Get more involved in poetry with membership or involvement with organizations suggested by our members. 

Area Poetry Organizations & Events

  • Arts & Literature Laboratory, Madison’s arts incubator: artlitlab.org/

  • Chippewa Valley Writers Guild, cvwritersguild.org/: a program of the Eau Claire Regional Arts Council that seeks to support regional writers.

  • Friends of Lorine Niedecker, lorineniedecker.org: dedicated to preserving and expanding the legacy of Lorine Niedecker through education and events. 

  • Great Lakes Writers Festival, greatlakeswritersfestival.org: Lakeland College, Sheboygan, Wisconsin.

  • Shake Rag Alley Center for the Arts, Mineral Point, shakeragalley.org/: provides educational experiences in visual, performing, and literary arts for adults and children.

  • The Watershed: A Place for Writers, watershedwriters.wordpress.com/: through workshops, write-ins, and events, providing a hub to support the creation of an inclusive, diverse, and supportive community of writers.

  • Wisconsin Writer's Association, wiwrite.org/: umbrella organization for Wisconsin writing groups.

  • Write On Door County, Juddville: writeondoorcounty.org/

  • Woodland Pattern Book Center, woodlandpattern.org/: poet and artist run nonprofit book center, gallery and performance space in Milwaukee.

National Poetry Organizations

  • The Academy of American Poets, poets.org: the largest poetry organization in the country. It supports American poets at all stages of their careers.

  • The Haiku Society of America, hsa-haiku.org: the Midwest Region has an active chapter.

  • National Poetry Foundation, poetryfoundation.org: scholarship in the fields of modern and contemporary poetry and poetics.

  • Poetry Society of America, poetrysociety.org: wide variety of programs, awards, and resources.

  • Poets & Writers, pw.org: the nation's largest non-profit organization, serving creative writers.

International Poetry Organizations

  • The Association of Writers and Writing Programs, awpwriter.org: AWP supports writing programs at colleges and universities around the world.

  • Electronic Literature Organization, eliterature.org: to facilitate and promote the writing, publishing, and reading of literature in electronic media.

  • The Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Association, sfpoetry.com: promotes poetry with some element of speculation—usually science fiction, fantasy, or horror.