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  • Albany Poets, Inc. - A membership organization in Albany, NY, organized to promote poetry, poets, and the local community. The site offers a calendar of events and other information for the Albany poetry community, calls for submissions to be featured on the Web site, poetry tutorials, and a BBS.
  • Atlantic Region of the Canadian Poetry Association - For the advancement of poetry. Poetry, how to start a poetry chapter, news about contests, submission page, and people's bookshop. International members welcomed.
  • Australian Poetic Society - Information regarding publishers and their guidelines, suggestions for submitting a manuscript, a glossary of poetic terms, a message board online publication and membership information.
  • Cave Canem Black Poetry Workshop Retreat - A writer's center with a focus on African American poets and writers. Information about the organization's annual writing workshop, regional workshops, and readings, featured poems, Cave Canem Prize, and faculty.
  • Connecticut Poetry Society - Statewide membership association that sponsors five poetry contests annually, publishes a national journal and a members-only anthology, conducts critique groups, workshops, readings, and lectures. Membership open to non Ct. residents.
  • Cross Way Publications - A forum Christian Poets, the site showcases Christianpoetry and hosts a semi-annual poetry contest.
  • Dallas Poets Community - An organization devoted to the craft, creation, and performance of poetry in North Texas. Information on DPC events and membership.
  • Forrest Fest - The annual poetry festival in West Texas features local, area, and international poets and musicians. Details about upcoming and past fests, including workshops, contests and more, are available on site.
  • Gemini Ink - A nonprofit, independent literary center in San Antonio, Texas. Provides university and master level classes; discounted to members. Produces performance poetry productions and readings open to the public at no charge.
  • Georgia Poetry Society - Official website for the Georgia Poetry Society. Features membership, contest and events information, and member news, meeting schedules, publications and online publication of member poetry.
  • Ghent Poetry Cafe - Includes an introduction to the poetry group, an e-mailing list, message board, information about the group's publications and several links to other local poetry-related sites in the Hampton Roads, VA area.
  • Missouri State Poetry Society - Affiliation, membership, state convention, contest information, and newsletter available on site. The society is represented through chapters across the state, and publishes an annual anthology of member poems.
  • Mother's Hen - Community-based organization established to promote the Spoken Word in the San Francisco Bay Area through publications, Open Mikes and Slams.
  • New Belfast Community Arts Initiative - A coalition of public arts organizations that includes Poetry in Motion for Belfast Citybus. Information about its member organization's poetry and arts projects.
  • Open Art Space Poetry Center - This site has an online poetry reading room that offers poems written by member poets whose work was accepted by the staff.