2020
MARCH 30th-APRIL 5th
Director of the 4th annual Salisbury Poetry Week, featuring Christopher Salerno as Poet-in-Residence. Visit Eastern Shore Voices on Facebook for more information.
MARCH 7th
23rd Annual Bay to Ocean Writers Conference. Co-host. Chesapeake College, Wye Mills.
FEBRUARY 28th-MARCH 1st
The American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE), Speech: Disrupting Inequities in the Classroom. Atlanta.
JANUARY 9th
Sand Dune Poets Anthology Book Launch & Bards Against Hunger Reading, 7 PM. Rehobeth. Comfort Inn.
JANUARY 11th
Eastern Shore Writers Association, Anti-Hibernation Society. 10 AM-12 PM. Wicomico County Public Library.
2019
NOVEMBER 2nd
Undercurrents 02: Fall Art & Music Festival, Featured Reader. Salisbury University Art Galleries Downtown. 6-10 PM.
OCTOBER 26th
BTO Rewind: Crossroads Writers Conference, Host. Featuring readings and workshop sessions on "How to Write a Novel" with John DeDakis and "Make it Sound True: How to Hijack Your Reader's Hearts" with Salisbury Poet Laureate, Nancy Mitchell. 10 AM - 1 PM.
OCTOBER 17th
Open Mic Night, Emcee. The Greyhound Bookstore. Berlin, Maryland. Sponsored by Eastern Shore Writers Association and Maryland Writers Association. 7-9 PM.
AUGUST 27th
Open Mic Night, Featured Reader. Queen Anne's County Center for the Arts. 6-9 PM.
JULY 27th
Wilmington Writers Conference, Wilmington, Delaware. Session Title: "More than Meets the Eye: Developing Imagery Through Brain Studies". 8:30 AM-4 PM.
JULY 3rd-11th
In residence at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (VCCA) in Amherst, Virginia.
JUNE 21st
Downtown Salisbury 3rd Friday, Open Mic Night. Salisbury Wicomico Arts Council. Salisbury, Maryland. Sponsored by SWAC. 5-7 PM.
JUNE 20th
Open Mic Night, Emcee. The Greyhound Bookstore. Berlin, Maryland. Sponsored by Eastern Shore Writers Association and Maryland Writers Association. 7-9 PM.
JUNE 18th
Open Mic Night, Featured Reader. Queen Anne's County Center for the Arts. 6-8:30 PM.
JUNE 15th
Juneteenth Celebration, Chipman Cultural Center, Salisbury, Maryland. 2:30 PM.
MAY 18th
"A Place Called Home," an evening of reading and discussion in the first of the Eastern Shore Heritage & History Series, sponsored by Eastern Shore Writers Association, with Brent Lewis, Tara A. Elliott, and Kenton Kilgore. Salisbury Wicomico Arts Council. 7-9 PM.
APRIL 1st-7th
Director of the 3rd annual Salisbury Poetry Week, featuring Jane Satterfield as Poet-in-Residence.
Visit Eastern Shore Voices on Facebook for more information.
MARCH 9th
Co-chair of the 22nd annual Bay to Ocean Writers Conference. Chesapeake College. 8 AM-5 PM.
MARCH 3rd
Book launch for the Bay to Ocean Anthology 2018: The Year's Best Writing from the Eastern Shore Writers Association. Featured readers include: Caroline Kalfas, Frank E. Hopkins, Barbara Lockhart, Nancy McCloy, Russell Reese, Mary Emma Tisinger, and Tara A. Elliott. Dover Public Library, Delaware, 2-4 PM.
FEBRUARY 16th
"A Place Called Home," an evening of reading and discussion in the first of the Eastern Shore Heritage & History Series, sponsored by the Queen Anne's County Centre for the Arts, with Brent Lewis, Tara A. Elliott, and Kenton Kilgore. Queen Anne's County Arts Council. 7-9 PM.
JANUARY 19th
"Imagery & The Mind," ESWA Annual Board Meeting, Keynote. Scossa Restuarant, Easton, MD. 11 AM-1 PM.
2018
OCTOBER 30th
Book launch for the Bay to Ocean Anthology 2018: The Year's Best Writing from the Eastern Shore Writers Association, featuring readings from Jamie Brown (Milton), David Healey (Chesapeake City), Barbara Lockhart (Rhodesdale), Tara Elliott (Salisbury), Margaret Kirby (Rehoboth Beach), Claire McCabe (Elkton), and Pat Valdata (Crisfield). Lewes Public Library, Delaware, 6-8 PM.
City), Barbara Lockhart (Rhodesdale), Tara Elliott (Salisbury), Margaret Kirby (Rehoboth Beach), Claire McCabe (Elkton), and Pat Valdata (Crisfield). Lewes Public Library, Delaware, 6-8 PM.
OCTOBER 29th
Book launch for the Bay to Ocean Anthology 2018: The Year's Best Writing from the Eastern Shore Writers Association, featuring readings from, Ann Hymes (St. Michaels), Brent Lewis (Centreville), Barbara Lockhart (Rhodesdale), Tara Elliott (Salisbury), and Jackson Coppley (Rehoboth Beach). St. Michael's Branch of the Talbot County Free Library, 6-8 PM.
OCTOBER 15th
Book launch for the Bay to Ocean Anthology 2018: The Year's Best Writing from the Eastern Shore Writers Association, featuring readings from, Ann Hymes (St. Michaels), Brent Lewis (Centreville), Barbara Lockhart (Rhodesdale), Tara Elliott (Salisbury), David Healy (Chesapeake City), and Nancy McCloy (Chestertown). Queen Anne's County Library, 6-8 PM.
OCTOBER 5th-6th
Tara will be presenting on a panel discussion of Building a Writing Community for the Frostburg Indie Lit Festival. For more information, click here.
SEPTEMBER 24th-28th
Poet-in-Residence for The Freeman Stage. Working alongside Brown Box Theatre, and The Mayhem Poets, Tara will facilitate a series of close reading workshops with high school students in Sussex County Schools in Delaware.
SEPTEMBER 22nd
Presenting on Haiku, and Finding Time to Write at the Canal Town Writers Conference. Chesapeake City's Public Library, through Eastern Shore Writers Association. For more information, click here. Space is limited, and preregistration is required.
SEPTEMBER 7th
Devil's Party Press Aurora book launch. Tara will read selections from her latest manuscript, Honeycomb, at the Suburban Farmhouse in Milton, Delaware. 6-8:30 PM.
AUGUST 23rd
Reading with Tara Smith, Elizabeth Sur, Sharon Sheppard, Beth Dulin, Phillip Fretz, Katherine Gekker, Sherri Wright, Irene Olson, Pat Valdata, Nancy Michell and James Arthur as part of the James Arthur Poetry Writing Retreat. Social Room of Holloway Hall, Salisbury University. 4:30-6 PM. Click here to RSVP.
AUGUST 3rd
Devil's Party Press Aurora book launch. Tara will read her award-winning poem, "light", and poems from her Chapbook, Pomegranate, at the Suburban Farmhouse in Milton, Delaware. 6-8:30 PM.
Director of the 4th annual Salisbury Poetry Week, featuring Christopher Salerno as Poet-in-Residence. Visit Eastern Shore Voices on Facebook for more information.
MARCH 7th
23rd Annual Bay to Ocean Writers Conference. Co-host. Chesapeake College, Wye Mills.
FEBRUARY 28th-MARCH 1st
The American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE), Speech: Disrupting Inequities in the Classroom. Atlanta.
JANUARY 9th
Sand Dune Poets Anthology Book Launch & Bards Against Hunger Reading, 7 PM. Rehobeth. Comfort Inn.
JANUARY 11th
Eastern Shore Writers Association, Anti-Hibernation Society. 10 AM-12 PM. Wicomico County Public Library.
2019
NOVEMBER 2nd
Undercurrents 02: Fall Art & Music Festival, Featured Reader. Salisbury University Art Galleries Downtown. 6-10 PM.
OCTOBER 26th
BTO Rewind: Crossroads Writers Conference, Host. Featuring readings and workshop sessions on "How to Write a Novel" with John DeDakis and "Make it Sound True: How to Hijack Your Reader's Hearts" with Salisbury Poet Laureate, Nancy Mitchell. 10 AM - 1 PM.
OCTOBER 17th
Open Mic Night, Emcee. The Greyhound Bookstore. Berlin, Maryland. Sponsored by Eastern Shore Writers Association and Maryland Writers Association. 7-9 PM.
AUGUST 27th
Open Mic Night, Featured Reader. Queen Anne's County Center for the Arts. 6-9 PM.
JULY 27th
Wilmington Writers Conference, Wilmington, Delaware. Session Title: "More than Meets the Eye: Developing Imagery Through Brain Studies". 8:30 AM-4 PM.
JULY 3rd-11th
In residence at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (VCCA) in Amherst, Virginia.
JUNE 21st
Downtown Salisbury 3rd Friday, Open Mic Night. Salisbury Wicomico Arts Council. Salisbury, Maryland. Sponsored by SWAC. 5-7 PM.
JUNE 20th
Open Mic Night, Emcee. The Greyhound Bookstore. Berlin, Maryland. Sponsored by Eastern Shore Writers Association and Maryland Writers Association. 7-9 PM.
JUNE 18th
Open Mic Night, Featured Reader. Queen Anne's County Center for the Arts. 6-8:30 PM.
JUNE 15th
Juneteenth Celebration, Chipman Cultural Center, Salisbury, Maryland. 2:30 PM.
MAY 18th
"A Place Called Home," an evening of reading and discussion in the first of the Eastern Shore Heritage & History Series, sponsored by Eastern Shore Writers Association, with Brent Lewis, Tara A. Elliott, and Kenton Kilgore. Salisbury Wicomico Arts Council. 7-9 PM.
APRIL 1st-7th
Director of the 3rd annual Salisbury Poetry Week, featuring Jane Satterfield as Poet-in-Residence.
Visit Eastern Shore Voices on Facebook for more information.
MARCH 9th
Co-chair of the 22nd annual Bay to Ocean Writers Conference. Chesapeake College. 8 AM-5 PM.
MARCH 3rd
Book launch for the Bay to Ocean Anthology 2018: The Year's Best Writing from the Eastern Shore Writers Association. Featured readers include: Caroline Kalfas, Frank E. Hopkins, Barbara Lockhart, Nancy McCloy, Russell Reese, Mary Emma Tisinger, and Tara A. Elliott. Dover Public Library, Delaware, 2-4 PM.
FEBRUARY 16th
"A Place Called Home," an evening of reading and discussion in the first of the Eastern Shore Heritage & History Series, sponsored by the Queen Anne's County Centre for the Arts, with Brent Lewis, Tara A. Elliott, and Kenton Kilgore. Queen Anne's County Arts Council. 7-9 PM.
JANUARY 19th
"Imagery & The Mind," ESWA Annual Board Meeting, Keynote. Scossa Restuarant, Easton, MD. 11 AM-1 PM.
2018
OCTOBER 30th
Book launch for the Bay to Ocean Anthology 2018: The Year's Best Writing from the Eastern Shore Writers Association, featuring readings from Jamie Brown (Milton), David Healey (Chesapeake City), Barbara Lockhart (Rhodesdale), Tara Elliott (Salisbury), Margaret Kirby (Rehoboth Beach), Claire McCabe (Elkton), and Pat Valdata (Crisfield). Lewes Public Library, Delaware, 6-8 PM.
City), Barbara Lockhart (Rhodesdale), Tara Elliott (Salisbury), Margaret Kirby (Rehoboth Beach), Claire McCabe (Elkton), and Pat Valdata (Crisfield). Lewes Public Library, Delaware, 6-8 PM.
OCTOBER 29th
Book launch for the Bay to Ocean Anthology 2018: The Year's Best Writing from the Eastern Shore Writers Association, featuring readings from, Ann Hymes (St. Michaels), Brent Lewis (Centreville), Barbara Lockhart (Rhodesdale), Tara Elliott (Salisbury), and Jackson Coppley (Rehoboth Beach). St. Michael's Branch of the Talbot County Free Library, 6-8 PM.
OCTOBER 15th
Book launch for the Bay to Ocean Anthology 2018: The Year's Best Writing from the Eastern Shore Writers Association, featuring readings from, Ann Hymes (St. Michaels), Brent Lewis (Centreville), Barbara Lockhart (Rhodesdale), Tara Elliott (Salisbury), David Healy (Chesapeake City), and Nancy McCloy (Chestertown). Queen Anne's County Library, 6-8 PM.
OCTOBER 5th-6th
Tara will be presenting on a panel discussion of Building a Writing Community for the Frostburg Indie Lit Festival. For more information, click here.
SEPTEMBER 24th-28th
Poet-in-Residence for The Freeman Stage. Working alongside Brown Box Theatre, and The Mayhem Poets, Tara will facilitate a series of close reading workshops with high school students in Sussex County Schools in Delaware.
SEPTEMBER 22nd
Presenting on Haiku, and Finding Time to Write at the Canal Town Writers Conference. Chesapeake City's Public Library, through Eastern Shore Writers Association. For more information, click here. Space is limited, and preregistration is required.
SEPTEMBER 7th
Devil's Party Press Aurora book launch. Tara will read selections from her latest manuscript, Honeycomb, at the Suburban Farmhouse in Milton, Delaware. 6-8:30 PM.
AUGUST 23rd
Reading with Tara Smith, Elizabeth Sur, Sharon Sheppard, Beth Dulin, Phillip Fretz, Katherine Gekker, Sherri Wright, Irene Olson, Pat Valdata, Nancy Michell and James Arthur as part of the James Arthur Poetry Writing Retreat. Social Room of Holloway Hall, Salisbury University. 4:30-6 PM. Click here to RSVP.
AUGUST 3rd
Devil's Party Press Aurora book launch. Tara will read her award-winning poem, "light", and poems from her Chapbook, Pomegranate, at the Suburban Farmhouse in Milton, Delaware. 6-8:30 PM.