Upcoming Events

Join us online for IPA’s annual Lyrical Iowa Reading Celebration which features our winners, honorable mentions and Pushcart Prize nominees! Followed by an Open Mic opportunity for anyone published in Lyrical Iowa 2026 wanting to read their poem appearing in this issue. RSVP to ipa@iowapoetry.com

Join us in Grinnell for a morning of poem critiques, open-mic at lunch and generative workshop with Bill Rudolph!

The Des Moines Chapter of Alpha Poetry Society would like to invite you to join us for a kick-off dinner. For more information, contact Joyce Allen at joywriter50021@yahoo.com.

We will enjoy hearing works from local writers as well as readings from Iowa's current poet laureate, Paul Brooke.

Please register if you want to read. No registration needed to listen as an audience member. Visit www.atlantic.lib.ia.us -click Calendar then go to September 22 and follow directions

Doors open at 2 p.m. Host is restaurant owner and esteemed pie baker Jason Jasnos, with Dawn Terpstra as poet-emcee. More info at poetryamp.org

Although the audience is targeted towards teachers, their expertise is relevant for all poets. Teresa Lawler, IPA Teacher Liaison, will host Allison Berryhill and Tracy Tensen as they share their best practices. RSVP to ipa@iowapoetry.com with "Teacher" in subject line

Doors open 4:45, Pie at 5, Program at 5:15 to 6:30. With Lenny Bell as poet-emcee, poets Patsy Shors, Mike Pace,Thunda Khatt, Nolan Ferreira (Jefferson Elementary), Hannah Burrows (Bondurant-Farrar High School). RSVP to poetryamp.org,

Join us to hear student winners and those to be published reading their winning poem! They'll be joined by Iowa Student Poet Ambassador Josie Nabhan-Warren who will share insights into her new role, ideas about poetry writing, and will read some of her poems. RSVP to ipa@iowapoetry.com

Join critic Michaela Mullin for a day of poetry! Poem critiques in the morning, open mic at lunch, generative workshop on "Protestry: Writing as Resistance - Using Pens, Not Swords"  in the afternoon! Find details and register at iowapoetry.org/workshops. Deadline for poems for critique is March 18.

Join us in celebrating the top Iowa poets competing for the 2026 IPA Poetry Slam Champion title! Final stage will take place during the annual Poetry Palooza event!