WyoPoets offers events through the year to share the love of poetry. Newest and most recent events are listed first. Please contact webmaster Sarah Reichert ([email protected]) with any related event you'd like to promote on our website. The sooner you can get her the info, the better, Thanks!
Please see our Facebook page for a more current listing of events, including Virtual Poetry Nights, scholarships, grants, festivals and more. Link:
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The Wyoming Poetry Out Loud Registration is Now OPEN!
The Wyoming Arts Council invites interested 9-12 grade teachers, students, and community organizations to participate in Poetry Out Loud: National Recitation Contest (POL), a free, national program offered by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation. POL aims to foster a love for poetry, nurture the next generation of literary enthusiasts, and provide a platform for students to showcase their talent and passion for the spoken word. It’s a program that celebrates the beauty and power of language while also helping young individuals grow personally and academically.
Ready to Join? Sign up here: forms.gle/UZiWo3oRbmBZbe7P9
For more information on POL, contact Ismael Dominguez at [email protected] or 307-275-4476 or visit poetryoutloud.org
The Wyoming Arts Council invites interested 9-12 grade teachers, students, and community organizations to participate in Poetry Out Loud: National Recitation Contest (POL), a free, national program offered by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation. POL aims to foster a love for poetry, nurture the next generation of literary enthusiasts, and provide a platform for students to showcase their talent and passion for the spoken word. It’s a program that celebrates the beauty and power of language while also helping young individuals grow personally and academically.
Ready to Join? Sign up here: forms.gle/UZiWo3oRbmBZbe7P9
For more information on POL, contact Ismael Dominguez at [email protected] or 307-275-4476 or visit poetryoutloud.org
Flash Fiction Workshop
Celebrate October 15, 2024, National Poetry Day, with award-winning writers and poets, Reatha Thomas Oakley and Heidi DeStefano as they present Exploring the Power of Brevity, An Interactive Flash Fiction Workshop , from 6 to 8 PM, at the Campbell County Public Library, 2101 S. 4J Road, Gillette, WY 82718.
Writers of all experience levels are invited to join recognized experts for an evening exploring the fastest growing prose genre; flash fiction. Attendees will
discover what makes fiction flash, tips on word counts and making words count, the differences between flash fiction, prose poetry, and short stories, and attendees will leave with a variety of resources as well as an opening draft of their own story.
Heidi’s and Reatha’s work has received dozens of awards in all literary genres. Heidi’s middle-grade fiction Chickie Jurin’s Zamboozie Stew is available on
Amazon. Reatha’s short pieces and poems have appeared in numerous publications; one of her plays will soon be available from Senior Theater
Publications. Both are active members of Wyoming Writers and WyoPoets and are part of Prairie Pens, Gillette's local writing group. For more information:
[email protected]
The Douglas Word Wranglers
The Douglas Word Wranglers are getting ready to meet again! The group will meet September 9th from 1-2 at the library in the quiet reading room. Come join us for support and inspiration in your writing journey. We're looking for new faces and a supportive, creative environment. Contract Angel Mizner at [email protected] or at 307-351-0486.
Celebrate October 15, 2024, National Poetry Day, with award-winning writers and poets, Reatha Thomas Oakley and Heidi DeStefano as they present Exploring the Power of Brevity, An Interactive Flash Fiction Workshop , from 6 to 8 PM, at the Campbell County Public Library, 2101 S. 4J Road, Gillette, WY 82718.
Writers of all experience levels are invited to join recognized experts for an evening exploring the fastest growing prose genre; flash fiction. Attendees will
discover what makes fiction flash, tips on word counts and making words count, the differences between flash fiction, prose poetry, and short stories, and attendees will leave with a variety of resources as well as an opening draft of their own story.
Heidi’s and Reatha’s work has received dozens of awards in all literary genres. Heidi’s middle-grade fiction Chickie Jurin’s Zamboozie Stew is available on
Amazon. Reatha’s short pieces and poems have appeared in numerous publications; one of her plays will soon be available from Senior Theater
Publications. Both are active members of Wyoming Writers and WyoPoets and are part of Prairie Pens, Gillette's local writing group. For more information:
[email protected]
The Douglas Word Wranglers
The Douglas Word Wranglers are getting ready to meet again! The group will meet September 9th from 1-2 at the library in the quiet reading room. Come join us for support and inspiration in your writing journey. We're looking for new faces and a supportive, creative environment. Contract Angel Mizner at [email protected] or at 307-351-0486.
2024 Spring Workshop
Save the date! Come join us in Casper, Wyoming for
our annual WyoPoets Spring Workshop on April 26-
27th, 2024. Registration details will be announced
in our next newsletter.
We are thrilled that Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
will be our presenter! She served as San Miguel
County’s first poet laureate (2007-2011) and as
Western Slope Poet Laureate (2015-2017) and was
a finalist for Colorado Poet Laureate in 2019.
Rosemerry has written a poem a day since 2006,
posting them since 2011 on her blog, A Hundred
Falling Veils. Her poems can be heard daily on the
Ritual app, The Poetic Path. Favorite themes include
parenting, gardening, ecology, love, science,
thriving/failure, grief and daily life.
She has 13 collections of poetry, and her work has
appeared in O Magazine, A Prairie Home
Companion, PBS News Hour, American Life in
Poetry, on fences, in back alleys, on Carnegie Hall
Stage, and on hundreds of river rocks she leaves
around town.
For more information on Rosemerry, see:
https://www.wordwoman.com/about/
Registration
Early Bird registration $70 per person until April 10, includes lunch. $75 after April 10, lunch not guaranteed. Some youth scholarships available.
Scholarships are available. Learn more here.
Save the date! Come join us in Casper, Wyoming for
our annual WyoPoets Spring Workshop on April 26-
27th, 2024. Registration details will be announced
in our next newsletter.
We are thrilled that Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
will be our presenter! She served as San Miguel
County’s first poet laureate (2007-2011) and as
Western Slope Poet Laureate (2015-2017) and was
a finalist for Colorado Poet Laureate in 2019.
Rosemerry has written a poem a day since 2006,
posting them since 2011 on her blog, A Hundred
Falling Veils. Her poems can be heard daily on the
Ritual app, The Poetic Path. Favorite themes include
parenting, gardening, ecology, love, science,
thriving/failure, grief and daily life.
She has 13 collections of poetry, and her work has
appeared in O Magazine, A Prairie Home
Companion, PBS News Hour, American Life in
Poetry, on fences, in back alleys, on Carnegie Hall
Stage, and on hundreds of river rocks she leaves
around town.
For more information on Rosemerry, see:
https://www.wordwoman.com/about/
Registration
Early Bird registration $70 per person until April 10, includes lunch. $75 after April 10, lunch not guaranteed. Some youth scholarships available.
Scholarships are available. Learn more here.
Spring Workshop is supported in part by a grant from the Wyoming Arts Council, with support from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Wyoming Legislature.
NATIONAL POETRY DAY:
Each year we mark National Poetry Day on October 15 by encouraging our members to spread the love of poetry in their communities. See how we celebrate.
This year writers of all experience levels from aspiring to established are invited to Installations and Inspirations, a community writing event, starting at 1PM, at the Rockpile Museum, 900 W. 2nd Street, Gillette. While there participants will learn about and explore ekphrastic writing—creating prose and poetry inspired by images and objects—in a fun, informal, informative atmosphere.
Participants will discover how visual prompts found in the museum’s exhibits can make history, and creativity, come alive. The event is sponsored by the Rockpile Museum Association; admission fees will be waived for the afternoon.
Members of Prairie Pens local writers’ group will be on hand to share in the event and to offer assistance and encouragement if needed. The group usually meets at 1PM, the third Saturday of each month, in pioneer Room 1, at Campbell County Public Library.
For more event information contact Don Oakley at [email protected]
Each year we mark National Poetry Day on October 15 by encouraging our members to spread the love of poetry in their communities. See how we celebrate.
This year writers of all experience levels from aspiring to established are invited to Installations and Inspirations, a community writing event, starting at 1PM, at the Rockpile Museum, 900 W. 2nd Street, Gillette. While there participants will learn about and explore ekphrastic writing—creating prose and poetry inspired by images and objects—in a fun, informal, informative atmosphere.
Participants will discover how visual prompts found in the museum’s exhibits can make history, and creativity, come alive. The event is sponsored by the Rockpile Museum Association; admission fees will be waived for the afternoon.
Members of Prairie Pens local writers’ group will be on hand to share in the event and to offer assistance and encouragement if needed. The group usually meets at 1PM, the third Saturday of each month, in pioneer Room 1, at Campbell County Public Library.
For more event information contact Don Oakley at [email protected]
Zoom Poetry Gatherings
Did you know you that as a member you can gather online with other poets to read and listen to poetry? Join now for this member benefit.
