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…
Please help us give a big Poetry Center welcome to our new Six Points curator, Natasha Mijares! We are so…
Today we send out a a huge thank you to our fabulous Six Points curator, Danielle Susi. She has given…
Join the Poetry Center of Chicago at Innertown Pub for the October installment of the Six Points Reading Series! In…
The Poetry Center of Chicago is proud to partner with Free Write Arts & Literacy and Chicago Books to Women…
Join the Poetry Center of Chicago at City Lit Books for the September installment of the Six Points Reading Series on September 14…
Our 2nd annual crowdfunding campaign is live! Will you help us bring poets into Chicago classrooms? Hands On Stanzas scholarships are…
Join the Poetry Center of Chicago at Mars Gallery for the August installment of the Six Points Reading Series on…
Join the Poetry Center of Chicago at Innertown Pub for the July installment of the Six Points Reading Series on…
Join the Poetry Center of Chicago at Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art for the June installment of…
Join the Poetry Center of Chicago at Beauty & Brawn in Logan Square for the May installment of the Six…
We are so pleased to announce that the Poetry Center of Chicago has become a member of the Chicago Literacy…
Join us in celebrating our student poets, from 2nd Grade to Sophomore Year! One student poet from each Hands…