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 of Chicago at City Lit for the February installment of the Six Points Reading Series! This…
In our last class of 2016, I decided to tackle a subject that we are all learning more about each…
Poetry Center of Chicago is proud to be a co-sponsor of Writers Resist. Join us at Open Books and around…
The Poetry Center of Chicago is proud to carry on its mission of supporting poets and poetry across Chicago. Each…
Join the Poetry Center of Chicago at City Lit for the December installment of the Six Points Reading Series! In…
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…