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2026

Call for Submissions JAN. 1, 2026 & April 1, 2026

WISP: literary review postcards

2026

Call for Submissions JAN. 1, 2026 & April 1, 2026

WISP: literary review postcards

WISP: Literary Review Postcards

  • Submissions for WISP: Literary Review Postcards will be open until January 1, 2026 (Winter issue) and April 1, 2026 (Spring issue). Accepting poetry, flash fiction, creative nonfiction/memoir. No more than 150 words. Artists respond to literary works. Please check page for Guidelines.






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                          BOOK LAUNCH READINGS

POETRY ON THE PATIO: SUMMER READING SERIES & OPEN MIC

                          2025 FEATURED POETS: 


MICHAEL CROWEY: Later We All Had a Good Laugh (Poetry Loft Press, 2025) 

JAMES CRONIN: The Mortal Angels (Book Baby, 2024) 

DIANA COLE: Between Selves (cyberwit.net, 2023)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

SAVE THE DATE:  POETRY ON THE PATIO

                  SATURDAY,  JUNE 6, 2026                  

                          

UPCOMING EVENTS

EKPHRASIS 2026: Where poetry and art meet

Presented by ART IN THE ATRIUM at FIRST UNITARIAN CHURCH, Providence RI.   

  • POETRY READING and RECEPTION: JAN 22, 2026; 5:30 PM
  • ARTISTS' EXHIBITION: JAN 8 -MARCH 6, 2026
  •  17 Poets respond to the work of 17 Artists 


FEATURING: Diana Cole,  Julie Danho, Nancy Cherico, Margie Flanders, Bill Carpenter, Ravi Shankar, Jeneane Lunn, Tom Blackman, Paula Most, plus many others!


               FIRST U FUNDRAISER EXHIBITION BOOKS FOR SALE -- $25 

WORDS on fire: Monthly open mic

  • WILLIAM HALL LIBRARY, Cranston, RI 
  •  6 PM -7:30 PM 

Co-hosts poets Ira Schaeffer and Zach Berger   

On the first Wednesday of every month. 

Registration required.  

NOTABLE WORKS: poetry book release

  • WILLIAM HALL LIBRARY, Cranston, RI 
  •  SATURDAY, JUNE 27, 2026 at 11 AM
  • Free event 


BRIDGING INNOVATIVE BRIDGES FOR TOMORROW:

Readings from the winners of 2025 Notable Works Poetry Contest   


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