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Helicon West

A lively performance venue for the written word based in Logan, Utah. Free, uncensored, open to all since 2005. Please join us!

Thanks to Sugar House Review, Logan Library, the USU English Department, and Caffe Ibis. Founded in 2005, Helicon West is a lively performance venue for the written word based in Logan, Utah, USA. Anyone is invited to read up to seven minutes of original writing during our uncensored open-mic, alongside featured readers of local, state, and national prominence. Helicon West is made possible with a

ssistance from Sugar House Review, the Logan Library, the USU Department of English, and Caffe Ibis. Readings are held on most second and fourth Thursdays during the USU academic year. Like this page for info about upcoming events and guest readers. Past guest readers have included Dinty Moore, Katherine Coles, Lance Larsen, Star Coulbrooke, Jennifer Sinor, Michael Sowder, Rob Carney, and many, many others. Because Helicon West is also an diverse artistic community, it's a great way to connect with other writers, test-drive your writing, and find your literary voice.

04/22/2026

Join us tomorrow night at the Logan Library to hear the USU Creative Writing and Art Contest winners read their work! Open Mic will follow the featured reading.

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English Department.

04/01/2026

Join us at the Logan Library to hear Millie Tullis read from her newest poetry collection, These Saints are Stones! Open Mic will follow the featured reading.

Made possible with support from the , , and the
English Department.

02/24/2026

Join us at the Logan Library to hear the lovely words of the local poetry group, Union of Table Scraps! Open Mic will follow the featured reading.

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English Department.

01/27/2026

Join us at the Logan Library to hear guest readers Marianne Hale Harding and E.B. Wheeler! Harding will be reading from their newest poetry collection, Halfway to Heaven: Poems Crafted in Utah’s Wild Places and Wheeler will be reading from their novel, No Peace with the Dawn. Open Mic will follow the featured reading.

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English Department.

01/06/2026

Our first two events of the new year are quickly approaching! They will be in collaboration with Stokes Nature Center’s The Big Read, inspired by You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World edited by Ada Limon. Please join us on January 8th and January 22nd for our writing workshops focused on “Nature is for Everyone” and “Nature is Everywhere.” An open mic will follow the workshops. See you all then!

12/04/2025

Join us at the Logan Library to celebrate Helicon West’s 20th anniversary! The event will be a full open mic, so please attend to share your own work and support the other writers in our community!

Made possible with support from the , , and the
English Department.

11/03/2025

Join us at the Logan Library to hear guest readers Phillip Watts Brown and Patrick Ramsay read from their newest poetry collections!
Open Mic will follow the featured reading.

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English Department.

10/24/2025

🎙 Our single event in November will feature Phillip Watts Brown and Patrick Ramsay before an open mic where anyone can read!

🗓 Thu, Nov 13
🕖 7:00 PM
📍 Logan Library Community Room
☕ free coffee!

HW events are made possible with support from Logan Library, Sugar House Review, the USU English Department, and Caffe Ibis.

10/21/2025

Issac and Naomi Timm will be reading at Helicon West this Thursday! Open Mic will follow the featured reading.

Made possible with support from the , , and the
English Department.

10/15/2025

Local poets Isaac Timm & Naomi Timm will be our featured readers on Thu, Oct 23 at 7:00 PM in Logan Library's Community Room. They'll be reading from and responding to Isaac's new collection, Aquifer, before an open-mic period where anyone is welcome to read. Free Caffe Ibis coffee will be available.

HW events are made possible with support from Logan Library, Sugar House Review, the USU English Department, and Caffe Ibis.

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285 N Main
Logan, UT
84321

Website

https://heliconwest.wordpress.com/

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