Sundog Poetry

Home
United States
Jericho, VT
Sundog Poetry

Poetry for all Vermonters.

04/27/2026

🥇We are excited to announce that the 2026 VT Youth Poet Laureate contest winner is Marcus Burns of St. Johnsbury!

🖋️Runners-up are Mariam Abena Diallo of Brattleboro and Evvi Tower-Pierce of East Burke!

🎉CONGRATULATIONS!🎉

⏰More info about these poets coming soon - stay tuned!

04/20/2026

🎉We are excited to announce the nine VT Youth Poet Laureate finalists!🎉

Congratulations Marcus Burns (St. Johnsbury), Mariam Abena Diallo (Brattleboro), Will Helms (Hardwick), Mayla Landis-Marinello (Middlesex), Maelyn Slavik (Burlington), Ella Thomas (Calais), Evvi Tower-Pierce (East Burke), Isabella May (Brattleboro), and Lylah Zeitlin (Woodstock)!

The winner and 2 runners-up will be announced on Sat., April 25 during a live stream of the National Youth Poet Laureate Commencement, which will be held at the brand new Omaha Central Library in Nebraska. The live stream will begin at 8 p.m.

Click here for the live stream: https://bit.ly/4cvsRId

To read more about the Vermont Youth Poet Laureate contest, visit https://sundogpoetry.org/vypl

Urban Word Nebraska Writers Collective

04/07/2026

We are excited to announce that Katie Moritz is our new Managing Director!🎉

Katie has over a decade of experience in writing and communication. Prior to serving as the Communication Liaison at NVRH, she was editor of a weekly newspaper, manager of an assisted living facility, and educator for at-risk youth at a charter school in northern NH as well as for first-gen students at Dartmouth College. While pursuing a master’s degree in writing and literature at Dartmouth, she served as editor-in-chief of a graduate student journal now known as Clamantis: The MALS Journal A published poet and writer, her fiction work has been nominated for The Pushcart Prize. She is currently working on her first book of poetry.

“We are so excited to have Katie joining us,” Board Vice-President Barbara Murphy said. “We believe that Katie’s connections throughout Vermont’s rural Northeast Kingdom combined with her commitment to elevate diversity within the poetry community will take our organization to a new and exciting space.”

Read more | https://bit.ly/4sY9sVO

10/03/2025

If you didn’t get tickets to this sold out event, join us virtually today for a live stream of Environmental Poetry in the Time of Climate Crisis with poets and environmentalists Alison Hawthorne Deming, John Elder, Jody Gladding, Jane Hirshfield and Nalini Nadkarni.

Thanks to our partners for producing and distributing the live stream.

This event is made possible with funding and support from and promotional support from

1:30 PM - Poetry & Prose readings
4:00 PM - Panel discussion

09/15/2025

Join us at Ruth Stone House SAT 9/20 3-6 PM for a broadside printing of Vermont Emma Paris’ poem “Visual of Canis Lupus Abundance on Isle Royale.” We’ll enjoy food, drinks, a special poetry reading and broadsides!

08/11/2025

Celebrate Sundog Poetry co-founder Mary Jane Dickerson at this special poetry tribute on Saturday Sept 6 at the Jericho Community Center, 4:00 pm.

Special guests Stephen Cramer, Rebecca Starks, LN Bethea, Tina Escaja, and others will read selections of Mary Jane’s work, including unpublished poems. Free to attend. RSVP at sundogpoetry.org/events.

05/03/2025

Congrats to , Mayla Landis-Marinello and Lylah Zeitlin! These 3 poets will get to join peers in the program and workshop with celebrated poets.

This builds on the amazing work of , Vermont’s 2024 and inaugural state winner.

Thank you to our 2025 judges for making this possible - Samuel Boudreau, Danielle Dahline and Erika Nichols-Frazer!

05/02/2025

Tonight the winner and runners-up of the 2025 VT contest will be announced during a live stream of the Nat’l Youth Poet Laureate commencement performance at the Hunter College Public Policy Institute in NYC.

Congrats to this year’s finalists!

Watch at us02web.zoom.us/j/88988936592

01/31/2025

Join us for this special all ages event Saturday at ! We’ll be enjoying poetry, conversation on the housing crisis, and food with the Vermont AND National !
NYPL Stephanie Pacheco will be joining virtually and sharing some of her inspiring work.
Food by
Hope to see you there!

11/22/2024

What a fun, inspiring day at the for the 2024 Youth Poetry Summit! Students from 6 high schools joined in workshops and a poetry slam. In this photo, Vermont’s reads her poem “Almond Eyes” to a crowd of about 70 students, teachers and staff.

More photos to come. Looking forward to doing this again next year!

11/21/2024

We’re looking forward to welcoming 60 students from 6 high schools to tomorrow’s YOUTH POETRY SUMMIT at the ! Going to be a fun day of workshops and a poetry slam.

If you work with a high school creative writing program and want to get involved for next year’s event, contact us.

Thanks to our workshop leaders Sam Boudreau, Sophia Cirignano, Geof Hewitt. And thanks to our amazing fall intern ! and our funders

11/01/2024

Looking forward to Lit Night SATURDAY at ! Julia C Alter and Noah Warren read at 8 pm. Things kick off at 5:30 with Bianca Stone followed by a tribute to Reuben Jackson and readings from and Poetry Society of Vt.

Address

329 Browns Trace Road, Jericho VT 05465
Jericho, VT
05465

Website

https://www.sundogpoetry.org/

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Sundog Poetry posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Contact The Organization

Send a message to Sundog Poetry:

Shortcuts

Want your organization to be the top-listed Non Profit Organization in Jericho?