NEWS | ORGANIZATIONS | EVENTS | TOOLS | MISC
Regional (Northern California):
Peninsula Writers (local Branch of the California Writers Club)
South Bay Writers (nearby branch of the California Writers Club)
Thirteen Ways (a San Francisco-based poetry group)
The Albany Poetry Workshop (based near Berkeley)
PrimoPoets (East Bay, sponsors open mic readings in Walnut Creek)
Aural Tradition (slam-oriented group in San Jose)
Ecstatic Monkey (literary promotions organization)
National (United States):
National Federation of State Poetry Societies
Poetry in the Arts (A literary nonprofit with vision, based in TX)
Artist Resource (promotes visual and literary arts by providing an online community)
United Poets Coalition (Organizers of Poets for Peace readings)
Local Readings and Workshops (Greater San Mateo Area):
Our Calendar of local poetry events in San Mateo and the surrounding areas, including readings by our members
Regional Readings and Workshops (Greater SF Bay Area):
PSC events in the Santa Cruz area
Weekly Berkeley Poetry Slam
Aural Tradition calendar
San Jose Slam every other Tuesday night at WWAVES Smokehouse, Downtown San Jose, 65 Post Street.
State/National Events (California/USA):
Poetry Flash maintains a calendar of literary events in California
G.R. Dodge Poetry Festival, largest poetry event in the US
Skagit River Poetry Festival, largest poetry event in the Northwest US
Watershed Festival celebrates environmental poetry annually in Berkeley, CA
SF Station keeps a weekly calendar of literary and spoken word events (select Arts, Literary Arts from menu on left)
Community of Writers at Squaw Valley, summer workshops with top-notch poets
A poet's library an impressive collection of audio recordings of poetry at SFSU
NEXUS's huge directory of poetry resources, with search capability (formerly known as QOZI)
African-American Poetry Database (search full text of ~3000 poems)
Search for a poem at AAP (searchable database of ~1200 poems)
Hazel Street Productions - a potpourri of writers's sites and info, including Betty Auchard's site.
Periodic Table of Poetry - Chemistry and Poetry collide, with strange results