Find poetry readings, workshops, festivals, conferences, literary organizations, and poetry-friendly bookstores, and learn more about poets laureate, in your area.
State Poet Laureate
In 1967, New Hampshire established a state poet laureate position, which is currently held by Alexandria Peary, who was appointed to a five-year term in 2020.
City and County Poets Laureate
Portsmouth
In 2022, Diannely Antigua was named the poet laureate of Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
Rochester
In 2017, Katie O'Connor became the poet laureate of Rochester, New Hampshire.
| Type | Title | State |
|---|---|---|
| Poetry-Friendly Bookstore | White Birch Books | New Hampshire |
| Literary Organization | New Hampshire Humanities Council | New Hampshire |
| Landmark | The Frost Place | New Hampshire |
| Colony | The MacDowell Colony | New Hampshire |
| Conference | Frost Place Conference on Poetry and Teaching | New Hampshire |
| Writing Program | New England College Masters of Fine Arts in Poetry Program | New Hampshire |
| Writing Program | University of New Hampshire Graduate Program in English Language/Literature/Writing | New Hampshire |
| Reading Series | Eagle Pond Authors' Series at Plymouth State College | New Hampshire |
| Conference | Frost Place Poetry Seminar | New Hampshire |
| Literary Magazine | Amoskeag | New Hampshire |
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Diannely Antigua is a Dominican American poet and educator, born and raised in Massachusetts. She received her BA in English from the University of
Maggie Dietz is the author of That Kind of Happy (University of Chicago Press, 2016) and Perennial Fall (University of Chicago Press, 2006). She lives in New Hampshire.
Alexandria Peary was born to an American father and a German mother in Dover, New Hampshire and grew up in her parents’ convenience store in centra