2023
April 22nd
Featured Reader: The Shore: An Earth Day Reading
Talbot County Public Library, 2 PM
No registration required.
January 28th
Featured Reader: Planet Poetry 28 (Zoom), 5-7 PM EST. Also features an open mic portion.
To register for this event, click here.
January 10th
Featured Reader: Wilde Readings (Zoom)
7-9 PM EST Registration details coming soon.
2022
December 14th
Featured Reader: VALA Gallery (Visual Audio Literary Artists) (Zoom)
7-9 PM CST / 8-10 PM EST Registration details coming soon.
October 15th & 16th
The Spark: Neuroscience, the Senses, & Memory
MWA's Brain to Bookshelf Writers Conference (LIVE) 9 AM-5 PM EST
Hilton Hotel, BWI. Linthicum, Maryland.
To purchase tickets, click here.
September 10th
The Storms: a journal of poetry, prose, and visual art -- Book Launch (Zoom)
Supported by the Arts Council of Ireland and the Fingal County Council.
7-9 PM GMT+1 / 2-4 PM EST Registration details coming soon.
August 18th
MoCo Underground Writer's Showcase (Zoom) 7:30-9 PM EST
For more info and/or to register, click here.
August 15th
Write About Now Academy (Zoom) - The Spark: Neuroscience, the Senses, & Memory with Tara A. Elliott 7:00-8:30 PM EST // 6:00-7:30 PM CDT // 5:00-6:30 PST
For more info and/or to register, click here.
August 11th
Watershed: A reading and discussion with Kenton Kilgore, Tara A. Elliott, and Brent Lewis
(LIVE) 6:30-8:30 PM. Talbot County Public Library. Easton, Maryland. No registration required.
Join us for a fiction, poetry and nonfiction reading and discussion of writing inspired by the Chesapeake Bay's Eastern Shore with prominent regional authors, Kenton Kilgore, Tara A. Elliott, and Brent Lewis who will be reading their work. Free and open to the general public. Light refreshments will be served. Book signing to follow. For more information, call (410) 822-1626. No registration needed to attend.
Sponsored by the Talbot County Free Library and in community partnership with Eastern Shore Writers Association, Doc's Downtown Grille and Vintage Books.
July 16th
Marietta House Poetry Lab, LIVE. 10 AM - 3 PM. Host. Tickets $25. Click here to purchase.
2021
November 7th
ESWA's Coffee & Poets, Study of Brian Turner. 1-2:30 PM EST.
October 21st
Poets on the Plaza: On the Edge! Featured reader. Revival Night Club. Live. 7-9 PM.
July 28th
Poetry Workshop: The Spark: Neuroscience, the Senses, & Memory. Carl Sandburg Home. Zoom. 7-9 PM EST.
July 27th
Expressions, L.A., Studio City Public Library. Featured Reader. Open Mic. Zoom. 9 PM EST.
July 20th
Spofest, Featured Reader. Zoom. 8 PM EST.
July 18th
ESWA's Coffee & Poets, Study of Natalie Diaz. 1-2:30 PM EST.
June 20th
ESWA's Coffee & Poets, Study of Lucille Clifton. 1-2:30 PM EST.
June 6th
Manayunk-Roxborough Art Center, Featured Reader. Zoom. 1-3 PM.
May 16th
ESWA's Coffee & Poets, Study of Elizabeth Bishop. 1-2:30 PM
April 17th
The Art of Poetry--A Celebration of Earth Day 2-3:30 PM
Ekphrastic Poetry Workshop at the Freeman Arts Pavilion
(Live event with social distancing and mask wearing, please bring a lawn chair)
April 5th-11th
Salisbury Poetry Week with Poet-in-Residence, Christopher Salerno
March 20th
"Evocation: Sensory Imagery Through Brain Studies," 24th Annual Bay to Ocean Writers Conference. Zoom.
March 18th
"Bay to Ocean Reading," emcee. Thursday Nights with ESWA. 7:30-9 PM. Featured readers & poets TBA.
February 11th
Dover Poetry Week, Ekprhastic Poetry Finalist Reading, with featured poet, Aimee Nezhukumatathil.
January 18th-23rd
The 17th annual Palm Beach Poetry Festival. Awarded a grant to attend from the Maryland State Arts Council.
January 1st
Maryland Writers Association, Featured Reader, First Fridays Event. 7-9 PM.
2020
November 8th
Beach Mysteries, anthology launch. 7:00 PM. Zoom.
November 3rd
Cobalt Poets, featured reader. 10:30 EST. Open reading to follow. Zoom.
October 23rd
"Monsters in Literature & Lore," Thursdays with ESWA. 7:30-9 PM. With Kenton Kilgore and Ariele Sieling.
October 15th
"Here Not Here" Exhibit & Reading, sponsored by Salisbury University Art Galleries. 7:00 PM. Zoom.
March 7th
"Scared? Good, Submit: Publishing in Magazines & Journals," Bay to Ocean Writers Conference. Chesapeake College, Wye Mills.
January 9th
Sand Dunes Poets Anthology Launch. 7 PM. Comfort Inn. Rehoboth.
January 11th
"Anti-Hibernation Society," Eastern Shore Writers Association. 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 17th
Open Mic Night, emcee. The Greyhound Bookstore. Berlin, Maryland. Sponsored by ESWA & MWA. 7-9 PM.
August 27th
Open Mic Night, featured reader. Queen Anne's County Center for the Arts. 6-9 PM.
July 27th
"Evocation: Imagery Through Brain Studies," Wilmington Writers Conference. 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. Featured reader. Salisbury Wicomico Arts Council. 5-7 PM.
June 20th
Open Mic Night, Emcee. The Greyhound Bookstore. Berlin, Maryland. Sponsored by ESWA & MWA. 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," Eastern Shore Heritage & History Series with Brent Lewis & Kenton Kilgore. SWAC. 7-9 PM.
April 1st-7th
Salisbury Poetry Week, featuring Jane Satterfield as Poet-in-Residence. Visit Eastern Shore Voices on FB for more information.
March 9th
22nd annual Bay to Ocean Writers Conference, emcee. Chesapeake College. 8 AM-5 PM.
March 3rd
Bay to Ocean Anthology 2018: The Year's Best Writing from the Eastern Shore Writers Association, anthology launch. Dover Public Library. 2-4 PM.
February 16th
"A Place Called Home," Eastern Shore Heritage & History Series with Brent Lewis & Kenton Kilgore. Queen Anne's County Arts Council. 7-9 PM.
January 19th
"Imagery," ESWA Annual Board Meeting, keynote address. Scossa Restuarant, Easton, MD. 11 AM-1 PM.
2018
October 30th
Bay to Ocean Anthology 2018: The Year's Best Writing from the Eastern Shore Writers Association, anthology launch. Lewes Public Library. 6-8 PM.
October 29th
Bay to Ocean Anthology 2018: The Year's Best Writing from the Eastern Shore Writers Association, anthology launch. Talbot County Free Library, 6-8 PM.
October 15th
Bay to Ocean Anthology 2018: The Year's Best Writing from the Eastern Shore Writers Association, anthology launch. Queen Anne's County Library, 6-8 PM.
October 5th-6th
"Building a Writing Community," panel. Frostburg Indie Lit Festival.
September 24th-28th
The Freeman Stage, Poet-in-Residence. Working alongside Brown Box Theatre, and The Mayhem Poets.
September 22nd
"Haiku & Imagery" and "Finding Time to Write," panel at the Canal Town Writers Conference. Chesapeake City's Public Library.
September 7th
Aurora anthology launch, sponsored by Devil's Party Press. 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.
August 3rd
Aurora anthology launch, sponsored by Devil's Party Press. The Suburban Farmhouse in Milton, Delaware. 6-8:30 PM.
April 22nd
Featured Reader: The Shore: An Earth Day Reading
Talbot County Public Library, 2 PM
No registration required.
January 28th
Featured Reader: Planet Poetry 28 (Zoom), 5-7 PM EST. Also features an open mic portion.
To register for this event, click here.
January 10th
Featured Reader: Wilde Readings (Zoom)
7-9 PM EST Registration details coming soon.
2022
December 14th
Featured Reader: VALA Gallery (Visual Audio Literary Artists) (Zoom)
7-9 PM CST / 8-10 PM EST Registration details coming soon.
October 15th & 16th
The Spark: Neuroscience, the Senses, & Memory
MWA's Brain to Bookshelf Writers Conference (LIVE) 9 AM-5 PM EST
Hilton Hotel, BWI. Linthicum, Maryland.
To purchase tickets, click here.
September 10th
The Storms: a journal of poetry, prose, and visual art -- Book Launch (Zoom)
Supported by the Arts Council of Ireland and the Fingal County Council.
7-9 PM GMT+1 / 2-4 PM EST Registration details coming soon.
August 18th
MoCo Underground Writer's Showcase (Zoom) 7:30-9 PM EST
For more info and/or to register, click here.
August 15th
Write About Now Academy (Zoom) - The Spark: Neuroscience, the Senses, & Memory with Tara A. Elliott 7:00-8:30 PM EST // 6:00-7:30 PM CDT // 5:00-6:30 PST
For more info and/or to register, click here.
August 11th
Watershed: A reading and discussion with Kenton Kilgore, Tara A. Elliott, and Brent Lewis
(LIVE) 6:30-8:30 PM. Talbot County Public Library. Easton, Maryland. No registration required.
Join us for a fiction, poetry and nonfiction reading and discussion of writing inspired by the Chesapeake Bay's Eastern Shore with prominent regional authors, Kenton Kilgore, Tara A. Elliott, and Brent Lewis who will be reading their work. Free and open to the general public. Light refreshments will be served. Book signing to follow. For more information, call (410) 822-1626. No registration needed to attend.
Sponsored by the Talbot County Free Library and in community partnership with Eastern Shore Writers Association, Doc's Downtown Grille and Vintage Books.
July 16th
Marietta House Poetry Lab, LIVE. 10 AM - 3 PM. Host. Tickets $25. Click here to purchase.
2021
November 7th
ESWA's Coffee & Poets, Study of Brian Turner. 1-2:30 PM EST.
October 21st
Poets on the Plaza: On the Edge! Featured reader. Revival Night Club. Live. 7-9 PM.
July 28th
Poetry Workshop: The Spark: Neuroscience, the Senses, & Memory. Carl Sandburg Home. Zoom. 7-9 PM EST.
July 27th
Expressions, L.A., Studio City Public Library. Featured Reader. Open Mic. Zoom. 9 PM EST.
July 20th
Spofest, Featured Reader. Zoom. 8 PM EST.
July 18th
ESWA's Coffee & Poets, Study of Natalie Diaz. 1-2:30 PM EST.
June 20th
ESWA's Coffee & Poets, Study of Lucille Clifton. 1-2:30 PM EST.
June 6th
Manayunk-Roxborough Art Center, Featured Reader. Zoom. 1-3 PM.
May 16th
ESWA's Coffee & Poets, Study of Elizabeth Bishop. 1-2:30 PM
April 17th
The Art of Poetry--A Celebration of Earth Day 2-3:30 PM
Ekphrastic Poetry Workshop at the Freeman Arts Pavilion
(Live event with social distancing and mask wearing, please bring a lawn chair)
April 5th-11th
Salisbury Poetry Week with Poet-in-Residence, Christopher Salerno
March 20th
"Evocation: Sensory Imagery Through Brain Studies," 24th Annual Bay to Ocean Writers Conference. Zoom.
March 18th
"Bay to Ocean Reading," emcee. Thursday Nights with ESWA. 7:30-9 PM. Featured readers & poets TBA.
February 11th
Dover Poetry Week, Ekprhastic Poetry Finalist Reading, with featured poet, Aimee Nezhukumatathil.
January 18th-23rd
The 17th annual Palm Beach Poetry Festival. Awarded a grant to attend from the Maryland State Arts Council.
January 1st
Maryland Writers Association, Featured Reader, First Fridays Event. 7-9 PM.
2020
November 8th
Beach Mysteries, anthology launch. 7:00 PM. Zoom.
November 3rd
Cobalt Poets, featured reader. 10:30 EST. Open reading to follow. Zoom.
October 23rd
"Monsters in Literature & Lore," Thursdays with ESWA. 7:30-9 PM. With Kenton Kilgore and Ariele Sieling.
October 15th
"Here Not Here" Exhibit & Reading, sponsored by Salisbury University Art Galleries. 7:00 PM. Zoom.
March 7th
"Scared? Good, Submit: Publishing in Magazines & Journals," Bay to Ocean Writers Conference. Chesapeake College, Wye Mills.
January 9th
Sand Dunes Poets Anthology Launch. 7 PM. Comfort Inn. Rehoboth.
January 11th
"Anti-Hibernation Society," Eastern Shore Writers Association. 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 17th
Open Mic Night, emcee. The Greyhound Bookstore. Berlin, Maryland. Sponsored by ESWA & MWA. 7-9 PM.
August 27th
Open Mic Night, featured reader. Queen Anne's County Center for the Arts. 6-9 PM.
July 27th
"Evocation: Imagery Through Brain Studies," Wilmington Writers Conference. 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. Featured reader. Salisbury Wicomico Arts Council. 5-7 PM.
June 20th
Open Mic Night, Emcee. The Greyhound Bookstore. Berlin, Maryland. Sponsored by ESWA & MWA. 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," Eastern Shore Heritage & History Series with Brent Lewis & Kenton Kilgore. SWAC. 7-9 PM.
April 1st-7th
Salisbury Poetry Week, featuring Jane Satterfield as Poet-in-Residence. Visit Eastern Shore Voices on FB for more information.
March 9th
22nd annual Bay to Ocean Writers Conference, emcee. Chesapeake College. 8 AM-5 PM.
March 3rd
Bay to Ocean Anthology 2018: The Year's Best Writing from the Eastern Shore Writers Association, anthology launch. Dover Public Library. 2-4 PM.
February 16th
"A Place Called Home," Eastern Shore Heritage & History Series with Brent Lewis & Kenton Kilgore. Queen Anne's County Arts Council. 7-9 PM.
January 19th
"Imagery," ESWA Annual Board Meeting, keynote address. Scossa Restuarant, Easton, MD. 11 AM-1 PM.
2018
October 30th
Bay to Ocean Anthology 2018: The Year's Best Writing from the Eastern Shore Writers Association, anthology launch. Lewes Public Library. 6-8 PM.
October 29th
Bay to Ocean Anthology 2018: The Year's Best Writing from the Eastern Shore Writers Association, anthology launch. Talbot County Free Library, 6-8 PM.
October 15th
Bay to Ocean Anthology 2018: The Year's Best Writing from the Eastern Shore Writers Association, anthology launch. Queen Anne's County Library, 6-8 PM.
October 5th-6th
"Building a Writing Community," panel. Frostburg Indie Lit Festival.
September 24th-28th
The Freeman Stage, Poet-in-Residence. Working alongside Brown Box Theatre, and The Mayhem Poets.
September 22nd
"Haiku & Imagery" and "Finding Time to Write," panel at the Canal Town Writers Conference. Chesapeake City's Public Library.
September 7th
Aurora anthology launch, sponsored by Devil's Party Press. 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.
August 3rd
Aurora anthology launch, sponsored by Devil's Party Press. The Suburban Farmhouse in Milton, Delaware. 6-8:30 PM.
