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.
Here is a sample of some of the writers and events we funded this year.
Poet A.K. Toney teaches a workshops for teens at Stella Middle Charter Academy in Los Angeles, February 2008.
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.
To apply for funds to support your event, download our application.
If you're a writer or an organization interested in learning more about the Readings/Workshops program, please check out our FAQ.
Learn how to host a successful reading or event, step by step, by downloading our helpful Poets & Writers Guide to Presenting Readings and Workshops.
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.
"We are most grateful to Poets & Writers for making it possible for us to present a series of writing workshops to folks in our relatively rural area with writer Thomas Krampf. These are ordinary folks with extraordinary gifts, who very much need to share the writing experience with others of like mind."
– Barbara Chew at the Mental Health Association/Cattaraugus County, Olean, New York, October 2007.
