Dodge Poetry Festival

The Dodge Poetry Festival, sponsored by New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC), will be held from October 15 to October 17 at NJPAC and other locations in downtown Newark, New Jersey, for poets and translators. The festival features performances, workshops, panels, craft discussions, networking events, readings, and an open mic. Participating writers include poets Stephanie Burt, Anthony Cody, Meg Day, Terrance Hayes, Jessica Jacobs, Tyehimba Jess, Marc Bamuthi Joseph, Rickey Laurentiis, Adrian Matejka, E. Ethelbert Miller, Rajiv Mohabir, Carol Moldaw, Aja Monet, Naomi Shihab Nye, Jose Olivarez, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, Danez Smith, Evie Shockley, Arthur Sze, Frank X Walker, and Michael Wiegers; fiction writer Elizabeth Acevedo; and nonfiction writer Chanda Prescod-Weinstein. The cost of the conference is $99 for three days and $40 for a single day. Lodging at the Robert Treat Hotel is between $76 and $150 a night. Visit the website for more information. 

Accessibility accommodations include public transportation within 600 feet of the venue; elevators in all multilevel event spaces; accessible sidewalks, pathways, and doorways at select venues; paid accessible parking; accessible and gender-inclusive bathrooms at NJPAC; reserved seating; CART captioning at select events; and ASL interpretation upon request by September 15. Contact the poetry and social impact producer via e-mail at [email protected] for additional accessibility details.