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…
The Chicago Poetry Center presents BLUE HOUR, a free, public monthly in-person reading series and generative writing workshop. Each event…
Poetry @ The Green at 320 returns for summer 2025! The Chicago Poetry Center and The Green at 320 S.…
This year marks Poetry Out Loud’s 20th Anniversary and there is much to celebrate. On Thursday May 8, 2025, Isavel…
On Wednesday June 18, join the Chicago Poetry Center for our annual summer celebration! In line with CPC’s anti-censorship roots…
We have spent the month of April writing letters to strangers on the internet around the themes of Despair, Love…
The Chicago Poetry Center presents BLUE HOUR, a free, public monthly in-person reading series and generative writing workshop at Haymarket House…
Monday March 17th was a magnificent day for the Poetry Out Loud 2025 Illinois State Competition. In Illinois this year,…
The Chicago Poetry Center presents BLUE HOUR, a free monthly in-person reading series and generative writing workshop at Haymarket House,…
*** UPDATE: We’re no longer accepting applications. Thank you to all who have applied! We will follow up with all candidates.…
*** UPDATE: We’re no longer accepting applications. Thank you to all who have applied! We will follow up with all candidates.…
Are you looking for a way to collect and organize your poems into a manuscript that might one day be…
The Chicago Poetry Center presents BLUE HOUR, a free monthly in-person reading series and generative writing workshop at Haymarket House,…