The 14th Annual Kent County Poetry Festival is April 1 and 2, 2023.  

Saturday April 1 at 1 pm at the Raimond Center, Local Celebrity Poets, with James Allen Hall.
Join Rose O’Neill Literary House Director, James Allen Hall for readings and conversation with:
Lindsay Lusby, Erin Murphy, and Amanda Newell.

Saturday, April 1 at 7 pm at Norman James Theater at Washington College– The Main Event!
Join host Maureen Corrigan, Literary Critic for FreshAir with Terry Cross, and The Washington Post for a reading and conversation with Jackson Poetry Prize Winner, Patricia Spears Jones.
FREE – But Reservations are required:  RESERVE SEATS HERE

Sunday, April 2 from 2 – 5 pm at Robert Ortiz Studios, 207 S. Cross Street – Poetry Open Mic
Sign Up HERE to read one of your own works or your favorite poem at our annual community poetry open mic! Host, Bob Ortiz.