Arizona State Poetry Society

04/13/2026

03/25/2026

We are a non-profit organization and if you love poetry, please give. Thank you so very much!

03/11/2026

TAPS (Tucson Arts Poetry Series) hosts Gene Twaronite and Sandra Luber, March 21

03/11/2026

Katie Zale Reads at TFOB (Tucson Festival of Books)

03/03/2026

Announcing Arizona State Poetry Society’s 2026 Annual Youth Contest!
Submissions accepted starting January 15, 2026 through the
Deadline – March 31, 2026

Open to all Arizona students, grades 1-12 with no entry fee for the contest. Poems can be on any topic with a limit of three submissions per person. Poems written in other than English must include an English translation.

Prize Awards: Cash prizes awarded to First, Second and Third Place Winning Poems in grade brackets: Grades 1-4 Grades 5-8 Grades 9-12

Winning poems will appear in Sandcutters 2026, Anthology of Arizona State Poetry Society. Winners will be notified in May 2026. We will send a complimentary copy of Sandcutters at the end of the year.

For complete information and permission form, email CChristy White at [email protected]

To learn more about ASPS, visit our website: azpoetry.net

10/26/2025

Free workshop and a Call for Poems!

09/07/2025

September 27, 2025 TAPS reading

08/15/2025

Register here--Zoom opportunity available . https://www.eventbrite.com/e/poets-respond-to-the-2024-election-tickets-1596341503409?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=ebdsshcopyurl

07/26/2025

August 9 Workshop with Call for Poems for sequel.
Poem from original anthology Winter in America (Again

J. Luther Jett

Slouching Moon

Moon half-eaten
gapes in amaze
over brown fields--
spider's lattice binds
barn and steeple.

Invisible train howls--"I come, I come"
Our second winter--
deeper, darker
than the first.

05/09/2025

Contact [email protected] if you need a ride from Tucson.

04/23/2025

🗣️SLAM JAM 2025🗣️

🔥THE POWER OF THE WORD🔥

On: 5/3/25 from 3-8pm

In collaboration with: ASU , hosted at:
ASU NELSON Fine Arts Center in Room 122
Address:
51 E 10th Street , Tempe, AZ 85281

ASU Artivists, illPhrases and Body Slam Poetry, are coming together to provide a safe space for all forms of expression.

Their goal:
Curate a space for FUN, and safe, creative expression; that’s welcoming for all walks of life.

There will be an:

🤯OPEN STYLE DANCE BATTLE🤯,
the winner/s will win 150$,

a:
🌈BODY SLAM POETRY CONTEST🌈,
the winner/s will win 150$

Alongside:
🥳Interactive Mini-Workshops, Plenty of Local Artists, CyPhErSsSsS, and a Vendor Market 🥳

Overall an event you won’t want to miss. Please check out the tagged poetry pages for more info and give them a follow 🙏🫶.