions
• Shoreline Poetry News A Yahoo group for posting and learning about Shoreline Area Poetry events in CT
• Yale listserv : Follow the Beinecke blog instructions to receive their email updates if this link doesn’t work
• AGNI Online. This Boston University literary journal has three email lists:  AGNI only readings, Boston-area readings and New York City readings.
• New-Poetry List This Contemporary Poetry News and Views List is managed by one of our CT community members!

Other

• Poets House Taking a trip to NYC?  Visit the Poets House library, poetry collection or catch a class!
• Block Island Poetry Project Lisa Starr’s stellar poetry workshop program now includes weekend workshops
• Sharon Charde Writing Retreats Connecticut’s own Sharon Charde offers writing workshops that are downright theraputic!
• Wesleyan University Writer’s Conference
• Soul Mountain (Closed! but refer to the website to understand this important component of CT’s Poetry History)
• Southern Connecticut State University MFA program