A membership organization in Albany, NY, organized to promote poetry, poets, and the local community. The site offers a calendar of events and other information for the Albany poetry community, calls for submissions to be featured on the Web site, poetry tutorials, and a BBS.

For the advancement of poetry. Poetry, how to start a poetry chapter, news about contests, submission page, and people's bookshop. International members welcomed.

The Guild was formed for discussion of poetry issues and the review of its members' work, and publishes a biannual journal, The Glass Eye. Meetings are held several times a month in Austin, Texas.

Information regarding publishers and their guidelines, suggestions for submitting a manuscript, a glossary of poetic terms, a message board online publication and membership information.

A membership society in Oxford, England, BRP holds four workshops and one open mic reading a month, and four guest readings a year.

The CPA promotes the reading, writing, publishing, and preservation of poetry in Canada through the individual efforts of its members.

A writer's center with a focus on African American poets and writers. Information about the organization's annual writing workshop, regional workshops, and readings, featured poems, Cave Canem Prize, and faculty.

The association is an educational resource that lists poetry events around the state, information about the CPA, poetry, and links to poets and literary magazines inside and out of Colorado.

Statewide membership association that sponsors five poetry contests annually, publishes a national journal and a members-only anthology, conducts critique groups, workshops, readings, and lectures. Membership open to non Ct. residents.

A forum Christian Poets, the site showcases Christianpoetry and hosts a semi-annual poetry contest.

An organization devoted to the craft, creation, and performance of poetry in North Texas. Information on DPC events and membership.

The annual poetry festival in West Texas features local, area, and international poets and musicians. Details about upcoming and past fests, including workshops, contests and more, are available on site.

A nonprofit, independent literary center in San Antonio, Texas. Provides university and master level classes; discounted to members. Produces performance poetry productions and readings open to the public at no charge.

Official website for the Georgia Poetry Society. Features membership, contest and events information, and member news, meeting schedules, publications and online publication of member poetry.

Community-based not-for-profit arts organization in Howard County, Maryland, that produces readings and other literary events for the general public, including students, seniors, and ethnic audiences.

A membership based site that offers quarterly contests, publication in the Society magazine, and personal pages and domain name email accounts for members.

Affiliation, membership, state convention, contest information, and newlsetter available on site. The society is represented through chapters across the state, and publishes an annual anthology of member poems.

Community-based organization established to promote the Spoken Word in the San Francisco Bay Area through publications, Open Mikes and Slams.

A coalition of public arts organizations that includes Poetry in Motion for Belfast Citybus. Information about its member organization's poetry and arts projects.

This site has an online poetry reading room that offers poems written by member poets whose work was accepted by the staff.

Organization works to defend freedom of expression and resist censorship worldwide, promotes reading, forums, literary awards, PEN America (Journal), ethnic minorities outreach, prison writing program, writers fund for professional literary writers facing financial crisis, promotes translation into English, panels, readings, and forums for children's book authors.

Provides information on the organisation, the new Poetry Australia magazine, and Five Islands Press. Contact for membership or other purposes is by email.

Non-profit organization devoted to fostering and promoting poetry in US. Excerpts from Crossroads (official journal), sponsored events and information about chapbook contest available online.

Official state poetry society. Mission: Improve the knowledge, skill, and interest for the quality of poetry in our society and the world. Site offers membership information, poetry contests and workshops.

Founded to promote public recognition of the art of poetry, and encourage writing of poetry by Texans. Offers outreach program, education and publication opportunities, fellowship and support to members. Information about membership, events, programs and contests available to members and the public.

The group is a poetry platform for poets in Wednesbury and the Black Country area to perform, discuss, and have their poems published. It gives contact details, examples and news.

Hosts monthly workshops, sponsors readings, publishes an annual journal, The Eleventh Muse, and conducts a national chapbook competition.

Non-profit promoter of poetry, poets and writers and literary resources, and publisher. Includes calendar of events, newsletter, resources meta index, information about membership and poetry journal, Ardent.

The Poetry Foundation, publisher of Poetry magazine, is an independent literary organization committed to a vigorous presence for poetry in American culture. It exists to discover and celebrate the best poetry and to place it before the largest possible audience.

Poets House is a literary center and poetry archive - a collection and meeting place that invites poets and the public to join the living tradition of poetry.

Monthly. Established in print, this is the online version. Interviews with known and emerging writers. Contest information, answers to frequesntly asked questions, and a "Speakeasy" message forum.

A secret society of poets involved in creating randomness throughout the world. Membership and activities are kept confidential, but anyone who wishes to may join.

Non-profit organization of local artists, poets and musicians to further poetry and the spoken word.

A members only publication oriented to development of craft. Membership is free. Information about becoming a member, submissions, events, personalities and the craft are available on site.

A community based non-profit arts and education organization that promotes the arts in our society through educational programs, multi-media publications and open community events and activities.

Non-profit organization that produces programming for television and educational videos. Includes program schedule, history, people and information about available DVDs.

Searchable index of poems and poet biographies. Also includes audio files of works read by the author.

The official website of the ASPS. The ASPS strives to make poetry accessible to all through workshops and events for all ages.This is an interactive site with forums, chat, and free email.

Local affiliate of the Poetry Society of Texas and National Federation of State Poetry Societies. Calendar, membership, contest, programs, newsletter and outreach information available on site.

The Internet Poets' Cooperative is a nonprofit, e-publishing service. Features self-published paperbacks, our exclusive print and listen e-books, audio recordings of original work, a free-forum, and a free-add-a-link page.

Site provides information about the Society's open poetry competition, monthly poetry readings, workshops, retreats and other events.

Information about poetry as therapy, the Poetry Therapy Foundation, membership, training and education, informative publications, and national legislation affecting poetry therapists.

The society works independently of, and with member state poetry societies to promote poetry and poets. The site content provides information about state poetry societies, society sponsored poetry competition, and programs and events.

A neo-formalist organization seeking to revive interest in traditional poetry in the post-postmodern era. News and information about the organization's publishing offers.

Nonprofit, charitable organization dedicated to increasing literary awareness and appreciation of poetry for those living at the south end of Puget Sound.

San Francsico State University; artist biographies and MP3 audio files; founded in 1954 on the basis of a gift by W.H. Auden.

Organization that offers reading series and sponsors an inner city poetry program. Includes program details, event dates and membership information.

Located in Southwestern Michigan, the organization is sponsored by the Berrien Artist Guild, and features monthly readings by exceptional poets, a yearly Poetry Workshop Weekend, and a monthly poetry open mic.

Searchable database of its holdings, and poetrymagazines.org.uk, a full-text database for UK poetry magazines of the 20th and 21st centuries, its education programme, publishers, competitions and advice for young poets.

Online poetry community includes chatroom, message board, and newsletter.

Encourages excellence in the writing and appreciation of poetry by sponsoring writing contests, reading contests, workshops, open readings and guest readers at meetings throughout the state.

A nonprofit organization in San Mateo, CA, that focuses on contemporary free verse. Sponsors readings and workshops in the San Francisco Bay Area. See site for events calendar and information on pending release of journal and publication information.

A society of amateur poets that publishes member poetry online.

Formed following the declaration of World Poetry Day, March 21. Lists of festivals, prizes, journals and associations, and links with major web sites, presenting poetry activities in UNESCO Member States.

A nonprofit organization that offers support, encouragement and resources specific to poets, contests (many free of charge), market lists and instructional articles. Focus is on Christian poetry.

A literary center that offers live readings, classes, workshops, educational programs, panels, salons, forums, outreach programs and special events. Publishes ¡TEX!, a journal of contemporary literature.

Includes an introduction to the poetry group, an e-mailing list, message board, information about the group's publications and several links to other local poetry-related sites in the area.