TARA A. ELLIOTT
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Readings & Events

In addition to hosting Thursdays with ESWA live weekly on Zoom, Tara has read and spoken for numerous organizations and conferences, including City Lit Project, Wilmington Writers Conference, Maryland Writers Association, MD Humanities, Baltimore County's Online Programs for Adult Learners (OPAL), The US Department of Education, Indie Lit Fest, Marietta House & Museum, Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site, Los Angeles Public Library, VALA Art Gallery,  Cobalt Poets, Wilde Readings, MoCo Underground, Reston Readings, Salisbury University, The Freeman Stage, Write About Now, and more.  She has also been featured on Good Morning Delmarva, Delmarva Today, DelmarvaLife, The Poetry Place (UK), Eat the Storms (Ireland), and Wordland.  

Interested in booking Tara for a reading, workshop, or to emcee an event?  Click here.



Upcoming Events
2024
November 16th

Workshop: Using The Golden Shovel to Drive Your Writing
A Day of One's Own Writing Retreat
Manor Mill
Monkton, Maryland
LIVE

December 27th
Featured Reader: The Buzzed Word Reading Series

The Buzzed Word Bookstore & Wine Bar
Ocean City, Maryland
LIVE


2025
January 18th
Featured Reader with Karen Scott
Saturday Afternoon Poets
3-5 PM EST
Zoom

March 8th
Bay to Ocean Writers Conference
Conference Chair
Wye Mills, Maryland
LIVE

April 26th
Featured Poet with David Kozinski
Poetry in the Mansion Reading Series
Rockwood Park & Museum, 1-3 PM
4651 Washington Street Extension
Wilmington, DE 19808

LIVE



Past Events
January 20th
A Tribute to Harriet Tubman: An Evening of Poetry
Headquarters Live
Salisbury, Maryland
LIVE

March 9th
Bay to Ocean Writers Conference
: Conference Chair
Wye Mills, Maryland
LIVE

Bay to Ocean Writers Conference Open Mic: Emcee
Queen Anne's County Center for the Arts
LIVE

April 9th
Workshop: Fairy Tales
--A Journey into the Self
Maryland Writers Association, Lower Shore Chapter, Zoom

April 13th
Bay to Ocean Journal Reading
Talbot County Free Library
100 West Dover Street, Easton, Maryland, LIVE

April 20th
Philadelphia Stories Poetry Reading, Reception, & Open Mic

Kanbar Campus Center
Thomas Jefferson University's East Falls Campus

3 - 5 PM, LIVE & on Zoom
Registration Required

May 19th
Featured Poet with CL Bledsoe & Adam Chiles
Reston Readings
Reston Used Book Shop, Reston, VA, 5:30 PM, LIVE

May 29th-June 2nd
Antioch Poetry Retreat at Washington College
with Grace Cavaleri, LIVE

June 23rd
Schuykill Valley Journal Launch with Featured Poet
Luray Gross
Manayunk Roxborough Art Center, 3:00 PM, LIVE
419 Green Lane (Rear)
Philadelphia, PA 19128

LIVE

 July 1st
Featured poet with
Meredith Davies Hadaway
Manor Mill Open Mic Poetry 6:30 PM, LIVE
Hosted by poets Mel Edden and Robert Bowie, Jr., LIVE

September 28th
The Truth Reading in Honor of Banned Books Week
Featured poet with Rosie Bean, Amber Green & Truth Thomas
Sby ArtSpace  7-9 PM, LIVE
Hosted by Salisbury Poet Laureate, Nancy Mitchell

October 20th

Workshop: Fairy Tales--A Journey into the Self
Maryland Writers Association, Brain to Bookshelf Conference
1:30 PM, Concourse D, LIVE



2023
January 10th
Featured Reader: Wilde Readings (Zoom)
7-9 PM EST

January 28th

Featured Reader: Planet Poetry 28 (Zoom), 5-7 PM EST.  Also features an open mic.
To register for this event, click here.

March 31st
CityLit Festival: Unshuttered Poets: Poetry at the Center of History & Remembrance

Featured Poet, with Ephraim Nehemiah, Zeina Azzam,  Sean Murphy, Kathleen Hellen, Jalynn Harris: Master of Ceremonies, and Patricia Smith
Busboys & Poets, Baltimore, 7-9:30 PM

April 22nd
The Spark: Neuroscience, the Senses, & Memory
North Baltimore's Chapter of Maryland Writers Association
Historical Society of Baltimore County, 11 AM -12 PM

Featured Reader: The Shore: An Earth Day Reading
Talbot County Public Library, 2 PM

No registration required

July 11th
Guest Host: Cobalt Poets on Zoom
Login through website at link.

Los Angeles, California, 10:30-1:00 PM EST

July 22nd
Eastern Shore History & Heritage Series "A Time & Place"
A shared experience of four writers, each with their own perspective on Maryland's Eastern Shore
Featured Reader with Brent Lewis, Tara A. Elliott, Kenton Kilgore, and Beth Dulin

Queen Anne's County Centre for the Arts, 7-9 PM EST

October 15th

Maryland Writers Association, Brain to Bookshelf Conference
Workshop: Women in the Hero's Journey: The Other Side of the Myth
Baltimore Hilton BWI, Concourse D, 2:45 PM


October 20th
Reading for Lower Eastern Shore MWA
Salisbury Wicomico Arts Council, 7 PM


Baltimore County Department of Aging (OPAL)
Lecture: The Spark: Neuroscience, the Senses, & Memory
Zoom, 1-2 PM EST


November 15th
Antioch Poetry Retreat Anthology Book Launch

Kent Cultural Alliance, Chestertown, MD, 6 PM



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Reading for Lower Eastern Shore Maryland Writers Association 10/20/23

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"Sunflower" by Shes So High. ©2012
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