Past Poets & Writers Live Events

The New Nonfiction 2024 Reading and Celebration

October 2, 2024

Celebrate The New Nonfiction 2024 debut authors featured in our September/October issue with a virtual reading and conversation with features editor India Lena González. This event took place on Wednesday, October 2, at 7PM EDT.

First Fiction 2024 Reading and Celebration

July 11, 2024

Celebrate this issue’s First Fiction 2024 debut authors with a virtual reading and conversation with features editor India Lena González on Thursday, July 11, at 7 PM EDT.

Performing the Future: Debut Poets Virtual Reading

January 25, 2024

Join Poets & Writers Magazine features editor India Lena González on January 25, 2024, at 7:00PM EST for a celebration of the ten debut poets featured in “Performing the Future: Our Nineteenth Annual Look at Debut Poets.” The virtual event will include readings from the poets and a conversation about their debut books, their influences and inspirations, and their individual paths to publication.

5 Over 50 Virtual Reading and Celebration

December 7, 2023

Join Poets & Writers editor in chief Kevin Larimer for a reading and celebration of our latest cohort of “5 Over 50” debut authors. The virtual event will feature readings from the authors and a conversation about their individual paths to publication.

Debut Poets Virtual Reading

February 1, 2023

Join Poets & Writers Magazine associate editor India Lena González for a celebration of the ten debut poets featured in “The Beauty of Being: Our Eighteenth Annual Look at Debut Poets.” The virtual event, which will take place over two evenings, will include readings from the poets and conversation about their debut books, their influences and inspirations, and their individual paths to publication.

5 Over 50 Virtual Reading

December 8, 2022

Join Poets & Writers editor in chief Kevin Larimer for a celebration of our latest cohort of “5 Over 50” debut authors. The virtual event will feature readings from the authors and a conversation about their individual paths to publication.

Anatomy of a Scene With Kristen Arnett

July 14, 2021

Join novelist Kristen Arnett for a craft-focused event on Wednesday, July 14, at 7 PM EDT. In conversation with Spencer Quong, the assistant editor of Poets & Writers Magazine, the author will walk through the revision process of select scenes from her latest novel, With Teeth, out now from Riverhead Books.

Demystifying the Agent Search

July 10, 2021

Join Michael Bourne, a contributing editor of Poets & Writers Magazine, on Saturday, July 10, at 3PM ET for “Demystifying the Agent Search,” a ninety-minute online class designed for writers who are ready to approach agents for representation. In this session we’ll drill deep on how literary agencies work, how to get on gatekeepers’ radar, how to craft a query, and how to find an agent who is right for you, with plenty of time to field your questions.

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