Registration is Now Open for Poetry Out Loud 2026 !!!
The Chicago Poetry Center is pleased to serve in its 9th year as the Chicagoland Regional Host Organization for the Poetry Out…

The Chicago Poetry Center is pleased to serve in its 9th year as the Chicagoland Regional Host Organization for the Poetry Out…
Join the Poetry Center throughout this late summer and early fall for readings including Tara Betts, avery r. young, Meg…
September Six Points Reading with Rosie Accola and Jessica Mascarenhas September 20th 7:00pm Space Oddities Please join us for the…
May Six Points Reading with Gabriel Ojeda-Sague & Davon Clark May 17th 7-8pm Pilsen Books Please join us for the…
Congratulations to our Douglas Park Poetry Contest Winner, Aniyah Orr Howard for her poem, “Douglas Park.” Our final two poems…
Congratulations to the three poets whose poems have made it to the final shortlist for the Douglas Park poetry mural…
April Six Points Reading with Jan-Henry Gray, Xandria Phillips, mai c. doan April 26th 7:00-8:30 Women & Children First …
Congratulations to our four poets whose poems have made it to the final four shortlist for the Douglas Park poetry…
The Poetry Center is happy to be a partner to the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. Through this partnership, we’ve…
Crane High School slam team (aka Poetic Deviance) took FIRST PLACE at the Louder Than A Bomb Semi-Finals! Next stop…
Chicago Poetry Center is excited to announce that Taisaun Levi from from the Crane High School slam team (aka Poetic…
It’s official, the Crane High School slam team (aka Poetic Deviance) took 1st Place at the Louder Than A Bomb Quarter…
Wednesday, Feb 6 Bookends & Beginnings 1712 Sherman Ave 6-7:30 PM The Chicago Poetry Center will host a reading at…