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The following listing is provided so interested poets may receive more information about poetry readings, poetry societies or 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 updates, to remove old listings, or to send us information about your writing group. Include location, regular meeting dates, time, address, contact name and phone number. Include e-mail address and website information if you wish.

 

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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Recent updates/additions & upcoming events :Click on dates below for more information.

·       The 2007 Poetry Works Postcard Project (ongoing do-it-yourself project)]

·       Aug 8 – Conversing Through Poetry (Houston) 2nd Wednesday

·       Aug 11– Peggy Zuleika Lynch presenting "Don't Give Up" at Poets Northwest (Houston) 2^nd Saturday

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

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

·       Sep 3 – Coffee Oasis reading (Seabrook) 1^st Monday Click here for printable flyer.

·       Sep 7 – First Friday reading features Ken Jones (Houston) 1^st Friday

·       Sep 8 – Poets Northwest Workshop (Spring) Note: Deadline for Registration – Postmarked August 18 -- Flyer & Registration form – PDF file or Word file.

View our Events Calendar for Texas area events.

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.

PST website for full information.

PST 2007 Contests are now listed at this link:

http://www.poetrysocietyoftexas.org/pst_adult.html
Poetry Society of Texas, Dallas – Preston Royal Library, Dallas, Texas

See http://poetrysocietyoftexas.org/calendar.html for 2007 events, usually 2^nd Saturdays.  
 

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

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

 

The next regular meeting of the Gulf Coast Poets will be in September.  We will not have regular meetings from May through August except for the Gulf Coast Poets Critique Group.  Resuming in September, the GCP meets third Saturday at Barnes & Noble in Webster, 10:30 am. 

 

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

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 

 
texaspoet53@aol.com or Claire Ottenstein-Ross, Vice Pres./Programs at 281-252-6434 or claireandtom@sbcglobal.net


Poets Northwest Meeting--August 11, 2007 

The presentation in August will be held by Peggy Zuleika Lynch with the subject, "Don't Give Up."  Peggy will motivate us "not to give up" when our poetry is rejected by a publisher.  "Not to give up" when we have writer's block and can't seem to get any words on paper.  She will encourage us to "keep going" in spite of obstacles.

 Peggy is well-known in poetry circles, having been honored with 5 Pushcart Prize nominations.  She has published 9 books of her own and co-edited many anthologies.  She and her late husband Edmnd C. Lynch co-edited the Poetry Society Book of the Year from 1983 to 1994.    In 1983 they co-founded Poetry in the Arts in Austin which provides a forum for local, state, national, and international poets. 

At each meeting there is a Read-A-Round where members and visitors can share their poetry.

Poets Northwest meets on the 2nd Sat. of each month from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon at Barnes & Noble Bookstore at  Champions Forest Dr. & FM1960 in Houston. For information call Lynn Grice at 281-370-7111 or e-mail at texaspoet53@hotmail.com.

 

Poets Northwest Workshop, Saturday, Sept. 8th, 2007, Ramada Inn on I45 N & Richey Rd. north of Houston in Spring.  The program runs from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.  Registration: 9:00 to 9:30 a.m.; 9:30 to 10:45 a.m.  Marianne Logan & Vivienne Stewart;  Break:  10:45 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.;  11:00 a.m. to 12:15  p.m.  Marvin Hirsh & Stanley Richardson;  Lunch:  12:15 to 1:30 p.m.;   1:30 to 3:00 p.m.  Mary Margaret Carlisle; 3:00 to 3:30 p.m.  Poetry Contest Winners Announced & Read.  FMI:  claireandtom@sbcglobal.net

Deadline for Registration – Postmarked August 18 -- Flyer & Registration form – PDF file or Word file.

 

San Jacinto Chapter:  - Meets on the second Saturday of each month, from 1:00 PM ­ 3:30 PM at the East Harris County Activity Center, 7430 Spencer Highway, Pasadena, TX.  For location information, call:  (281) 479-4232.  For further meeting information, contact:  Debbie Webb webbclan@flash.net 
 

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

   CONFERENCES, WORKSHOPS, FESTIVALShttp://www.danssilverleaf.com ) in Denton, Texas, from 11-5 p.m, hosting tables for books, comic books, printed indie posters, etc. There will be readings throughout the day on the back patio, and Denton's SHQ will host music across the street to benefit the event. Lunch will be catered by the Silverleaf. Hastings Books, Music, and Entertainment is sponsoring the event, offering free promos for attendees and sales of book in print materials. Table fees: $10.   Sell your own work, and someone will sit in at your table every now and then so that you can go across the street to enjoy a favorite band or two at SHQ. Bands currently contributing are The Baptist Generals, Brent Best of Slobberbone, The Angelus, Burnt Sienna Trio, Warren Jackson Hearne, and The Electric Mountain Rotten Apple Gang. We will be filling spots until August 31st. For more information about the event, contact Rob E. King, 806-773-6555, revelax@yahoo.com 

 
·      Workshops are listed elsewhere on this page for Poets Northwest in Spring and Poetry Works in Seabrook.

SPECIALS·       Poets for Human Rights 2007
2007 Anita McAndrews Award ~ 2007 Alexander Popoff Youth Award

http://www.thepanhandler.org.

 

 

·      Texas Poetry Calendar --  





November 10, 2007 at 4 p.m. - Texas Poetry Calendar Reading at The Blue Willow Bookshop, 14532 Memorial Drive, Houston, TX 77079, 281-497-8675

Check the Dos Gatos website for other reading events.


Scott Wiggerman
David Meischen
Dos Gatos Press
1310 Crestwood Road
Austin, TX  78722
http://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.

 Sol Magazine: http://www.sol-magazine.org or http://Sol-Magazine-Projects.org
An international volunteer organization interested in the education of poets. Visit website for submission guidelines. Sol.Magazine@prodigy.net  

·       Ampersand Poetry Journal:] Can be accessed at http://Ampersand-Poetry.org or http://Sol-Magazine-Projects.org.

BY CITY

sullivad@aii.edu for more information about this series of readings or Ken Jones at poetken@yahoo.com for information about specific events.

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

--2007--

Sep. 7 KEN JONES, host of the Borders Reading Series, will be reading from and signing his book, Unutterable Blunders and Palace Disasters, PlainView Press 2006.


Oct. 12-14 Special Event: Houston Poetry Fest at Willow Street Pump Station, 811 North San Jacinto Street, on White Oak Bayou, UH-Downtown

 

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

 

http://[size=http://www.Houstonpoetryfest.net], phone 713 521 3519, or e-mail HPFest@aol.com.  This annual celebration of poetry has been held yearly in October since 1985.  

 

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.

 

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

http://www.nuestrapalabra.org Contact Tony Diaz at AztecMuse@aol.com or phone (713) 867-8943. 

 

POETS NORTHWEST – See latest info in PST box above.

 http://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

THE ARTS ALLIANCE CENTER AT CLEAR LAKE, 2000 NASA Parkway, Nassau Bay, Texas  77058.  Tel: 281-335-7777, http://www.taaccl.org Hours: Tue-Fri 10-6, Sat 10-2, For more information about upcoming classes and prorated fees, contact Leslie Kriewaldt, Director of Art Education & Outreach, at 281-335-7777 or lkriewaldt@taaccl.org   http://www.taaccl.org

  

 WORD FACTORY. Usually held 10 AM on the third Saturday of each month.  E-mail to confirm.  The word factory is a place where poets can: create, stretch, share, benefit, be…  The word factory welcomes poets from all walks, whether you’ve written books of poetry, or just found your poetic voice. Our word factory space is a place to nurture poetic creativity, to inspire and to empower your poetic abilities. The word factory supports the fresh diversity of alliance between the written and spoken word and other art forms. The word factory encourages writers in a safe, supportive environment. Note: this is NOT a critique group. Poets constantly need inspiration, fresh perspectives, and new avenues of thought, so we are offering a series of WordShops for poets.  Location: The Arts Alliance Center at Clear Lake, 2000 NASA Parkway, Nassau Bay.  For more information: contact Lisa Grable at back2word@yahoo.com

 

  

PASADENA, TX

 

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

San Jacinto Chapter -- Meets on the second Saturday of each month, from 1:00 PM ­ 3:30 PM at the East Harris County Activity Center, 7430 Spencer Highway, Pasadena.  For location information, call:  (281) 479-4232.  For further meeting information, contact:  Debbie Webb webbclan@flash.net

 

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  

 

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Sol Magazine Project Director: 
http://sol-magazine.org or http://sol-magazine-projects.org

SEABROOK COFFEE OASIS READING SERIES

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

except months where there is a holiday that interferes.
4650 NASA Parkway at Kirby, Seabrook, Texas
(5.2 miles east of IH-45)

Directions:  281-532-1439

The best coffee.  The best time you'll have at a poetry reading.  Excellent food. 
  Location information:  http://www.coffee-oasis.com

 

lrwelch@peoplepc.com

Contact dondon213@hotmail.com for more information.

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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

 

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.

 

Gulf Coast Poets Chapter.  Normally** meets 3^rd Saturday at B&N on Bay Area in Webster, 10:30 am. Join us!  FMI: GulfCoastPoets@yahoo.com or call Mary at 281.316.2255.

**Will not meet again until September.  See the website for updated meeting information: http://GulfCoastPoets.info

 

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.] 

  



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.

 

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.)  Also see entry under Seabrook.

 

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/


 

poetsunleashed@hotmail.com (Daniel Rice, Facilitator)  Alicia Johnson: Community Relations Manager, 281-298-5737.  At Barnes & Noble overlooking the Turning Basin Plaza at The Woodlands Mall. Refreshments. Thank you.  Daniel Rice. (936) 441-6270

 

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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